Comparison

BeanBook vs Resting Grounds

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

Head to head
About

BeanBook

Log your coffee beans and brewing sessions to refine your perfect cup. Save favorite recipes and track different brewing methods without social pressure or streaks.

Highlights
  • Save coffee bags with details
  • Log brewing shots with parameters
  • Save and repeat favorite recipes
  • Track multiple brewing methods
  • Export your data
  • One-time purchase for Pro features
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BeanBook is a quiet logbook for the coffee you brew at home. You log a bag. You log a shot. You can repeat what worked. That's the product. — What you can do — • Save bags with roaster, origin, process, roast level, and roast date. • Pin the bag you're currently working through. • Log shots with dose, yield, time, grind, and a 1–5 rating. • Save a shot as a recipe and brew it again with one tap. • Track espresso, pour over, AeroPress, French press, moka pot, and cold brew — spelled the way the specialty community spells them. — What it isn't — • No followers. No feeds. No daily streaks nagging you. • No "coffee score" ranking you against strangers. • Notes are a single field, not a text editor. • Your data is yours; export it any time. — BeanBook Pro — • Pro is a one-time purchase. Pay once, yours forever. • Unlocks unlimited bags, brews, and recipes, plus extra themes. • Future Pro features stats, export, more themes are included when they ship. • Family Sharing supported. Built for the person who pulls one or two shots in the morning, mostly the same coffee for a week or two, and occasionally dials in something new. BeanBook gets out of the way.

About

Resting Grounds

Features
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Resting Grounds helps coffee drinkers track when freshly roasted beans are ready to brew. Add each bag with its roaster, lot name, roast date, and target rest period. Resting Grounds automatically sorts your beans into Ready to Brew and Still Resting so you can see what is ready now and what needs more time. Features: Track roaster, lot, roast date, and rest days See beans grouped by readiness View ready dates at a glance Edit entries anytime Archive finished bags without deleting your history Whether you rest beans for espresso, filter, or just personal preference, Resting Grounds gives you a simple way to keep your coffee rotation organized.

Screenshots

BeanBook4 screens
Resting Grounds4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Resting Grounds at none against BeanBook's 1. Resting Grounds also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). 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. BeanBook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Resting Grounds asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BeanBook ships an update every 5 weeks, Resting Grounds every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
BeanBook versus Resting Grounds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeanBookResting Grounds
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMOVIECLUB LLCChris Bystrek

In-app purchases

1 purchases

BeanBook

One-time1
  • BeanBook Pro$9.99
None

Resting Grounds

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BeanBook free?
BeanBook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Resting Grounds free?
Resting Grounds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BeanBook or Resting Grounds have ads?
Neither BeanBook nor Resting Grounds shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BeanBook or Resting Grounds?
BeanBook ships an update every 5 weeks, and Resting Grounds every 6 weeks. Most recently, BeanBook was updated on October 31, 2026 and Resting Grounds on October 24, 2026.

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