Beanie vs echo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beanie
This app simplifies finding the correct grind size for your Fellow Opus grinder. It offers a visual adjustment wheel to eliminate complex calculations and helps you discover and save your favorite grind settings for various brewing methods.
- Simplified grind size adjustment wheel
- Eliminates manual grind size calculations
- Access to "hidden" grind sizes
- Remembers favorite grind settings
- Supports multiple brewing methods
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Beanie helps you find the right grind size on your Fellow® Opus™ It provides you with a large, simple adjustment wheel that helps you dial in without doing all the math in your head. When you set a grind size, Beanie shows you which setting you have to set on your Fellow® Opus™. This is why you'll love Beanie: - No math before your first good coffee - Access "hidden" grind sizes that you might skip without Beanie - Remembers your favourite grind settings for you – for all your brewing methods! - Simple to use and beautiful to look at Beanie is not associated with or endorsed by Fellow Industries, Inc. All product and company names are trademarks™ or registered® trademarks of their respective holders. Use of them does not imply any affiliation with or endorsement by them. Fellow, Prismo and Opus are trademarks of Fellow Industries, Inc. AeroPress is a trademark of AeroPress, Inc.
echo
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Echo is notes at the speed of a text. Open, type, send. Make quick lists. Sketch ideas. Use hashtags to organize. Start threads to group thoughts. Pin important notes. Search is instant. Sync across devices. Private by default. Minimal by design.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Beanie at Free against echo's $2.99. Beanie also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). echo's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Beanie is free to download; echo costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Beanie ships an update every 2 months, echo every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beanie | echo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (33 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 87.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tim Lehmann | Arjun Mahanti |
In-app purchases
Beanie
No in-app purchases
echo
No in-app purchases
