Comparison

BRØG vs The Coffee Index

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

Head to head
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.

About

The Coffee Index

Log your coffee experiences, rate drinks, and discover your taste preferences. This private journal helps you track cafés, drinks, and overall satisfaction with detailed customization and insightful analysis. Build a personal profile of your coffee journey.

Highlights
  • Log every coffee visit and order details
  • Rate coffee quality, atmosphere, and service
  • Add photos and mood tags to visits
  • Discover taste profiles and scoring trends
  • Private, device-stored data with iCloud sync
  • No ads or tracking
Features
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The Coffee Index is a personal café journal for anyone who takes their coffee seriously. Log every visit, rate every drink, and build a record of cafés and experiences that matter to you – all in a beautifully designed, private app that lives on your device. Log Every Visit Record where you went, what you ordered, and how it was. Full drink customization covers type, temperature, milk base, syrups, cold foam, and size – so your log actually reflects what you drank. Rate What Matters Score each visit across multiple criteria: coffee quality, atmosphere, value, service, and more. A composite score gives you an at-a-glance view of how a café stacks up, while individual criteria reveal exactly why you loved — or didn't love — a visit. Add Photos and Mood Capture a photo of your drink and tag the vibe with mood tags. Your visit log becomes a genuine diary, not just a list of numbers. Discover Your Tastes The Insights screen turns your coffee history into something useful. See your top-rated shops, favorite drink types, scoring trends, and other patterns over time. Build your Taste Profile to better understand the flavors and characteristics you gravitate toward — creating a more personal picture of what great coffee means to you. Your Data, Your Privacy Everything is stored privately on your device and synced securely via iCloud. No account required. No ads. No tracking. Designed with Care The Coffee Index is a native SwiftUI app built with attention to detail at every screen — from the fluid drink customization flow to the polished visit history.

Screenshots

BRØG4 screens
The Coffee Index4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: The Coffee Index at every 6 days against BRØG's every 2 weeks. BRØG's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BRØG against 5.0 for The Coffee Index. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BRØG ships an update every 2 weeks, The Coffee Index every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
BRØG versus The Coffee Index: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBRØGThe Coffee Index
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMergeIT ApSIsaiah Clonch

Customer experience

BRØG

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

The Coffee Index

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

In-app purchases

None

BRØG

No in-app purchases

None

The Coffee Index

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BRØG free?
BRØG is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Coffee Index free?
The Coffee Index is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BRØG or The Coffee Index?
BRØG and The Coffee Index are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do BRØG or The Coffee Index have ads?
Neither BRØG nor The Coffee Index shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BRØG or The Coffee Index?
BRØG ships an update every 2 weeks, and The Coffee Index every 6 days. Most recently, BRØG was updated on October 30, 2026 and The Coffee Index on October 31, 2026.

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