Comparison

crunch vs Beany

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

Head to head
About

crunch

This AI-powered app offers personalized meal recommendations from local restaurants. It considers your taste, dietary needs, cravings, and mood to suggest dishes tailored specifically for you, eliminating endless scrolling and indecision.

Highlights
  • AI-powered meal curation
  • Personalized taste matching
  • Dietary needs accommodation
  • Mood-based suggestions
  • Local restaurant discovery
Features
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Tired of endless scrolling, indecision, and boring meals? Crunch is your shortcut to food that gets you. Powered by cutting-edge AI, Crunch curates meal recommendations from nearby restaurants that match your taste, dietary needs, cravings, and even your mood. No more generic lists — every dish is chosen for you.

About

Beany

Log and refine your coffee brewing process with detailed tracking and real-time suggestions. Tailor your experience to any brew method and skill level, from espresso to pour-over. Save your perfect recipes and monitor your bean inventory.

Highlights
  • Log brews for any method
  • Guided dial-in process
  • Brew timer with Live Activities
  • Track coffee bean inventory
  • Save and reproduce recipes
  • Brew calendar heatmap
  • Smart espresso suggestions
Features
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Stop guessing. Start dialing in. Track beans, dial in your grind size, and get smart grind suggestions: all in one beautifully simple coffee journal. Built for home baristas with every brew method. Beany helps you brew better coffee, whether you're pulling an espresso shot, plunging a French press, hand-pouring a V60, or simmering moka on the stove. Log your brews, track your beans, and get real-time suggestions on what to adjust next. EVERY BREW METHOD, YOUR WAY Pick your method during setup: Espresso Machine, French Press, Pour Over, or Moka Pot. Beany tailors recipes, brewing steps, and parameters to match. GUIDED DIAL-IN FLOW Beany walks you through the dial-in process step by step. Rate your shot, tell us how it tastes, and get clear suggestions: grind finer, grind coarser, or keep your settings. No more guessing, just better espresso, shot after shot. BREW TIMER WITH LIVE ACTIVITIES Time your shots with a built-in timer that stays visible on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Never miss your target extraction time again. TRACK YOUR BEANS Add your coffee beans with origin, roast level, roast date, and bag size. Beany automatically calculates how much you have left based on your brews. Know exactly when it's time to reorder. YOUR FAVORITE COFFEE DRINKS Built-in recipes for Espresso, Americano, Cappuccino, Flat White, Cortado, Latte, Latte Macchiato, Lungo, Ristretto, Double Espresso, Long Black, Macchiato, and Black Coffee - each with method-aware defaults and step-by-step brewing instructions. SAVE YOUR RECIPES Found the perfect grind setting for your beans? Save it as a recipe. Track dose, ratio, brew time, and grind size so you can reproduce your best shots every time. BREW CALENDAR See your brewing history as a 68-day heatmap. Track your consistency, spot patterns, and stay motivated. SMART ESPRESSO SUGGESTIONS After each brew, Beany analyzes your shot rating, taste notes, and extraction time to suggest what to change. Too sour? Grind finer. Too bitter? Grind coarser. Perfectly balanced? Keep going. BACKED UP TO YOUR ACCOUNT Sign in with Apple and your beans, recipes, and brew history are saved to your Beany account. Get a new iPhone, sign in, and everything is right where you left it. --- Free to download. Beany Pro unlocks unlimited beans, multiple recipes per bean, your complete brew history, and early access to new features. Questions or feedback? I'd love to hear from you. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://martinschreiter.de/beany/privacy

Screenshots

crunch4 screens
Beany4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: crunch at none against Beany's 2. crunch also leads on iOS requirement (17.5 vs 26.2). 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. Beany sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. crunch asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
crunch versus Beany: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametercrunchBeany
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.5 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElisa CasellaMartin Schreiter

Customer experience

crunch

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

Beany

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

crunch

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Beany

Subscriptions2
  • Beany Pro$3.991 Month
  • Beany Pro$39.991 Year

Questions

Is crunch free?
crunch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Beany free?
Beany is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do crunch or Beany have ads?
Neither crunch nor Beany shows ads.

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