Siip vs Bean Hunt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Siip
Explore specialty coffee with this app. Scan coffee bags to get detailed information about origin, farmer, and process. Discover new coffees matching your taste profile and purchase from top roasters worldwide.
- Scan coffee bags for details
- Discover coffees matching taste profile
- Explore and purchase from roasters
- Save favorite coffees
- Get brewing tips and tasting notes
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Love every coffee you buy. Scan any coffee bag and Siip shows how well it matches your taste, and why. At the grocery store, at a café or at home, you'll know if you'll like it before you buy it. Most of us know what we like when we taste it, but can't say why. So we buy the same safe bag again, or gamble on the packaging. Siip learns your taste from what you actually drink, not from what you think you like. That matters: people most often say they like chocolate and nutty coffees, yet they rate floral and berry coffees higher. HOW IT WORKS 1. Scan the bag. Siip reads the label from a photo and knows more than 50,000 coffees from 6,000+ roasters. 2. See your match. Get a match score and the reasons a coffee fits you, or doesn't. 3. Rate it. Answer one question: "How was this coffee?" Every rating makes your next match sharper. WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH SIIP • Scan or search any coffee before you buy it • See why a coffee suits you, in plain words • Rate coffees from anywhere: a bag at home, a café cup, a box from Siip • Get your taste in words: the flavors, roasts and origins you rate highest • Get picks made for your taste • Keep track of every coffee you've tried and loved • Meet the roasters and farmers behind your cup No coffee knowledge needed. Just tell Siip whether you liked it. THE SIIP SUBSCRIPTION (US ONLY) Let Siip pick for you. Each box brings coffees matched to your taste from 29 independent roasters, including Onyx Coffee Lab, Equator Coffees and George Howell Coffee. Siip picks from each roaster's full catalog and learns from every coffee you rate, not only the ones we send. By the fourth box, subscribers like or love 86% of their coffees. Free shipping. Skip, pause or cancel anytime. "If you asked me six months ago what coffees I like, my answer would have been dark roast with a bunch of cream. Now, I'd tell you it's probably somewhere from Nicaragua, probably a medium roast, with notes of nuts or chocolate." Richie, Siip subscriber Join 10,000+ coffee drinkers on Siip. Download it free and scan your first bag.
Bean Hunt
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Bean Hunt is your coffee passport. Find great cafés near you, stamp every coffee you try, and build a record of the places worth going back to. HUNT DOWN GREAT COFFEE • See coffee shops near you, with the ones you've already tried marked on the map • Work through curated hunts: top rated, hidden gems, open right now, a short walk away, and laptop-friendly • Know what to order before you go, from the drinks locals rate highest STAMP EVERY COFFEE • Check in with a couple of taps: pick your café, pick your drink, rate it • Earn badges like Explorer, Regular, Pour-over pilgrim, and Night owl • Keep a weekly streak going and watch your neighborhood fill in YOUR COFFEE PASSPORT • Every café and drink you've tried in one place, with ratings and notes • List and calendar views of your coffee history • Start as a guest, then create a free account to back up your passport PREMIUM, ONE TIME Bean Hunt is free to use. Premium is an optional one-time purchase, not a subscription. It adds: • The "Not been yet" filter, to see only cafés you haven't tried • Passport insights: your go-to order, favorite café, and coffee day • Unlimited saved shops and drinks • No ads Bean Hunt is made by an independent developer. If you enjoy it, you can leave a tip from inside the app. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Siip at none against Bean Hunt's 6. Siip also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 weeks). Bean Hunt's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price and ads 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. Bean Hunt sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Siip asks for nothing beyond the download.
Siip ships an update every 9 days, Bean Hunt every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Siip | Bean Hunt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (110 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 93.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 110 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 120 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Siip Inc | Randy Torres |
In-app purchases
Siip
No in-app purchases
Bean Hunt
- Bean Hunt Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
- Bean Hunt Premium Annual$24.991 Year
- Support Bean Hunt$2.99
- Bean Hunt Premium$3.99
- Pour over tip$4.99
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- Bag of beans tip$9.99









