Comparison

A Course in Miracles Audio vs BeanThere Coffee Log

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

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About

A Course in Miracles Audio

Access the complete teachings of "A Course in Miracles" through an immersive audio experience. Features include background music, read-along text, guided meditations, and offline access. Deepen your understanding and practice anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Full Course Access (Text, Workbook, Manual, Supplements)
  • One-Tap Lesson Access
  • Smart Auto Bookmarks
  • Offline Mode
  • Comprehension Breaks
  • Meditation Mode with Prayers
  • Read Along Feature
Features
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Experience the transformative teachings of "A Course in Miracles" in a revolutionary audio format, anytime, anywhere. Add background music, read along as you listen, meditate with curated prayers, and deepen your understanding with comprehension breaks and looping. This audio-exclusive app keeps you connected to the Course's teachings, ensuring you never lose your place whether you're exploring the Text, Workbook, Manual or Supplements. Experience a seamless blend of timeless wisdom and modern convenience, tailored for ACIM students of all levels. Features: - Whole Course Access: Delve into the entire Course, inclusive of the Text, Workbook, Manual, and Supplements, through a high-quality audio experience. - One-Tap Lesson Access: Start your daily lessons with a single touch, making it easy to stay consistent and engaged with the teachings. - Smart Auto Bookmarks: Seamlessly navigate and alternate between the Text and the Workbook without ever losing your place. - Offline mode: Download and access the app without internet. - Comprehension Breaks: Enhance your listening experience with optional short pauses after each sentence, aiding in better understanding, especially during multitasking. - Meditation Mode: Need some guidance or inspiration? Explore curated ACIM quotes and prayers from students worldwide, along with the surprise ACIM prayer feature. - Looping: Immerse yourself and re-play your favorite Course section or Lesson. - Timer: Set a duration of your audio to time your meditation or relax into sleep. - Read Along: A synchronized text feature allows you to read as you listen, deepening your connection and comprehension. - Ambient Background Music: Enrich your listening experience with calming background music that elevates your connection with the teachings. - Daily Reminders and Widgets: Never miss a lesson with timely reminders, encouraging consistent practice and fostering peace in daily life. - Experience the wisdom and guidance of “A Course in Miracles” in a fresh, modern, and user-friendly audio format. Here’s what our users are saying: "Makes it so easy to listen to my lesson as soon as I wake up. Love the prayer section for meditating. Love it all!" – Kate O'Neill, Maine "I'm enjoying it a lot, driving my car "purposelessly" just to listen. I love the background sounds, the simplicity, and efficiency. I'll be using this app daily!" – Artur Balthazar, Brazil "I love the images in the app. The layout is attractive and intuitive. ...Beautiful work!" – Mindy Micek, Minnesota "The app looks very professional and well done. It's comforting knowing I have the full Course at my fingertips, wherever I go.” – Barbra A. King, Ladysmith, Canada About the Foundation for Inner Peace: Entrusted by the Course's scribes, Drs. Helen Schucman and William Thetford, in 1975 we became the first to publish “A Course in Miracles” as envisioned by its scribes. Over the years, our commitment has expanded to translating the Course into 27 languages, each echoing the original's transformative wisdom. We continually embrace modern platforms to spread its teachings while our unwavering focus remains: to share the scribe-authorized authentic content of "A Course in Miracles." Experience the app: Embark on an enriching spiritual journey with the ACIM Audio App. Carry the Course teachings with you wherever you go. Subscription Pricing and Terms: ACIM Audio is a subscription-based service. Choose from two options: Monthly Subscription: $5.99/month Yearly Subscription: $39.99/year These prices are for United States customers. Please note that prices may vary outside the United States and might be converted to your local currency based on your country of residence. The subscription renews automatically and you can cancel anytime. Terms of Use: https://acim.org/fip/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: https://acim.org/fip/terms-of-use/privacy-policy/

About

BeanThere Coffee Log

Log your coffee experiences by scoring the coffee, barista, and room separately. The app can read coffee bag details and identify your location to fill in entry fields automatically. Your log is stored locally on your device.

Highlights
  • Automatic location and coffee bag scanning
  • Three-axis scoring (coffee, barista, room)
  • Local data storage with no account required
  • Visual log of coffee shops and origins
  • Shareable captions and photos
  • On-device processing for privacy
Features
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BeanThere is a log of every coffee you drink. Open an entry and fill in as much or as little as you like. The app works out where you are, reads the bag if you show it one, and files the entry on your shelf. Nothing is mandatory — including the photograph. WHAT IT DOES FOR YOU Point the camera at the bag and the roaster, the blend, the origin, the process and the roast level are read off it. Point it at a shop sign and the shop is found by name. Stand still for a moment and the coffeeshop you are sitting in is already filled in. Every value the app fills in is marked as a guess until you touch it, so you always know what has been checked and what has not. THREE SCORES, NOT ONE A brilliant espresso pulled by someone who resented making it, in a room with no chairs, is not an eight. So a cup is scored on the coffee, the barista and the room, kept separately and drawn as a single three-axis mark. A great cup from a surly barista makes a shape you will recognise a month later. READ IT BACK The shelf is your log as a grid of cups, newest first. The passport is the same entries read by place: a map of every shop you have been to, and under it the coffee belt with a dot on every origin you have drunk. SHARING IS A HANDOFF Neither Instagram nor Google Maps lets an app post on your behalf, and BeanThere does not pretend otherwise. It writes a caption, stages your photos, puts the words on the clipboard and opens the other app. You tap Post. The rating is burned into the corner of the photo on the way, so the score survives a repost. IT STAYS ON YOUR PHONE There is no account, no sign-up and no server of ours. Your log, your photographs and your scores are files on your device. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is analysed, and nothing is sold. The one thing that leaves is a coordinate, sent to Google to answer "which coffeeshop is this" — and only while you are logging a cup. APPLE INTELLIGENCE On a device that supports it, the bag reading and the caption writing run on Apple's on-device models. Your bags and your words are not sent anywhere to be processed. Without it, the app falls back to a keyword parser and plainer prose — everything still works, the fields just need more editing. BeanThere is for people who already know what they like and would rather have the record than the recommendation.

Screenshots

A Course in Miracles Audio4 screens
BeanThere Coffee Log4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BeanThere Coffee Log at none against A Course in Miracles Audio's 2. BeanThere Coffee Log also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). A Course in Miracles Audio's advantage is ratings volume (1.4K vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.4 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ads 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. A Course in Miracles Audio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. BeanThere Coffee Log asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for A Course in Miracles Audio against 5.0 for BeanThere Coffee Log. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: A Course in Miracles Audio has 1.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

A Course in Miracles Audio ships an update every 3 weeks, BeanThere Coffee Log every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
A Course in Miracles Audio versus BeanThere Coffee Log: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterA Course in Miracles AudioBeanThere Coffee Log
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (1.4K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.4K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size383 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFoundation for Inner Peace, Inc.Guy Merin

Customer experience

A Course in Miracles Audio

All ratings1,329 ratings
Positive98.8%
Neutral0.2%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews171 reviews
Positive92.4%
Neutral1.2%
Negative6.4%

BeanThere Coffee Log

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

A Course in Miracles Audio

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Subscription renewal issues
  • Occasional content download failures

Requested features

5 requests
  • Offline access
  • Hourly lesson reminders
  • More narrator voice options
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Customizable home screen widget

BeanThere Coffee Log

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

A Course in Miracles Audio

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription (1 Month)7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription (1 Year)14 Days trial$39.991 Year
None

BeanThere Coffee Log

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is A Course in Miracles Audio free?
A Course in Miracles Audio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BeanThere Coffee Log free?
BeanThere Coffee Log is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, A Course in Miracles Audio or BeanThere Coffee Log?
BeanThere Coffee Log is rated higher. A Course in Miracles Audio averages 4.9 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while BeanThere Coffee Log averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do A Course in Miracles Audio or BeanThere Coffee Log have ads?
Neither A Course in Miracles Audio nor BeanThere Coffee Log shows ads.
Which is updated more often, A Course in Miracles Audio or BeanThere Coffee Log?
A Course in Miracles Audio ships an update every 3 weeks, and BeanThere Coffee Log every 2 days. Most recently, A Course in Miracles Audio was updated on October 30, 2026 and BeanThere Coffee Log on October 6, 2026.

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