BeanBon Plus vs DroneEar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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/
DroneEar
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DroneEar detects nearby drones using your smartphone's Bluetooth sensor and microphone. All processing happens on your device — no internet connection required, and no data ever leaves your phone. TIER 1 — Remote ID Detection - Detects BLE Remote ID broadcasts (ASTM F3411 standard) - Reads a broadcasting drone's serial number, GPS position, altitude, speed and heading - Shows the drone's real bearing and distance from your location - Shows the operator's location when the drone broadcasts it TIER 2 — Acoustic Detection (Beta) - Detects multirotor drone sound through the phone microphone - Matched against acoustic fingerprints built from real drone recordings - Acoustic detection only signals that a drone-like sound is nearby — it does not provide a position - Support for more aircraft types is planned for future updates MORE FEATURES - Real-time map showing the position of Remote ID drones - Detection history - Indoor/outdoor environment detection — flags conditions that affect detection accuracy - Three display themes: Day, Night, and AMOLED 15 LANGUAGES Korean, English, Ukrainian, Arabic, Gulf Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi, Urdu, Filipino, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Chinese, Japanese PRIVACY - 100% on-device processing - No data collection of any kind - No analytics, no tracking - No internet required - No account required DISCLAIMER DroneEar is an awareness aid, not a security or safety system. Remote ID detection only works for drones that broadcast Remote ID, and many drones do not. Acoustic detection is a probabilistic estimate strongly affected by environment, distance, and background noise. Do not rely on DroneEar for safety-critical decisions or security purposes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: BeanBon Plus at Free against DroneEar's $9.99. BeanBon Plus also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On update cadence, 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
BeanBon Plus is free to download; DroneEar costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BeanBon Plus | DroneEar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Avigo Technology Co., Ltd. | seungho kim |
In-app purchases
BeanBon Plus
No in-app purchases
DroneEar
No in-app purchases









