Comparison

Coffee Journal vs BRØG

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

Head to head
About

Coffee Journal

Log your coffee brews, beans, and recipes in a digital journal. Track brewing details, tasting notes, and coffee bag aging. Discover new recipes and connect with the coffee community.

Highlights
  • Coffee journal for brews and café visits
  • Track beans, roast dates, and aging
  • Explore and save coffee recipes
  • Organize coffee gear
  • AI bag scanning for details
  • Coffee community feed
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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 follow the coffee world in the Coffee Feed. 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 LIBRARY - Beans, Brews, Recipes and Gear live in one library, a swipe apart. - One + button adds a bag, brew, recipe or gear from any page. - View, sort and filter each page from one menu next to search. - Open My Coffee Wrapped, your coffee year, in one tap (Pro). THE COFFEE FEED - Read facts and real voices from the coffee community on new beans and gear, daily, each with its sources, quotes and key notes. - See what coffee people are arguing about in Hot takes, and vote in the Daily Poll. - Catch new coffee drops and deals from roasters in your region. - Save stories to read later. YOUR COFFEE JOURNAL - Record home brews and café visits with photos, notes and ratings. - Track dose, ratio, grind, water temperature and brew time. - Log the water and mineral drops you brewed with. - Send Brew Calculator's ratio, water and pours straight into a Brew Log. - Attach beans, Gear and recipes to each Brew Log. - Save a setup as a template (gear, recipe, numbers and steps) and start your next brews from it (Pro). - Customize sections and backgrounds to make the journal your own. - Changes save as you edit. - Revisit your cups in list or grid view, see every brew on a check-in calendar and every café on a map. 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. - See how much coffee is left in each bag as you brew. - 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. 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. 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

About

BRØG

Discover new coffees tailored to your taste and values. Scan bean packaging, read community reviews, and log your coffee journey. Connect with other coffee lovers, share tips, and find your next favorite brew.

Highlights
  • Scan coffee bean packaging
  • Personalized coffee recommendations
  • Coffee journal and tasting history
  • Rate and review coffees
  • Connect with coffee community
  • Discover cafés and roasters
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BRØG connects people and coffee. It’s a smart community platform that helps you discover better coffee based on your taste, values, and curiosity. Explore cafés, rate coffees, learn from others, and track your coffee journey - all in one place. Scan & explore Easily scan coffee bean packaging to see origin, roast profile, tasting notes etc. Discover reviews and ratings from fellow users to make smarter, more conscious choices. Personalized recommendations Using data, preferences, and your tasting history, BRØG recommends coffees tailored to your flavour profile - so you can find beans you’ll actually enjoy. Coffee journal Keep track of every coffee you try. Rate, tag, and save your favourites to build your personal coffee library and see your taste evolve over time. Rate & review Share your insights with the community. Help others discover new favourites - and get inspired yourself. Join a coffee-loving community Follow friends, baristas, roasters, or micro-influencers. Share your brewing tips and recipes, debate about the latest gadget, and find others who care about coffee as much as you do.

Screenshots

Coffee Journal4 screens
BRØG4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BRØG at none against Coffee Journal's 4. Coffee Journal's advantage is ratings volume (30 vs 1) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). 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. BRØG asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Coffee Journal against 5.0 for BRØG. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Coffee Journal has 30 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Coffee Journal ships an update every 4 days, BRØG every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Coffee Journal versus BRØG: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoffee JournalBRØG
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (30 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings30 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size104 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBitleverMergeIT ApS

Customer experience

Coffee Journal

All ratings30 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive91.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.7%

BRØG

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
None

BRØG

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Coffee Journal free?
Coffee Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BRØG free?
BRØG is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Coffee Journal or BRØG?
BRØG is rated higher. Coffee Journal averages 4.9 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while BRØG averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Coffee Journal or BRØG have ads?
Neither Coffee Journal nor BRØG shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Coffee Journal or BRØG?
Coffee Journal ships an update every 4 days, and BRØG every 2 weeks. Most recently, Coffee Journal was updated on November 8, 2026 and BRØG on November 4, 2026.

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