Comparison

Brewly vs Coffee Diary

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

Head to head
About

Brewly

Master your coffee brewing with guided timers, customizable recipes, and a detailed journal. Track grinder settings, rate your brews, and easily replicate your favorite cups. No ads, subscriptions, or accounts needed.

Highlights
  • Guided brewing timers
  • Editable coffee recipes
  • Grinder setting tracking
  • Brew journal and history
  • Recipe sharing
  • Light and dark modes
Features
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Brew better coffee with guided timers, editable recipes, grinder settings, and a brew journal. Completely free, with no ads or subscriptions. Brewly helps you repeat the cups you love. Follow each brewing stage, adjust coffee and water, remember the exact grinder setting, then rate the result and add tasting notes. No account required. GUIDED BREWING • Step-by-step timers for pour-over, immersion, espresso, and cold brew • Clear pour, wait, bloom, and drawdown stages • Sound and haptic cues so you can focus on brewing • Scale recipes to match your serving size RECIPES YOUR WAY • Start with recipes for V60, Chemex, Kalita Wave, AeroPress, French press, Clever Dripper, espresso, and more • Create, edit, duplicate, search, filter, and sort recipes • Save dose, water, ratio, grind size, temperature, and custom stages • Share recipes as text or scannable QR codes DIAL IN EVERY CUP • Build a collection of your grinders • Save the grinder and exact setting used for each brew • Rate brews, add tasting tags and notes, and restart favorites from history MADE FOR DAILY USE • No ads, subscriptions, or in-app purchases • No account required • Light and dark modes • Celsius and Fahrenheit • Available in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese • Optimized for iPhone and iPad Brewly keeps the workflow simple: choose a recipe, set your dose, follow the timer, and learn from every cup.

About

Coffee Diary

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Coffee Diary ist dein digitales Bezugs-Tagebuch für Zuhause-Baristas und Espresso-Enthusiasten. Erfasse jeden Shot und jeden Filterbezug mit Dosis, Extraktionsmenge, Zeit, Mahlgrad, Bewertung und Notizen. Verknüpfe Bohnen, Mühle, Maschine und Brühgerät – und finde so schneller zu deinem perfekten Setup. WAS DU MIT COFFEE DIARY MACHST • Bezüge festhalten – Espresso und Filter, geführt oder per Schnellformular • Ausrüstung verwalten – Bohnen, Mühlen, Maschinen, Brühgeräte inkl. Fotos • Statistik & Trends – KPIs, Zeiträume, Verhältnis-Stabilität, Mahlgrad-Analyse • Coffee Station – aktive Maschine und Mühle immer im Blick • Dial-in-Hilfe – Tipps aus deinen letzten Bezügen • Optional Wetter-Kontext – Temperatur und Luftfeuchtigkeit zum Bezug speichern SYNC & DATEN • Daten bleiben auf deinem Gerät (SwiftData) • Optional Synchronisation über dein persönliches iCloud-Konto – ideal für iPhone und iPad • Export als JSON oder CSV aus den Einstellungen Coffee Diary ist ohne Werbung, ohne Tracking und ohne Konto-Pflicht. Deine Daten gehören dir. Support: https://Yannik2y.github.io/CoffeeDiary/support Datenschutz: https://Yannik2y.github.io/CoffeeDiary/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Brewly4 screens
Coffee Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Brewly at none against Coffee Diary's 4. Brewly also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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 Diary sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Brewly asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brewly ships an update every 8 days, Coffee Diary every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Brewly versus Coffee Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrewlyCoffee Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJerome SommerfeldtYannik Chlechowitz

In-app purchases

None

Brewly

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Coffee Diary

One-time4
  • Espresso$0.99
  • Double espresso$2.99
  • Coffee & cake$3.99
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  • Linea Mini$999.99

Questions

Is Brewly free?
Brewly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Coffee Diary free?
Coffee Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Brewly or Coffee Diary have ads?
Neither Brewly nor Coffee Diary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brewly or Coffee Diary?
Brewly ships an update every 8 days, and Coffee Diary every 10 days. Most recently, Brewly was updated on November 4, 2026 and Coffee Diary on November 9, 2026.

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