Comparison

Bunafr vs Roast Manager

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Bunafr

This app allows users to roast coffee beans at home using pre-set profiles or custom settings. Monitor heat, airflow, and agitation to achieve your desired roast level. You can also purchase green coffee beans and roasters directly through the app.

Highlights
  • Custom roast profiles
  • Automatic roasting
  • Monitor roasting parameters
  • Buy green coffee beans
  • Purchase roasters and accessories
  • Share roast profiles (future)
Features
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At Bunafr, our green mission starts with green beans. Bunafr App lets you roast Bunafr Coffees according to perfected roast profiles or create your own custom roast by monitoring various parameters and adjusting settings, including heat, airflow, and agitation. The app also shows what others have roasted. You can also buy green coffee beans, roasters, and other accessories from the company. Key Features: Buy roasters and green coffee beans Integration with Bunafr Roaster Automatic roasting of Bunafr Coffees and generic roasts at five different levels: Light, Medium, Medium-Dark, Dark, and French Custom roasting of your own green coffees or Bunafr Coffees Future release: Connect with the community to share and collect roast profiles (future feature)

About

Roast Manager

Features
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Roast Manager is a simple app for home coffee roasters. With it you can manage your: • green coffee • roasting profiles • coffee roasts • coffee containers The app is kept relatively simple, but everything has a comment field where additional content can be entered. Data is automatically synced across all your devices via iCloud. Additionally, the app features NDEF-compatible NFC tag support, allowing you to easily identify and manage your coffee storage containers (on devices with NFC support).

Screenshots

Bunafr4 screens
Roast Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Roast Manager at none against Bunafr's shown. Roast Manager also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bunafr ships an update every 2 months, Roast Manager every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on June 6, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Bunafr versus Roast Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBunafrRoast Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKarma IncGuido Scheffler

In-app purchases

None

Bunafr

No in-app purchases

None

Roast Manager

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bunafr free?
Bunafr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Roast Manager free?
Roast Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bunafr or Roast Manager have ads?
Bunafr shows ads; Roast Manager does not.
Which is updated more often, Bunafr or Roast Manager?
Bunafr ships an update every 2 months, and Roast Manager every 8 days. Most recently, Bunafr was updated on June 6, 2026 and Roast Manager on September 17, 2026.

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