Comparison

BeanBon Plus vs coffee_timer

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

Head to head
About

BeanBon Plus

This app allows users to roast coffee beans at home using a compact, electric machine. It offers multiple modes for automated or customized roasting, profile creation, and sharing with friends.

Highlights
  • Smart Mode auto-roasting
  • Creator Mode for custom profiles
  • Guru Mode with QR code scanning
  • Profile saving and sharing
  • Development Time Ratio calculation
  • Adjustable heat and airflow
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When it comes to coffee, everyone has their own taste. You could do more than just brewing with purchased coffee beans for having a cup of coffee with rich aroma and refreshing flavor at home. Actually, you could even do the roasting on your own now! We’ve made the roaster machine from the heavy and big stereotype into a small but compact design. Besides, this machine consumes only electricity and is convenient and easy for manipulation! With the 3 modes from Smart Mode / Guru Mode / Creator Mode that BeanBon has, this machine could fulfill the needs of different users. Don’t know how to start roasting? The only thing you need to do is spin the knob on the machine to select the 8 programmed Smart Mode profiles, and then one push to the knob for starting the auto-roasting. BeanBon will automatically do a batch of freshly roasted beans for you. Through the BeanBon App, you could have the desired taste to the beans by creating your own roasting profile. Even more, your created profiles can be saved for auto-duplication, and shared with friends It’s time for you to be the roaster at home. Creator Mode: .Free manipulation with 12 levels of heat and airflow for creating more rich and delicate flavor changes. .Roasting time could be extended or shortened for your plan. .New algorithm to decrease the influence of difference in environment Temp. for better duplication. .Mark the 1st Crack Point, and the App will automatically do the math on DTR (Development Time Ratio) for you. .Sharing your saved profiles with friends is so much fun. Guru Mode: .By scanning the QR Code on the package of the authorized selected beans, BeanBon will download the profile from the cloud to start auto-roasting. Learn more on Official Website: https://beanbonroaster.com/

About

coffee_timer

Features
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A very simple hand-drip coffee calculator and timer. The upper part is the calculator of target water based on coffee powder and ratio. To use voice control, after pressed the Voice Control button and say the following: 1. "Start" (start prebrewing) 2. "Extraction" (start extraction) 3. "Finish" (finish brewing) Ratio from 1:10-14 : Strong strength highest intensity of flavor Ratio from 1:14-18 : Popular ratio for most people like, have a balance flavor Ratio from 1:18-25 : Lighter coffee extracted To store the brewing records, a pop-up window shows after extraction timer is pressed to stopped. - In the "Coffee Name", you can enter the name of coffee (e.g. Geisha, Kenya AA, Blue Mountain.... etc) - Check/uncheck "Take Photo", you can take photo of your coffee for future reviewing your brewing data. - Finally press "Yes" to confirm storing the record, and review the time and ratio in "History" page. Time control is also essential to brew a coffee in right way, let's use the timer and practice ! Enjoy ~ !

Screenshots

BeanBon Plus4 screens
coffee_timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: coffee_timer at every 5 days against BeanBon Plus's fortnightly. 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

BeanBon Plus ships an update fortnightly, coffee_timer every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
BeanBon Plus versus coffee_timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeanBon Pluscoffee_timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAvigo Technology Co., Ltd.Lap Tong MAK

In-app purchases

None

BeanBon Plus

No in-app purchases

None

coffee_timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BeanBon Plus free?
BeanBon Plus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is coffee_timer free?
coffee_timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BeanBon Plus or coffee_timer have ads?
Neither BeanBon Plus nor coffee_timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BeanBon Plus or coffee_timer?
BeanBon Plus ships an update fortnightly, and coffee_timer every 5 days. Most recently, BeanBon Plus was updated on June 5, 2026 and coffee_timer on September 19, 2026.

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