Comparison

La Marzocco vs Payfrit

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

Head to head
About

La Marzocco

Control your espresso workflow with advanced brewing, real-time monitoring, and detailed shot statistics. Manage multiple machines, schedule operations, and refine your coffee routine with data-driven insights for home or professional use.

Highlights
  • Advanced brewing parameter control
  • Real-time machine monitoring
  • Brew-by-Weight and Grind-by-Weight integration
  • Remote machine scheduling and management
  • Equipment sharing capabilities
  • Detailed shot statistics and usage tracking
Features
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La Marzocco For Home & Professional Baristas The La Marzocco app gives you complete control over your espresso workflow, whether you’re brewing at home or managing a busy café. Designed to work seamlessly with La Marzocco machines, it provides advanced brewing controls, real-time monitoring, and detailed shot statistics. Key Features Machine Control – Adjust brewing parameters, temperature, pressure, pre-brew & pre-infusion, schedule power on/off, auto-backflush, and monitor performance from anywhere. Coffee Station – Connect multiple La Marzocco machines and accessories for a cohesive coffee ecosystem. Brew-by-Weight & Grind-by-Weight – Pair your Linea Mini, Pico, or Swan grinder with a connected scale for café-level precision. Equipment Sharing – Grant machine access to others—perfect for home setups, shared spaces, and professional environments. Real-Time Insights – Track usage, see shot history, monitor performance, and refine your coffee routine with data-driven precision. What’s New? This new and improved La Marzocco app replaces both the previous La Marzocco Home App and La Marzocco Pro App, bringing a redesigned interface, expanded features, and more intuitive, responsive control over your equipment’s internal features and variables.

About

Payfrit

Streamline your dining experience with a single app for ordering, paying, and connecting with local businesses. Whether you're dining in, picking up, or getting delivery, this platform offers a unified way to interact with participating restaurants and venues.

Highlights
  • Order for dine-in, takeaway, and delivery
  • Browse menus and place orders
  • Manage active orders and tabs
  • Make secure payments
  • Direct communication with businesses
  • Receive order updates
Features
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Payfrit is a smarter way to order, pay, and connect with the places you already love. Whether you’re dining in, picking up, or getting delivery, Payfrit gives you one simple way to interact with participating restaurants and businesses—without forcing you into a separate experience for every type of service. At participating locations, Payfrit can use nearby service points and location beacons to help connect you with the right place automatically. From there, you can browse menus, place orders, manage your order/tab, communicate with the business, and pay from your phone. DINING IN Order directly from your phone while dining at participating locations. Payfrit can connect you to the appropriate service point, helping the business know where your order belongs without unnecessary steps. Your order/tab stays with you as you continue using the location, making it easier to add items, manage your experience, and pay when you’re ready. TAKEAWAY Order ahead from participating businesses and follow your order as it moves through preparation and pickup. Payfrit helps businesses manage dine-in, takeaway, and delivery through the same system, so you get a more direct connection with the people actually preparing and fulfilling your order. DELIVERY Order delivery from participating restaurants while keeping the restaurant itself at the center of the experience. Delivery availability, pricing, service areas, timing, and fulfillment options are controlled by each participating business. Depending on the location, delivery may be handled by the restaurant, a participating Payfrit delivery network, or another supported fulfillment method. DIRECT COMMUNICATION Payfrit is designed to keep the relationship between you and the business intact. Participating businesses can communicate with you about your order, answer questions, handle special requests, provide updates, and resolve issues without requiring the relationship to be handed off to a traditional marketplace. ONE APP, MULTIPLE WAYS TO ORDER • Dine in • Takeaway • Delivery • Browse participating locations • Place and manage orders • Maintain an active order/tab • Make secure payments • Add tips • Send special requests • Receive order updates • Communicate with participating businesses BUILT AROUND THE REAL WORLD Payfrit is built around service points rather than forcing every business into the same model. A service point might be a restaurant table, counter, bar, pickup area, concession stand, venue section, or another place where service happens. Some locations may also use broader geofencing beacons to recognize that you’re nearby while still letting you decide whether you want to participate. You remain in control. You can use Payfrit remotely, use it while physically at a business, or choose not to enable nearby-location features. MORE THAN A DELIVERY MARKETPLACE Payfrit is designed as a direct commerce platform for local businesses. Instead of separating restaurants from their customers, Payfrit gives participating businesses tools to manage service while giving customers one consistent app for ordering across different situations. Availability and features vary by participating business and location. Download Payfrit and experience a more direct way to order.

Screenshots

La Marzocco3 screens
Payfrit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Payfrit at 100% against La Marzocco's 31%. Payfrit also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7). La Marzocco's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Payfrit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: La Marzocco has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of La Marzocco's written reviews are positive against 100% of Payfrit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

La Marzocco ships an update monthly, Payfrit every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
La Marzocco versus Payfrit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLa MarzoccoPayfrit
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (18 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size103 MB14 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperLa Marzocco s.r.l.John Mizerek

Customer experience

La Marzocco

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews261 reviews
Positive30.7%
Neutral9.6%
Negative59.8%

Payfrit

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

La Marzocco

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Firmware update timeouts
  • Connectivity issues, unable to pair with machine
  • App turns machine on randomly when losing WiFi
  • Home assistant integration broken after update

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add shot timer that takes up the entire screen
  • Add option to display temperature in Fahrenheit
  • Improve accessibility with larger fonts and better contrast
  • Add dark mode option
  • Integrate with voice assistants like Siri for voice commands

Payfrit

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

La Marzocco

No in-app purchases

None

Payfrit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is La Marzocco free?
La Marzocco is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Payfrit free?
Payfrit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, La Marzocco or Payfrit?
Payfrit is rated higher. La Marzocco averages 3.7 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Payfrit averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do La Marzocco or Payfrit have ads?
Neither La Marzocco nor Payfrit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, La Marzocco or Payfrit?
La Marzocco ships an update monthly, and Payfrit every 2 weeks. Most recently, La Marzocco was updated on October 25, 2026 and Payfrit on October 24, 2026.

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