EKG Updater vs xBloom Coffee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EKG Updater
This application connects your smart kettle to your home Wi-Fi for automatic firmware and feature updates. Ensure your device always has the latest brewing capabilities and performance enhancements.
- Connects to home Wi-Fi
- Automatic firmware updates
- Installs latest brewing features
- Compatible with Stagg EKG Pro models
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Use EKG Updater to get the most out of your Stagg EKG Pro kettle. This app keeps your kettle up-to-date by connecting it to your home wifi. Just connect once and enjoy automatic updates with all our latest firmware and brewing features. Compatible with: * Stagg EKG Pro * Stagg EKG Pro Studio Edition For help, contact hello@fellowproducts.com
xBloom Coffee
This app enhances the coffee brewing experience for specific machines, offering intuitive control, real-time visualization, and recipe sharing. Users can easily adjust brewing parameters, monitor their process, and connect with a community of coffee enthusiasts.
- Recipe sharing and management
- Seamless machine connectivity
- Intuitive recipe editing
- Real-time brewing visualization
- Offline recipe caching
- Multitouch and haptic feedback control
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Optimize Every Brew with xBloom Coffee App Elevate your xBloom coffee experience with our App, engineered to integrate seamlessly with both the xBloom Original and xBloom Studio machines. This update enhances your control and user experience, making interactions more intuitive than ever. Dive into our new features: Recipe Sharing: For the first time, xBloom users can effortlessly share and manage their favorite brew recipes, fostering a community spirit and sparking inspiration among coffee lovers. App Clips: Tap to quickly connect to the machine and launch the app, for convenient and efficient access. Key Features: Superior Connectivity: Enhanced WiFi and Bluetooth capabilities streamline network setup, ensuring reliable performance from both xBloom Original and xBloom Studio. Seamless Control: Enjoy the finesse of multitouch and haptic feedback for precise adjustments and a smoother interaction with your machine. Intuitive Recipe Editing: Whether you're a coffee professional or a home brewer, our pioneering recipe design space lets users discover and fine-tune brewing parameters for their favorite coffees. Real-time Visualization: Watch your brewing process unfold in real-time. Our visualization tool displays brewing ratios clearly, helping you fine-tune your coffee-making skills with each brew. Comprehensive Functionality: Control all your coffee-making activities with support for operating and monitoring these functions in landscape mode. Offline Caching: Continue your coffee journey uninterrupted, even in poor connectivity areas. Edit recipes and send them to your machine for brewing, even without an internet connection. Enhanced User Experience: With the xBloom App, enjoy a fun coffee-making journey tailored for both the xBloom Original and xBloom Studio machines. Whether you're perfecting your daily cup at home or creating recipes professionally, the xBloom App is designed to elevate your brewing game. Download now and transform the way you brew, share, and enjoy coffee—one exceptional cup at a time!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: xBloom Coffee at 2.8 against EKG Updater's 1.6. xBloom Coffee also leads on review sentiment (36% vs 14%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
xBloom Coffee holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 176 and 73 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of EKG Updater's written reviews are positive against 36% of xBloom Coffee's.
EKG Updater ships an update every 4 months, xBloom Coffee monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EKG Updater | xBloom Coffee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (176 ratings) | 2.8 (73 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.1% of reviews | 35.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 176 — better | 73 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Fellow | TBDX INC. |
Customer experience
EKG Updater
xBloom Coffee
Bugs and requests
EKG Updater
Reported bugs
3 issues- Firmware update process gets stuck
- App fails to detect or connect to kettle
- App crashes or provides no feedback during updates
Requested features
3 requests- Remote kettle control (turn on/off, set temperature)
- Scheduling and timer functionality
- Improved app design and user experience
xBloom Coffee
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
EKG Updater
No in-app purchases
xBloom Coffee
No in-app purchases
