Act Four vs Crisp Guide
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/
Crisp Guide
This app helps you store fresh food correctly, track its freshness, and get recipe ideas based on what you have. It prevents food waste by reminding you what to use first.
- Food storage guidance library
- Grocery haul tracking
- Freshness estimation
- Usage reminders
- AI-powered recipe generation
- Grocery photo import
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Most of us don't actually know the right way to store fresh food. An apple next to bananas, tomatoes in the fridge, bread left out too long. Small mistakes that add up. Crisp Guide makes it simple: know where everything goes, how long it keeps, and when to use it. Just add your grocery haul, and Crisp Guide remembers what you bought, shows what needs using first based on freshness, and crafts cooking ideas from what's actually in your kitchen. START FREE — NO ACCOUNT NEEDED • Browse the guide: full access to our complete fresh-foods storage guidance library • Save your grocery hauls: kept right on your device, so you always know what you have and where it goes • Freshness: see how fresh your groceries are and an estimate of how long they have left • Reminders: get nudged when foods need using soon so nothing gets forgotten CRISP GUIDE BASIC — Free account • Back up & sync: create a free account to keep your hauls safe and access them across your devices CRISP GUIDE PRO — $3.99/month • Add your grocery haul with a photo: Just snap a pic of your groceries or receipt to quickly sort and store your haul • Turn your groceries into recipes: Create custom cooking ideas from what's already in your kitchen, using AI • Share your kitchen: Share all of your grocery hauls with a partner or roommate, no Pro required on their end. • 1 MONTH FREE TRIAL: For all new subscribers Crisp Guide Pro is an auto-renewing subscription billed monthly at $3.99/month, with a 1-month free trial for new subscribers. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase, after the trial ends. Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://crispguide.notion.site/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://crispguide.notion.site/terms-of-service
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Crisp Guide at none against Act Four's 3. Crisp Guide also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Act Four's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 3). On price, rating, 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. Act Four sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Crisp Guide 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 Crisp Guide. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Act Four has 17 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Act Four ships an update every 8 days, Crisp Guide every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Act Four | Crisp Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | AIV, LLC | Dead Earth LLC |
Customer experience
Act Four
Crisp Guide
In-app purchases
Act Four
- Monthly3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- SwitchBot Integration$19.99
Crisp Guide
No in-app purchases









