Comparison

Fellow vs Yearbloom

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

Head to head
About

Fellow

Enhance your coffee brewing experience by connecting your smart coffee maker. Create custom brew profiles, schedule brews, and fine-tune every variable for perfect results. Access educational content to master your espresso craft.

Highlights
  • Create custom brew profiles
  • Schedule brews in advance
  • Fine-tune brewing variables
  • Access guided educational content
  • Improve espresso technique
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Connect your Fellow Aiden or Espresso Series 1 to unlock the full experience and stay up to date with the latest features. Aiden - Brew exceptional coffee with precision and ease. Create, edit, and share custom brew profiles Schedule brews in advance Fine-tune every variable for perfect results Combining precision, control, and speed, Aiden delivers pour-over quality coffee at the press of a button. Espresso Series 1 - Master your espresso craft. Access guided educational content Learn how to dial in your machine Improve your technique and consistency Profile syncing and Drops for Espresso Series 1 coming soon.

About

Yearbloom

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Where did the year go? When every week looks like the last, your brain has nothing to hold onto, so time collapses. The science is clear: we measure a life in firsts, not in days. New, novel moments are what make a stretch of time feel long, full, and yours. Yearbloom is a gentle answer to that quiet panic. Once on your chosen rhythm, Yearbloom hands you one small, hand-picked mission, a nudge toward something new. Say yes to the invitation you’d normally skip. Take the long way home. Learn a stranger’s name. Nothing huge, nothing that eats your day. Just one first, on purpose. When you live it, you keep it. A photo, a line, a rating. A small keepsake that takes ten seconds and lasts all year. Then Yearbloom gives it back to you. Every month, your moments return as a cinematic recap, the story of a month you actually felt. Watch how you grew. See where your life got wider. WHAT MAKES YEARBLOOM DIFFERENT • Missions written by humans, not generated by AI. Curated, warm, and safe. • Choose your pace: weekly, a couple a week, or every few days. Never a guilt-trip. • No streaks that shame you, no endless feed, no noise. • Your moments are private and always yours to keep. Yearbloom isn’t another productivity app. It’s a quieter one, built to make this year impossible to forget. 7 days free. Then $39.99/year, $5.99/month, or $99 for a lifetime. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Fellow4 screens
Yearbloom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fellow at none against Yearbloom's 3. Fellow also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Yearbloom's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 weeks). 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. Yearbloom sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Fellow asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fellow ships an update every 4 weeks, Yearbloom every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Fellow versus Yearbloom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFellowYearbloom
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (67 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews10.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings67 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size123 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFellowLucio Caridi

Bugs and requests

Fellow

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App unable to connect to WiFi
  • Bluetooth pairing problems
  • Inconsistent device visibility

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to brew by grams of coffee
  • Scheduling and remote start features
  • Custom recipe input and management

Yearbloom

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Fellow

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Yearbloom

Subscriptions2
  • Yearbloom Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Yearbloom Annual$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Yearbloom Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is Fellow free?
Fellow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Yearbloom free?
Yearbloom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fellow or Yearbloom have ads?
Neither Fellow nor Yearbloom shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fellow or Yearbloom?
Fellow ships an update every 4 weeks, and Yearbloom every 4 days. Most recently, Fellow was updated on October 24, 2026 and Yearbloom on October 14, 2026.

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