Comparison

Coffee Journal vs MATCHA JOURNAL

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 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 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

MATCHA JOURNAL

Document, rate, and reflect on every matcha you taste. AI photo scanning identifies matcha details, while a personal dashboard visualizes your tasting history. Your journal is private and personal.

Highlights
  • Log tasting details (name, brand, origin, grade, aroma, color, texture, preparation)
  • Add personal tasting notes and flavor tags
  • AI photo scanning for instant matcha identification
  • Rate matchas and mark favorites
  • Filter and sort journal entries
  • Visualize tasting history with charts
  • Private and personal journal entries
Features
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Matcha Journal is your personal companion for exploring the world of matcha. Whether you're a curious beginner or a seasoned ceremonial grade enthusiast, Matcha Journal helps you document, rate, and reflect on every matcha you taste — turning fleeting impressions into a rich personal archive. Log Every Tasting Record the name, brand, origin, grade, aroma, colour, texture, and preparation method of any matcha you try. Add personal tasting notes and flavour tags like umami, grassy, sweet, or floral. AI Photo Scanning Simply take a photo of your matcha product and our AI instantly identifies the brand, grade, origin, and suggested flavour notes — saving you time and making journaling effortless. Rate & Discover Give each matcha a star rating and mark your favourites with "Would Buy Again." Filter and sort your journal to instantly surface your top-rated teas. Your Personal Dashboard Visualise your tasting history with beautiful charts. See your grade distribution, average ratings, most common flavour notes, and your highest-rated discoveries at a glance. Private & Personal Your journal is entirely your own. Entries are private to your account and never shared. Start your matcha journey today.

Screenshots

Coffee Journal4 screens
MATCHA JOURNAL4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Coffee Journal at Free against MATCHA JOURNAL's $5.99. Coffee Journal also leads on ratings volume (30 vs 1). MATCHA JOURNAL's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On rating, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Coffee Journal is free to download; MATCHA JOURNAL costs $5.99 up front. Coffee Journal sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.90 per month. MATCHA JOURNAL 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 MATCHA JOURNAL. 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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Coffee Journal versus MATCHA JOURNAL: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoffee JournalMATCHA JOURNAL
PriceFree — better$5.99
Rating4.9 (30 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings30 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size104 MB186 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBitleverJEANETTE BROWN

Customer experience

Coffee Journal

All ratings30 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

MATCHA JOURNAL

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

MATCHA JOURNAL

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Coffee Journal free?
Coffee Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MATCHA JOURNAL free?
MATCHA JOURNAL costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Coffee Journal or MATCHA JOURNAL?
MATCHA JOURNAL is rated higher. Coffee Journal averages 4.9 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while MATCHA JOURNAL averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Coffee Journal or MATCHA JOURNAL have ads?
Neither Coffee Journal nor MATCHA JOURNAL shows ads.

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