Comparison

COMYU vs Coffee Journal

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

Head to head
About

COMYU

Connect with fellow coffee enthusiasts to share experiences, discover new coffee spots, and explore roasters worldwide. Document your favorite coffee journeys and build a community around your passion for specialty coffee.

Highlights
  • Share coffee knowledge and passion
  • Submit reviews and suggestions
  • Check-in to coffee experiences
  • Discover coffee spots and roasters
  • Save favorite places and roasters
  • Create wishlists
  • Connect with coffee friends
Features
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Hey coffee lover. Nice to meet you! Comyu is a social discovery app centered around the promotion of a better coffee! We built it for die-hard coffee lovers to share coffee experiences, discover fire-ass coffee spots, and engage with coffee friends. There are three ways to use Comyu: SHARE - your knowledge, passion and love for specialty coffee by submitting reviews and/or suggestions - your Coffee Experiences (with a Check-In) - your favorites coffee spots, roasters, wishlist DISCOVER / EXPLORE Places, Roasters and Coffees Want to explore some local coffee scenes from all around the world or just want to know more about that latest fire-ass coffee place nearby? Comyu is there for you! You can: - search for roasters and find where their coffees are served nearby and everywhere. - save your favorite places and roasters, create wishlists, and access your lists anytime through your Comyu profile & personalized map. CONNECT / FIND A COMMUNITY With Comyu, you can make coffee friends and inspire them. In a nutshell, Comyu is here to connect and inspire coffee lovers for a better coffee world!

About

Coffee Journal

Log your coffee beans, track brewing parameters, and discover new recipes with AI assistance. This app helps you organize your coffee journey, from bean origin to tasting notes, and even generate recipes from web links.

Highlights
  • AI-powered coffee bean logging
  • Track grind settings and resting time
  • Organize beans with multiple views
  • Generate recipes from web links
  • Explore recipes from top baristas
  • Chat with a coffee expert AI
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BeanBook is a free coffee app for specialty coffee lovers. Keep a coffee journal, organize your beans with a coffee tracker, explore coffee recipes, and discover coffee deals from specialty roasters. Remember what made each cup great. Save your photos, tasting notes, grind settings and brewing details together, from your morning pour-over to a memorable café visit. YOUR COFFEE JOURNAL - Record home brews and café visits with photos, notes and ratings. - Track dose, ratio, grind, water temperature and brew time. - Attach beans, Gear and recipes to each Brew Log. - Customize sections and backgrounds to make the journal your own. - Changes save as you edit. - Revisit your cups in list or grid view and track your week in coffee. YOUR COFFEE TRACKER - Scan coffee bags with AI to fill in the roaster, origin, process and tasting notes. - Track roast dates, resting time and how each bag is aging. - Pause the roast clock while a bag is frozen. - Match your beans to jars with numbered or custom container labels. - Remember your favorite coffees and keep a history of finished bags. EXPLORE COFFEE RECIPES - Discover brewing methods and save your own coffee recipes. - Keep dose, ratio, grind settings and temperature ready for your next brew. - Start a Brew Log from a saved recipe. - Calculate water amounts for two to five pours with Brew Calculator. - Follow your brew with the built-in timer. Find recipes for Hario V60, AeroPress, Hario Switch, OXO Rapid Brewer, V60 NEO, NextLevel Pulsar, Deep27, Origami, Orea, Chemex, French Press and Cezve. Explore recipes from coffee professionals including James Hoffmann, Tetsu Kasuya, Lance Hedrick, Scott Rao, The Coffee Chronicler, April Coffee Roasters and World Brewers Cup champions. EXPLORE COFFEE DEALS AND NEW DROPS - Discover coffee deals and new releases from specialty roasters. - Browse beans by origin, process and flavor. - Find new roasters and revisit your favorites. YOUR COFFEE GEAR - Organize grinders, brewers, kettles and scales with photos, notes and ratings. - Save grinder settings for the coffees you brew. - Find related Brew Logs on bean and Gear pages. - Keep a wish list for your next setup. BEANBOOK AI - Scan bags to spend less time entering coffee details. - Ask about origins, processing, flavor notes and brewing techniques. - Get suggestions for grind size, temperature, resting time and extraction. TRY IT WITH SAMPLE BEANS - Get started with sample beans and explore Pro features before adding your own coffee. FREE TO START BeanBook is a free coffee app with optional Pro features. Keep up to 10 fully unlocked Brew Logs on the free plan, plus unlimited basic logs with photos, notes, beans, locations and overall ratings. BeanBook Pro unlocks unlimited beans, recipes and Gear, plus advanced Brew Log features beyond the free allowance. Brew, taste, remember. Keep your coffee journey in BeanBook. Terms of Service: https://beanbook.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://beanbook.app/policy

Screenshots

COMYU4 screens
Coffee Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: COMYU at none against Coffee Journal's 4. COMYU also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%). Coffee Journal's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (27 vs 2). On price, rating, ads 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. Coffee Journal sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.90 per month. COMYU asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for COMYU against 4.9 for Coffee Journal. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Coffee Journal has 27 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of COMYU's written reviews are positive against 88% of Coffee Journal's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

COMYU ships an update monthly, Coffee Journal every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
COMYU versus Coffee Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCOMYUCoffee Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.9 (27 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better88.2% of reviews
Number of ratings227 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
Best chart rank#158 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB102 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCOMYUBitlever

Customer experience

COMYU

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Coffee Journal

All ratings27 ratings
Positive96.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.8%

In-app purchases

None

COMYU

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Coffee Journal

Subscriptions4
  • BeanBook Pro Monthly$7.901 Month
  • BeanBook Pro1 Month trial$35.901 Year
  • BeanBook Pro1 Month trial$49.901 Year
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  • BeanBook Pro1 Year trial$49.901 Year

Questions

Is COMYU free?
COMYU is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Coffee Journal free?
Coffee Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, COMYU or Coffee Journal?
COMYU is rated higher. COMYU averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Coffee Journal averages 4.9 from 27 ratings.
Do COMYU or Coffee Journal have ads?
Neither COMYU nor Coffee Journal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, COMYU or Coffee Journal?
COMYU ships an update monthly, and Coffee Journal every 5 days. Most recently, COMYU was updated on September 12, 2026 and Coffee Journal on September 22, 2026.

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