Comparison

Cupnote vs Brewing Tag

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

Brewing Tag

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Brewing Tag is designed to beautifully streamline your entire coffee journey from logging and customizing to sharing. The flavor of coffee shifts with every subtle change in the brewing process. Start keeping a log today to brew a cup that is even better than yesterday's, or to achieve that perfect, consistent taste. From referencing new coffee bean guides and tailoring recipes to your preference to organizing them in your own style and sharing them with othersβ€”Brewing Tag makes this entire process effortless. We provide a wide range of recipe templates and customization options tailored to your brewing style. We have prepared various layouts, ranging from a simple style for those who prefer quick logging to a detailed template where you can record water flow and brief notes. On top of that, you can customize the colors to make each recipe uniquely yours, and quickly find the exact card you need from your organized list. Export your completed recipes as clean images to easily share them with others or keep them as physical cards.Save your personalized recipes directly to your camera roll to share them with friends and fellow coffee lovers. Since they are saved in a ratio perfect for business cards, you can easily print them out to build your own tangible, analog recipe card collection. As a growing service, Brewing Tag will continuously evolve by actively listening to your valuable feedback. Starting with hand-drip (pour-over) brewing, we plan to expand our support to additional brewing methods, more diverse template styles, and convenient new features to elevate your home cafe experience. Download Brewing Tag today and open your own little daily cafe.

Screenshots

Cupnote3 screens
Brewing Tag4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Cupnote at none against Brewing Tag's shown. Cupnote also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). Brewing Tag's advantage is update cadence (daily vs fortnightly). On price and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cupnote ships an update fortnightly, Brewing Tag daily. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Β· 2 level
Cupnote versus Brewing Tag: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCupnoteBrewing Tag
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily β€” better
AdsNo β€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 β€” better17.6
Further details β€” not scored
Size65 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJin Tae KyuTae Hyung Lee

In-app purchases

None

Cupnote

No in-app purchases

None

Brewing Tag

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cupnote free?
Cupnote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Brewing Tag free?
Brewing Tag is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cupnote or Brewing Tag have ads?
Brewing Tag shows ads; Cupnote does not.
Which is updated more often, Cupnote or Brewing Tag?
Cupnote ships an update fortnightly, and Brewing Tag daily. Most recently, Cupnote was updated on September 30, 2026 and Brewing Tag on October 2, 2026.

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