The Melt vs Sextant Coffee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Melt
Enjoy delicious grilled sandwiches and flavorful burgers made with high-quality ingredients. This app offers a commitment to sustainability with compostable packaging and meatless options.
- All-natural ingredients
- High-quality cheeses and meats
- Fresh artisan breads
- Crunchy grilled sandwiches
- Flavorful MeltBurgers
- Compostable/recyclable packaging
- Meatless options available
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"Here at The Melt we do as our name says: we melt things. The Melt begins with 100% all-natural, high-quality cheeses, all-natural meats and fresh artisan breads, and then we melt them to amazing. Every bite of our crunchy, grilled sandwiches and juicy, flavorful MeltBurgers will put a smile on your face and happiness in your heart. The Melt is also heavily committed to reducing our impact on the planet. We use 100% compostable or recyclable packaging and offer meatless options as healthy substitutes."
Sextant Coffee
Discover exceptional coffees sourced directly from farmers worldwide. This app showcases flavorful beans from Ethiopia, Kenya, Colombia, and more, highlighting the unique origins and tastes of each roast.
- Direct farmer partnerships
- Global coffee sourcing
- Flavorful coffee showcase
- Independent roastery
- Ethiopian coffee origins
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Sextant is an independent cafe and roastery in San Francisco. Founded by Kinani Ahmed, a first-generation Ethiopian, we work directly with farmers across Ethiopia, Kenya, Colombia, and elsewhere in order to showcase the most flavorful coffees throughout the world.
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Verdict
The Melt and Sextant Coffee both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Sextant Coffee's written reviews are positive against 47% of The Melt's. Sextant Coffee also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). The Melt's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (3.3K vs 10). On price, rating, 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.
Sextant Coffee holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Melt has 3.3K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of The Melt's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sextant Coffee's.
The Melt ships an update weekly, Sextant Coffee every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Melt | Sextant Coffee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.3K ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.3K — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Melt | Craver Solutions Inc. |
Customer experience
The Melt
Sextant Coffee
Bugs and requests
The Melt
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes frequently
- Location detection issues
- Rewards not tracking properly
- Inconsistent UI/UX
- Payment issues
Requested features
4 requests- Support for Apple Pay
- Ability to cancel/modify orders
- Display loyalty points balance
- Option to disable marketing notifications
Sextant Coffee
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Melt
No in-app purchases
Sextant Coffee
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is The Melt free?
Is Sextant Coffee free?
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