xBloom Coffee vs Fellow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
xBloom Coffee
This app enhances the coffee brewing experience for specific machines, offering intuitive control, real-time visualization, and recipe sharing. Users can easily adjust brewing parameters, monitor their process, and connect with a community of coffee enthusiasts.
- Recipe sharing and management
- Seamless machine connectivity
- Intuitive recipe editing
- Real-time brewing visualization
- Offline recipe caching
- Multitouch and haptic feedback control
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Optimize Every Brew with xBloom Coffee App Elevate your xBloom coffee experience with our App, engineered to integrate seamlessly with both the xBloom Original and xBloom Studio machines. This update enhances your control and user experience, making interactions more intuitive than ever. Dive into our new features: Recipe Sharing: For the first time, xBloom users can effortlessly share and manage their favorite brew recipes, fostering a community spirit and sparking inspiration among coffee lovers. App Clips: Tap to quickly connect to the machine and launch the app, for convenient and efficient access. Key Features: Superior Connectivity: Enhanced WiFi and Bluetooth capabilities streamline network setup, ensuring reliable performance from both xBloom Original and xBloom Studio. Seamless Control: Enjoy the finesse of multitouch and haptic feedback for precise adjustments and a smoother interaction with your machine. Intuitive Recipe Editing: Whether you're a coffee professional or a home brewer, our pioneering recipe design space lets users discover and fine-tune brewing parameters for their favorite coffees. Real-time Visualization: Watch your brewing process unfold in real-time. Our visualization tool displays brewing ratios clearly, helping you fine-tune your coffee-making skills with each brew. Comprehensive Functionality: Control all your coffee-making activities with support for operating and monitoring these functions in landscape mode. Offline Caching: Continue your coffee journey uninterrupted, even in poor connectivity areas. Edit recipes and send them to your machine for brewing, even without an internet connection. Enhanced User Experience: With the xBloom App, enjoy a fun coffee-making journey tailored for both the xBloom Original and xBloom Studio machines. Whether you're perfecting your daily cup at home or creating recipes professionally, the xBloom App is designed to elevate your brewing game. Download now and transform the way you brew, share, and enjoy coffee—one exceptional cup at a time!
Fellow
Enhance your coffee brewing experience by connecting your smart coffee maker. Create custom brew profiles, schedule brews, and fine-tune every variable for perfect results. Access educational content to master your espresso craft.
- Create custom brew profiles
- Schedule brews in advance
- Fine-tune brewing variables
- Access guided educational content
- Improve espresso technique
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Connect your Fellow Aiden or Espresso Series 1 to unlock the full experience and stay up to date with the latest features. Aiden - Brew exceptional coffee with precision and ease. Create, edit, and share custom brew profiles Schedule brews in advance Fine-tune every variable for perfect results Combining precision, control, and speed, Aiden delivers pour-over quality coffee at the press of a button. Espresso Series 1 - Master your espresso craft. Access guided educational content Learn how to dial in your machine Improve your technique and consistency Profile syncing and Drops for Espresso Series 1 coming soon.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: xBloom Coffee at 2.8 against Fellow's 2.0. xBloom Coffee also leads on review sentiment (36% vs 10%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
xBloom Coffee holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 73 and 55 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of xBloom Coffee's written reviews are positive against 10% of Fellow's.
xBloom Coffee ships an update monthly, Fellow every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | xBloom Coffee | Fellow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (73 ratings) — better | 2.0 (55 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 35.8% of reviews — better | 10.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 73 — better | 55 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TBDX INC. | Fellow |
Customer experience
xBloom Coffee
Fellow
Bugs and requests
xBloom Coffee
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Fellow
Reported bugs
3 issues- App unable to connect to WiFi
- Bluetooth pairing problems
- Inconsistent device visibility
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to brew by grams of coffee
- Scheduling and remote start features
- Custom recipe input and management
In-app purchases
xBloom Coffee
No in-app purchases
Fellow
No in-app purchases









