Comparison

Coffee Journal vs Cupfolio

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

Cupfolio

Features
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Cupfolio is a quiet, beautiful journal for people who care about their coffee. Log every cup, track your beans from peak to stale, save and follow your own recipes, and watch your taste dial in over time — all in a calm paper-and-ink interface with zero clutter. WHY CUPFOLIO • A real brewing journal, not a checklist. Capture dose, water, temperature, time, grind and a full taste profile for every cup. • Fast and local-first. The app never makes you wait on the network — edits save instantly and sync in the background. • Designed to be calm. Cream paper, espresso ink and editorial type — a place you'll actually want to log in. TRACK YOUR BEANS • Add every bag with roaster, origin, process, roast level, price and roast date. • See freshness at a glance — from "Peak" to "Stale" — and how many brews you have left. • Archive finished bags to keep your shelf tidy without losing the history. LOG EVERY BREW • Pour over, espresso, AeroPress, French press, Moka pot, cold brew and more. • Record dose, water, temperature, brew time, grind setting and water TDS. • Rate the cup and map its taste — acidity, sweetness, body, bitterness, aftertaste — with an automatic score. RECIPES & BREW-ALONG • Save your own recipes with step-by-step pours, or start from a curated library. • Follow a built-in brew timer that walks you through every pour. • Tag recipes with your own labels and filter to find them fast. SEE YOUR PROGRESS • A clean stats view: cups today, caffeine, lifetime brews, money spent and what's on your shelf. • Gentle daily reminders so you never forget to log. YOUR GEAR & SUPPLIES • Keep a catalogue of your grinders, drippers and machines. • Track paper-filter stock so you reorder before you run out. SYNCS WITH YOU • Sign in with Google or email and your coffee history follows you across devices, in real time. Cupfolio is for the home barista who wants to remember the great cups, fix the bad ones and enjoy the ritual. Pour something nice.

Screenshots

Coffee Journal4 screens
Cupfolio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cupfolio at none against Coffee Journal's 4. Cupfolio also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). Coffee Journal's advantage is chart position (#199 vs unranked). On price, 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. Cupfolio asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Coffee Journal versus Cupfolio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoffee JournalCupfolio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (30 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings30 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
Best chart rank#199 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size103 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBitleverRafail infant vijay ankith Kakaumanu

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

Cupfolio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Coffee Journal free?
Coffee Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cupfolio free?
Cupfolio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Coffee Journal or Cupfolio have ads?
Neither Coffee Journal nor Cupfolio shows ads.

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