Comparison

Blooming Grounds vs Pour

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Pour

Features
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Pour is a visual pour-over companion for home baristas. FREE PATH • Brew the default Hario 4:6 recipe end-to-end • Dual timer + step water targets • Finish a cup with a clear complete moment PRO • All drippers (Hario, Kalita, Origami) • Unlimited recipes and custom tweaks • No ads when adjusting recipes Perfect when you want one free successful pour before going deeper.

Screenshots

Blooming Grounds3 screens
Pour4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Blooming Grounds at none against Pour's 1. Blooming Grounds also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). Pour's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). 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. Pour sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Blooming Grounds asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blooming Grounds ships an update every 3 days, Pour every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Blooming Grounds versus Pour: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlooming GroundsPour
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRyan LindseyYUJI Corp.

In-app purchases

None

Blooming Grounds

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Pour

One-time1
  • Pour Pro: Lifetime Unlock$4.99

Questions

Is Blooming Grounds free?
Blooming Grounds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pour free?
Pour is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Blooming Grounds or Pour have ads?
Neither Blooming Grounds nor Pour shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blooming Grounds or Pour?
Blooming Grounds ships an update every 3 days, and Pour every 3 weeks. Most recently, Blooming Grounds was updated on October 30, 2026 and Pour on October 31, 2026.

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