Best Coffee vs Beanconqueror
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Best Coffee
Discover the world's best specialty coffee shops with this comprehensive guide. Find highly-rated cafes near you, read expert reviews, and explore new coffee destinations. Never settle for a bad cup of coffee again.
- Specialty coffee shop discovery
- Cafes near you
- Expert reviews
- Interactive maps
- Weekly new cafe updates
- Cafes 'on our radar'
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Best Coffee is your trusted guide to the global specialty coffee scene. This app will show you the cafés near you that serve coffee worth seeking out. With reviews, maps, and news, Best Coffee is here to ensure that coffee never leaves a bitter taste in your mouth. There are regular updates with new cafés listed weekly. The majority of our cafés have been visited and reviewed by our experts; those that haven’t are clearly marked ‘on our radar’ and have been researched before being listed. It’s FREE to use to find cafes near you, and always will be.
Beanconqueror
This app helps coffee enthusiasts of all levels optimize their brewing process and manage their coffee beans. It supports various preparation methods, allows detailed tracking of beans and roasts, and offers advanced features like water recipe customization and flow profiling.
- Brew optimization for multiple methods
- Detailed coffee bean tracking
- Roast tracking and management
- Customizable water recipes
- Flow and pressure profiling
- Bluetooth scale integration
- Caffeine tracking to Apple Health
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Beanconqueror - The Ultimate Coffee Companion You’re a coffee afficiando, and so am I! Beanconqueror is the product of our shared love of the drink in our cups and in our hearts. Whether you're just starting out, or are an experienced barista, Beanconqueror will help you get the most out of your coffee. Optimize your brews: Beanconqueror offers a wide range of preparation methods, including V60, Aeropress, Espresso, Orea v3, Mokkamaster and more. Each comes setup ready to go, or you can customize your preparation methods with just the parameters you want to use. This way, you can get your perfect brew every time. Keep track of your beans: Beanconqueror makes it easy to keep track of all your beans. You can easily scan or import detailed information of roasted coffee from your favourite roasters, or even from your own roasting setup. It’ll even keep track of your running total of beans so you know when you’re running low. Track your roasts: Add all the details for your green beans, roast them in batches tracking the variables you need to to maintain consistency, and automatically transfer your finished roasts to use for brewing. Dedicated water section: Beanconqueror also has a dedicated water section where you can add your custom waters to be used in the brew section. Save all the key information for your water recipes, such as general hardness, sodium, calcium, magnesium, and more. Flexibility and Convenience: Beanconqueror is available for both iPhone and iPad. It also supports several languages, including English, German, Spanish, Chinese, and Turkish, and more will be added in the future. Beanconqueror is also Open Source and free to use. Flow & Pressure Profiling: Beanconqueror is compatible with a range of bluetooth scales and pressure profile devices, including Decent Scale, Acaia Scales, Felicita Scales, Hiroia Jimmy, Eureka Precisa, Skale2, Smart Espresso Profiler, and Pressensor. It can even produce graphs to track your brew live and help you repeat your favourite brews more easily. Track your caffeine consume into Apple Health and have a look there. Whether you're looking to track your coffee journey, optimise your brews, or simply keep track of your coffee beans, Beanconqueror has everything you need to perfect your brew from green to cup.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Beanconqueror at 94% against Best Coffee's 40%. Beanconqueror also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (139 vs 40). Best Coffee's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
Beanconqueror holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 40 and 139 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Best Coffee's written reviews are positive against 94% of Beanconqueror's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Best Coffee | Beanconqueror |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (40 ratings) | 4.9 (139 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.5% of reviews | 94.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 40 | 139 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 141 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BEST COFFEE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED | Lars Saalbach |
Customer experience
Best Coffee
Beanconqueror
User reviews
Best Coffee
From 40 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🌍 Global coffee shop discovery across multiple cities
- ⭐ Curated, high-quality coffee shop recommendations
- 🗺️ Helpful map functionality for finding nearby cafes
- 👶 Useful filters like changing table availability
- 📱 Clean, visually appealing interface design
Room to improve
- 🐛 App frequently crashes and freezes
- 📍 Location detection fails or hangs indefinitely
- 🔄 Endless loading circles and unresponsive interface
- 📊 Severely outdated cafe information and listings
- ❌ Closed cafes not removed despite user reports
Beanconqueror
From 139 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Highly customizable and detailed
- 🌟 Free and ad-free
- 🚀 Intuitive and easy to use
- 💡 Comprehensive tracking of brews and equipment
- ✅ Supports Bluetooth devices (scales, refractometers)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Scale connectivity issues (iOS)
- 🤔 Some UI elements could be clearer
- ⏳ Manual import/export for sync
- 📸 Photo upload issues/crashes
- ⚙️ Some settings are cumbersome to re-enter
Bugs and requests
Best Coffee
Reported bugs
12 issues- App stuck on 'checking location' screen
- Map search and nearby search completely broken
- Login/sign-up process fails with error messages
- App freezes when trying to favorite/unfavorite cafes
- Persistent notification badge that cannot be cleared
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- Pages and searches fail to load
- Google API key issues preventing city search
- Sign in with Apple authentication errors
- App hangs on timer/splash screen on startup
- Cafe listings not appearing on map view
- Search by nearby location non-functional
- Data not syncing across sessions
Requested features
12 requests- Allow users to add or suggest new coffee shops
- Metric distance option (meters/kilometers)
- Ability to write detailed comments with ratings
- Price range filtering and display
- Photo upload capability from users
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- Browse by suburb or neighborhood
- Search by coffee machine type
- Opening hours accuracy and reliability
- User-generated reviews and comments
- Quality control for community submissions
- Website links for cafe information
- Filter by cafe amenities and atmosphere
Beanconqueror
Reported bugs
8 issues- Scale connectivity issues with iOS devices
- App crashes when trying to add a picture
- Brew time selection menu not appearing
- Some brews not visible in brew list
- App crashes when trying to add a picture on iPhone 13 Pro
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- Timer stops when app is left in background
- Bug with brew time selection menu
- Some brews not visible in brew list
Requested features
30 requests- iCloud sync/cross-device sync
- Dark mode
- Apple Watch app
- More graphical/pictorial summary of stats
- Ability to create tags for filtering
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- Recipe log/tab
- User accounts
- Cloud syncing
- Different formatting options for dates and times
- Add a field for specifying recipe (e.g., Hoffman V60)
- Add a timer with push notifications for cold brew
- Add a field for processing method (Washed, Natural, Honey)
- Add a field for farm, more location info, elevation
- Add a field for pressure reached during brew
- Add a field for grinder retention
- Ability to change date/time of a brew
- Option to indicate bean storage
- Parameter for frozen beans
- Record weight and start/finish time of each pour
- Record time of bloom pour
- More icons for brew methods
- Ability to log coffee at cafes/brewed by others
- Fields in Brew for amount of water used and time recognizing minutes/seconds
- Community approach: publish and rate recipes
- Focus/category for recipes
- Photos included in backup/export
- Add a field for coffee that ends up in the trash (e.g., purging grinder)
- Prompt for dial-in based on sour/bitter
- Ability to define a recipe for a certain bean type once optimum settings are found
- Add Wendougee Lita
In-app purchases
Best Coffee
No in-app purchases
Beanconqueror
No in-app purchases








