Comparison

HiBean vs Coffee Roast Tracker

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

Head to head
About

HiBean

This application offers precise control over the coffee roasting process for enthusiasts and professionals. It allows real-time monitoring, adjustment of roasting parameters, and the ability to record, manage, and share custom roasting profiles.

Highlights
  • Real-time roaster control
  • Record and manage roasting curves
  • Optimize roasting process with analytics
  • Create and share custom roasting profiles
  • Seamless roaster connection
Features
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HiBean is crafted for coffee enthusiasts and professionals, providing precise control over the coffee roasting process. With this app, you can seamlessly connect to your roasters, enabling real-time monitoring, control, and adjustment of roasting parameters. With HiBean, you can: • Easily Control your roaster • Record and Manage Roasting Curves: Track and organize the roasting profiles of your green beans. • Optimize Your Roasting Process: Utilize detailed logs and analytics to enhance your roasting techniques. • Create and Share Roasting Curves: Design your own roasting profiles and share them with others. Download HiBean now and take your coffee roasting to the next level!

About

Coffee Roast Tracker

Features
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Track your roasts, calculate roast levels by weight loss, and perfect your craft as a home roaster. No account required. Your data stays on your device. Coffee Roast Tracker is a simple tool for home coffee roasters who want to calculate their small-batch coffee roast levels, track their results, and improve consistency over time. How it works: 1. Start a roast by entering your bean origin and green weight 2. After roasting, log your final weight 3. The app calculates your weight loss percentage and determines your roast level. Features: - Automatic roast level detection - From Light (City-) to French roast, based on industry-standard weight loss percentages - Roast history - All your roasts saved and searchable, grouped by date - Quick stats - See your average weight loss, most common roast level, and total roasts at a glance - Roast guide - Reference chart showing weight loss ranges for each roast level (City- through French) - Dark mode - Easy on the eyes during early morning roasts - Edit & undo - Made a mistake? Edit entries or undo deletions

Screenshots

HiBean4 screens
Coffee Roast Tracker3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: HiBean at Free against Coffee Roast Tracker's $0.99. Coffee Roast Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

HiBean is free to download; Coffee Roast Tracker costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
HiBean versus Coffee Roast Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHiBeanCoffee Roast Tracker
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size152 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLubin ZhaoZombit Studios LLC

In-app purchases

None

HiBean

No in-app purchases

None

Coffee Roast Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HiBean free?
HiBean is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Coffee Roast Tracker free?
Coffee Roast Tracker costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do HiBean or Coffee Roast Tracker have ads?
Neither HiBean nor Coffee Roast Tracker shows ads.

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