Act Four vs Sprack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Act Four
Learn to brew perfect espresso with video guidance and taste analysis. The app tracks your brew automatically, helping you adjust your machine and recipe for your ideal cup. Designed for both beginners and experienced baristas.
- Video-guided brewing workflow
- Speed and taste analysis
- Machine and grinder adjustment guidance
- Automatic recipe tracking
- Hands-free operation
- Brew Weight and Timing adjustments
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Let’s brew amazing espresso. New to espresso? Act Four’s video-guided workflow is designed to quickly walk you through the same steps used by professional baristas. We’ll analyze the speed and taste of each brew to tweak your machine, grinder, and brew recipe until you land on your ideal cup. Espresso pro? Let’s dial in by taste. After each brew, we’ll dive into the tasting experience to drive adjustments to Brew Weight and Brew Timing. Each brew iterates on the previous until we hit that magic cup. Act Four’s minimal workflow is designed to be hands-free and out of your way. Just open the app for automatic recipe, preinfusion, brew, and flow rate tracking. Privacy Policy: https://actfour.coffee/privacy Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Sprack
Discover unique, high-quality coffee shops specializing in third-wave brews. This app focuses on the coffee experience itself, not just general location finding.
- Discover specialty coffee shops
- Focus on third-wave coffee
- Curated coffee experience
- Location-based discovery
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A way of finding the 3rd wave coffee, not for finding your way to any coffee shop.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sprack at none against Act Four's 3. Act Four's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (18 vs 5). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Act Four sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Sprack asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Act Four against 5.0 for Sprack. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Act Four ships an update every 8 days, Sprack monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Act Four | Sprack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (18 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | AIV, LLC | Michael Null |
Customer experience
Act Four
Sprack
In-app purchases
Act Four
- Monthly3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- SwitchBot Integration$19.99
Sprack
No in-app purchases
