Blooming Grounds vs The Baristapp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blooming Grounds
This app helps coffee enthusiasts meticulously track their coffee beans and brew pour-over coffee with precision. It offers on-device AI for personalized brew guides and tasting notes, with data synced via iCloud across Apple devices.
- Log and organize coffee bean collection
- Guided pour-over brew sessions
- On-device AI for brew guides and tasting notes
- iCloud sync across Apple devices
- Live Activity and Dynamic Island integration
- Siri and Shortcuts integration
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Blooming Grounds — Coffee Bean Tracker Track every bean. Brew every cup with intention. Blooming Grounds is the pour-over companion built for coffee enthusiasts who care about what's in their cup. Log your beans, dial in your ratios, and let on-device AI help you get the most out of every roast — no account required, no third-party data sharing, ever. Brew Sessions Start a guided pour-over session from any bean. Blooming Grounds walks you through bloom, pouring, and drawdown phases with a live timer and water amounts tailored to your bean's ratio and coffee weight. Track your brew from the Lock Screen via Live Activity, at a glance from the Dynamic Island, or on your Apple Watch — which receives your session automatically and provides haptic feedback at each phase transition. Your Collection, Everywhere. Your bean collection syncs automatically across all your Apple devices through iCloud. Add a bean on your iPhone, brew with it on your iPad. Your data lives in your iCloud account — owned by you, protected by Apple. Now on iPad. Blooming Grounds features a native multi-column layout on iPad. Browse your collection in the sidebar, run the calculator in the center, and get AI-generated tasting notes and brew guides — all visible at once. Smarter On-Device AI. Tasting note suggestions, personalized brew guides, and bean recommendations are powered by Apple's FoundationModels framework. Brew guides are saved to each bean and automatically regenerate when you adjust your ratio or coffee amount. Your prompts and responses are processed entirely on your device and never transmitted to an external server. Siri and Shortcuts, Built In. Ask Siri to add a bean, calculate your pour over ratio, find your top-rated coffees, or open a specific bean — all without opening the app. Blooming Grounds is built on App Intents, which means every core action is available in Shortcuts, Spotlight, and the Action button. Core Features Log and organize your coffee bean collection with roast type, tasting notes, pour over ratio, and a personal rating. Each bean stores its own coffee weight, so switching between beans remembers your preferred dose. The built-in calculator gives you precise water measurements for any coffee weight and ratio. On-device AI suggests tasting notes and generates step-by-step brew guides tailored to each bean's roast level. Privacy. Your personal coffee data is stored in your own iCloud account and never sold or shared with third parties. AI features run entirely on-device. Blooming Grounds collects anonymous usage analytics to help improve the app — no personal information is included.
The Baristapp
Log, rate, and perfect your espresso brews by tracking variables like grind size and extraction time. Instantly add beans by scanning your coffee bag with AI, and discover new roasters worldwide. Organize your coffee collection and showcase your setup with customizable widgets.
- Log and rate espresso brews
- AI-powered bean scanning
- Worldwide roaster database
- Organized coffee collection
- Discover new roasters and gear
- Customizable home screen widgets
- Smart analytics and recommendations
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-Log, Rate & Perfect Your Brews: Track every variable of your espresso shots with an intuitive interface. Record grind size, dose, yield, extraction time, and more to identify what makes your perfect cup. -Add Beans Instantly with AI: Simply scan your coffee bag with the camera. Baristapp automatically extracts the origin, process, roast level, and variety, and even creates a beautiful, studio-quality product photo for your library. - Worldwide Roaster Database: Quickly find and add your favorite beans from our curated database of over 3,000 specialty roasters worldwide. - Your Coffee Collection at a Glance: Keep all your favorite beans and roasters organized in one beautiful library. Never forget that exceptional single-origin you discovered last month. - Discover New Favorites: Find the best local and international roasters ranked by the community, explore gear upgrades, and shop official Baristapp merch. - Show Off Your Setup: Display your beloved espresso machine and grinder right on your home screen with customizable widgets. Coffee gear deserves the spotlight! - Smart Analytics & Recommendations: Gain insights into your coffee preferences with detailed statistics. Discover patterns in your highest-rated shots and get recommendations to consistently brew better coffee. Baristapp is designed with attention to detail, just like your morning espresso ritual. With a clean, intuitive interface, tracking your coffee journey has never been more satisfying. Download Baristapp today and turn your daily coffee routine into a craft you can perfect, one shot at a time. We're just getting started, give your opinion about the app and what we should build next in the profile section. For a seamless onboarding, we've already gathered over 38 espresso brands and 380 machines from your favorite brands like La Marzocco, Sanremo, Lelit, Profitec, Rocket Espresso, Brevill & more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Blooming Grounds at every 3 days against The Baristapp's every 2 months. The Baristapp's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Blooming Grounds against 5.0 for The Baristapp. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
Blooming Grounds ships an update every 3 days, The Baristapp every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blooming Grounds | The Baristapp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ryan Lindsey | Francois Pierre-Emmanuel* Briod* |
Customer experience
Blooming Grounds
The Baristapp
In-app purchases
Blooming Grounds
No in-app purchases
The Baristapp
No in-app purchases
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