Comparison

Beanie vs PlainMark

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Simplified grind size adjustment wheel
  • Eliminates manual grind size calculations
  • Access to "hidden" grind sizes
  • Remembers favorite grind settings
  • Supports multiple brewing methods
Features
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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.

About

PlainMark

Features
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PlainMark is a clean, privacy-focused Markdown and plain text reader for iPhone and iPad. Open local .md, .markdown, and .txt files, then read them in a calm, native interface designed for notes, documentation, drafts, project files, and long-form text. PlainMark keeps the reading experience simple: choose a file, view beautifully rendered Markdown, adjust your reading preferences, and move through longer documents with helpful navigation tools. Features include: Open Markdown and plain text files Render headings, lists, links, code blocks, quotes, and tables Navigate longer documents with a table of contents Adjust typography and reading settings Use light, dark, and comfortable reading themes Reopen recently used documents Open files from the Files app and other document sources Read offline without an account PlainMark is built for people who want a focused Markdown viewer without clutter, accounts, ads, tracking, or document uploads. Your files stay on your device, and the app is designed around local reading first. Whether you use Markdown for notes, technical documentation, writing drafts, project plans, README files, or personal reference material, PlainMark gives you a simple way to read your files comfortably on iOS and iPadOS.

Screenshots

Beanie4 screens
PlainMark4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PlainMark at weekly against Beanie's every 2 months. Beanie's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

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

Beanie ships an update every 2 months, PlainMark weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Beanie versus PlainMark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeaniePlainMark
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (33 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings33 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTim LehmannElemental Development

In-app purchases

None

Beanie

No in-app purchases

None

PlainMark

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Beanie free?
Beanie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PlainMark free?
PlainMark is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Beanie or PlainMark have ads?
Neither Beanie nor PlainMark shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beanie or PlainMark?
Beanie ships an update every 2 months, and PlainMark weekly. Most recently, Beanie was updated on November 3, 2026 and PlainMark on October 31, 2026.

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