Comparison

We Make Coffee vs : ratio

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

Head to head
About

We Make Coffee

Discover hundreds of coffee recipes and personalize your brewing experience. Save your favorite recipes, add private notes, and join a community of coffee enthusiasts. This app helps you brew better coffee at home with interactive guides and settings.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of coffee recipes
  • Personalized brew notes
  • Interactive recipe timer
  • Filter and save recipes
  • Community recipe conversations
  • Default grinder settings
Features
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We Make Coffee brings together hundreds of coffee recipes, personalised brew notes, and a vibrant community - all in one simple app. Built by the team at AeroPrecipe (aeroprecipe.com) - the world’s largest AeroPress community - this is our first step towards expanding to all brew types, beyond just the AeroPress. AeroPrecipe members can log in with their existing credentials to access all app features, including: •⁠ ⁠Browse hundreds of recipes •⁠ ⁠Filter recipes •⁠ ⁠Save recipes •⁠ ⁠Follow the interactive recipe timer •⁠ ⁠Add Private recipe notes •⁠ ⁠Save default grinder settings •⁠ ⁠Join recipe conversations And this is just the beginning - we’re working on a host of new features.

About

: ratio

This app helps you calculate precise ratios for recipes like coffee, matcha, and cocktails. Easily scale ingredients by turning a wheel and customize recipes with photo stickers. Share your creations as images or encrypted links.

Highlights
  • Ratio and formula-based scaling
  • Custom recipes and photo stickers
  • Shareable recipe images and links
  • Precision and rounding controls
  • Light and dark mode
Features
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: ratio is a simple, satisfying recipe calculator for coffee, matcha, cocktails, sauces, and more. Pick any ingredient, turn the wheel, and the rest of your recipe scales instantly. Features: • Ratio and formula-based scaling • Custom recipes and photo stickers • Pourover and matcha latte examples • Precision and rounding controls • Light and dark mode • Custom colors, sounds, and haptics • Made for iPhone and iPad No accounts, ads, feeds, or clutter. Just ratios made easy.

Screenshots

We Make Coffee4 screens
: ratio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: : ratio at 100% against We Make Coffee's 50%. : ratio also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 weeks). We Make Coffee's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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. We Make Coffee sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. : ratio asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

We Make Coffee ships an update every 2 weeks, : ratio every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
We Make Coffee versus : ratio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWe Make Coffee: ratio
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB85 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThree Big Kids LimitedSeungyoung Hong

Customer experience

We Make Coffee

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

: ratio

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

We Make Coffee

One-time1
  • Lifetime membership$19.99
None

: ratio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is We Make Coffee free?
We Make Coffee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is : ratio free?
: ratio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do We Make Coffee or : ratio have ads?
Neither We Make Coffee nor : ratio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, We Make Coffee or : ratio?
We Make Coffee ships an update every 2 weeks, and : ratio every 8 days. Most recently, We Make Coffee was updated on October 16, 2026 and : ratio on October 11, 2026.

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