Comparison

La Marzocco vs Pull & Taste

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

Head to head
About

La Marzocco

This app offers advanced control and monitoring for espresso machines, catering to both home baristas and professionals. It allows for remote adjustments of brewing parameters, real-time insights into shot statistics, and seamless integration with compatible equipment for precise coffee preparation.

Highlights
  • Advanced brewing parameter adjustment
  • Real-time shot monitoring and statistics
  • Brew-by-Weight and Grind-by-Weight integration
  • Remote machine control and scheduling
  • Equipment sharing and access control
  • Unified coffee ecosystem management
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

Pull & Taste

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Better espresso, without the guesswork. Prop your iPhone by the machine and pull. Pull & Taste hears the pump, starts the timer the moment your shot begins and stops it when it ends. Tap how it tasted and get one clear next step: grind finer, grind coarser or run it longer. No stopwatch. No wet fingers on the screen. No account. HANDS-FREE SHOT TIMER • Locks onto your machine's pump, so talking, the grinder and the steam wand don't start it • Learns your machine in a 13-second calibration • Uses the microphone, the vibration of the machine, or both • Ignores short flushes and purges • Optional pauses for pre-infusion and pre-brewing • Vibrates when your shot reaches and leaves the target time • Keeps timing on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island DIAL IN ANY BEAN Enter dose, yield, time and taste: sour, bitter, thin, too intense or balanced. Pull & Taste suggests one change at a time, the way baristas do, so you know what worked. A RECIPE FOR EVERY DRINK Ristretto, single, double, lungo, americano, cortado, flat white, cappuccino and latte. Get the dose, yield in grams, brew ratio, time, temperature and pre-infusion for your basket and roast. YOUR SHOT LOG • Every shot saved with its recipe, time, taste and notes • Keep your beans and see what you pulled last time with the same bag • Pull the same shot again in one tap • Export to CSV or back up as JSON PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account and no ads. Sound is analysed on your iPhone and never leaves it, and your shots and beans stay on your phone. The app sends anonymous usage statistics only, never who you are. Pull it. Taste it. Adjust it.

Screenshots

La Marzocco3 screens
Pull & Taste4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: La Marzocco at 3 against Pull & Taste's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
La Marzocco versus Pull & Taste: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLa MarzoccoPull & Taste
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (19 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews30.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size103 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLa Marzocco s.r.l.Gijs Hovens

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

Pull & Taste

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

La Marzocco

No in-app purchases

None

Pull & Taste

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is La Marzocco free?
La Marzocco is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pull & Taste free?
Pull & Taste is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do La Marzocco or Pull & Taste have ads?
Neither La Marzocco nor Pull & Taste shows ads.

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