Comparison

Bean vs Arosti

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

Head to head
About

Bean

Discover, rate, and explore coffees and cafes worldwide. Connect with friends, share your experiences, and track your caffeine intake. Find your next favorite brew with this community-driven coffee discovery platform.

Highlights
  • Discover top-rated coffees and cafes
  • Rate and review coffee experiences
  • Socialize with friends and follow their adventures
  • Get notified about recommended coffees
  • View recent posts for cafe insights
  • Track daily caffeine intake
Features
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Bean: Your Passport to the Perfect Cup! Discover, Rate, and Savor with Bean! Whether you're a coffee connoisseur or just starting your coffee journey, there's something for everyone. From local gems to global favorites, find your perfect brew and join our vibrant community of coffee enthusiasts. • EXPLORE: Discover top-rated coffees and cafés, near and far. • RATE & REVIEW: Share your coffee experiences and earn badges. • SOCIALIZE: Follow friends and explore their coffee adventures. • GET NOTIFIED: Stay updated on the best coffees recommended by you. • CAFÉ INSIGHTS: Check out recent posts to find your next coffee spot. • CAFFEINE TRACKER: Monitor your daily caffeine intake and stay energized. Join Bean today and elevate your coffee experience!

About

Arosti

Discover coffee tailored to your unique palate by scanning bags and rating cups. This app learns your preferences to provide personalized recommendations, moving beyond generic star ratings to understand your taste profile.

Highlights
  • Scan coffee bags with your camera
  • Rate coffee cups and add tasting notes
  • Personalized taste profile creation
  • Receive tailored coffee recommendations
  • Discover local roasters and cafes
  • Track coffee history and preferences
Features
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The best-rated coffee isn't the best coffee for you. Two people can agree a coffee is "good" and still want completely different things from it — more body, less brightness, a fruit-forward Ethiopian one week and a dark, cocoa-heavy blend the next. Star ratings average strangers. Arosti learns YOU. SCAN THE BAG Point your camera at any coffee — on a store shelf, at a café, in your cupboard. Arosti reads the label, finds the coffee, and tells you how well it fits your taste: Excellent match, Very good, Good, Mixed, or Weak. Then it says why, in plain words, and what to watch out for. IT LEARNS FROM EVERY CUP Rate a coffee in seconds. Add what shaped it — loved the fruit, too bitter, great body — and how you made it: espresso, pour-over, AeroPress, drip, with milk, iced. Log the same coffee across different preparations and see which way you like it best. Every cup sharpens the predictions. YOUR TASTE, MADE VISIBLE Arosti builds a seven-axis taste fingerprint — Body, Bright, Sweet, Smooth, Nutty, Fruit, Roast — from what you actually rated, and lays it over each coffee's profile so you can see where they meet and where they don't. HONEST ABOUT WHAT IT KNOWS Predictions carry their confidence. A first-day guess says so. Arosti never pretends a score is more precise than the evidence behind it. REMEMBER EVERYTHING Every coffee you've tried, what you rated it, where you found it, what you paid, and what you wrote about it — in one place, searchable, yours. DISCOVER Recommendations built from your own ratings, not the crowd's, filtered to what's actually stocked near you when that's known. Roaster pages, a café map, price per pound, and links to buy direct. BUILT FOR THE GROCERY AISLE AND THE THIRD-WAVE CAFÉ Thousands of coffees from national brands and independent roasters, growing with every scan. If we don't know a coffee yet, you can still rate it — and it joins the catalog. FREE TO USE No account required to start. Sign in to keep your journal across devices. Arosti uses AI to read labels and score matches; your ratings and notes stay yours, and we never sell your data. Privacy policy: arosti.app/privacy

Screenshots

Bean4 screens
Arosti4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Arosti at none against Bean's shown. Arosti also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, review sentiment, 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

Bean ships an update every 3 weeks, Arosti every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bean versus Arosti: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeanArosti
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size217 MB63 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperZachary MorganJohn Wilson

Customer experience

Bean

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Arosti

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Bean

No in-app purchases

None

Arosti

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bean free?
Bean is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arosti free?
Arosti is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bean or Arosti have ads?
Bean shows ads; Arosti does not.
Which is updated more often, Bean or Arosti?
Bean ships an update every 3 weeks, and Arosti every 9 days. Most recently, Bean was updated on November 3, 2026 and Arosti on October 31, 2026.

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