Comparison

Cupnote vs day9 coffee

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

Head to head
About

Cupnote

Features
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Introducing Cupnote, the ultimate app designed to transform your coffee cupping experience. Coffee cupping can be a delightful journey into the world of exquisite flavors, but it often comes with its set of challenges. Juggling between a spittoon cup, a cupping spoon, paper, and a clipboard for scoring, while trying to neatly document every aspect of the coffee, can detract from the joy of cupping. Have you ever struggled to recall a note or ponder over what aspects to focus on during tasting? Or worse, lost your painstakingly taken notes? Cupnote is here to alleviate those hassles. With Cupnote, you can: Ditch the clipboard and pen. Our app allows for one-handed input on your phone, making it easier to manage everything else you need to handle. Quickly access flavor notes and easily input your findings, even in the midst of a bustling cupping session. Customize evaluation criteria for public cuppings, ensuring that everyone can record what's important to them. Safely store and neatly organize your notes for easy retrieval and review. Features: Create and evaluate using custom cupping forms, ranging from simple checks to specialized SCA and CoE formats. Build your own sensory note groups and expand your notes as you wish. Perform analyses that were impossible on paper. Visualize and compare cupping results for insightful analysis. Utilize Cupnote in various settings - from tasting coffee in different locations to enhancing quality control in roasteries with custom QC forms. These can later integrate with Firescope, turning into valuable assets for roasteries. Cafes can use Cupnote as a communication tool with baristas or supplier roasteries to maintain consistency in coffee flavors. Coffee education and study groups can benefit from our app too. It’s designed to make sensory note association easy for everyone, allowing users to progressively refine cupping forms to suit their objectives. Cupnote is not just an app; it's a revolution in coffee cupping, making the entire process more efficient, enjoyable, and insightful. Whether you're a professional roaster, a barista, or simply a coffee enthusiast, Cupnote is your go-to companion for all things cupping. Say goodbye to the clutter and hello to streamlined, insightful coffee tasting with Cupnote.

About

day9 coffee

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Most coffee bags tell you the roast date. None of them tell you when the coffee actually tastes best. day9 is built around one idea: coffee has a freshness curve. It's too gassy in the first few days after roast, hits peak flavor around days 7–14 depending on the bean, then slowly declines. Roasters know this. Baristas know this. Most coffee drinkers don't β€” because nobody's ever made it easy to track. day9 fixes that. ADD A BAG Snap a photo of the label or enter the details manually. day9 reads the roast date, origin, and roaster, then maps out where your bag sits on the freshness curve right now and when it'll hit peak. KNOW WHEN TO BREW Get a clear signal: "too fresh," "approaching peak," "at peak," "declining." No more wondering whether yesterday's pour was off because of the grind or because the bag is past it. LOG BREWS, NOT JUST BAGS Tap to log a brew. Notice patterns: which bags taste best on which days, which roasters consistently hit your sweet spot, which origins fade fast. Your own taste history, built over time. DISCOVER ROASTERS Browse a curated directory of specialty roasters from around the world. Find new bags from operations you trust. Read why each roaster matters. WHY DAY 9? Because for most specialty coffees, that's roughly when the gas has settled, the flavors have rounded, and the bag is genuinely ready. It's a name, not a rule β€” every coffee is different, and day9 tracks yours specifically. NO ACCOUNTS, NO PASSWORDS Sign in with your email. We send you a link. That's it. No social logins, no data harvesting, no marketing emails. Built for people who care about coffee but don't want another app pretending to be a coffee shop. Just the timing.

Screenshots

Cupnote3 screens
day9 coffee3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Cupnote at 13.0 against day9 coffee's 15.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Cupnote versus day9 coffee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCupnoteday9 coffee
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 β€” better15.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size65 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJin Tae KyuBrian Diamond

In-app purchases

None

Cupnote

No in-app purchases

None

day9 coffee

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cupnote free?
Cupnote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is day9 coffee free?
day9 coffee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cupnote or day9 coffee have ads?
Neither Cupnote nor day9 coffee shows ads.

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