Comparison

Drink Note vs BeanCellar

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

Head to head
About

Drink Note

Features
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Create your personal beverage collection by recording your favorite drinks! Drink Note makes it easy to record and manage all your beverages - coffee, tea, juices, cocktails, and more. Capture memories with photos and discover your perfect cup. ▼ Perfect for: • Cafe enthusiasts • People who love trying new drinks • Anyone wanting to track their beverage experiences • Those who don't want to forget favorite flavors ▼ Key Features ■ Easy Recording • Log drink names, types, and ratings • Save memories with photos • Add store names and price notes ■ Rating Management • 5-star rating system for favorites • Mark special drinks as favorites ■ Statistics • Visualize your drinking trends • Category breakdown charts • Monthly and period-based history ■ Search & Filter • Filter by name and category • Sort by rating and price ■ Memory Places • Record locations with GPS integration • View discovery spots on map ■ User-Friendly Design • Light and dark mode support • Intuitive and easy operation All data is safely stored on your device and works offline. Enrich your beverage life. Start your wonderful drink journey with Drink Note!

About

BeanCellar

Log your coffee beans, track brewing parameters, and record tasting notes to understand and improve your coffee experience. Compare beans and brews with detailed stats and visual charts. Designed for focused coffee enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Organized bean cellar with origin and roast details
  • Customizable pour-over and espresso brew recipes
  • Brew timer with stage tracking
  • Detailed tasting notes and ratings
  • TDS and extraction yield tracking
  • Side-by-side bean and brew comparison
  • Brewing statistics and trends
Features
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BeanCellar is a coffee journal and bean cellar built for people who want to understand what they brew, not just write it down. Keep an organized record of your coffee beans, roast dates, freshness stages, origins, processing methods, prices, flavor profiles, and notes. Plan pour-over and espresso brews with adjustable recipes, timers, dose, yield, temperature, grind size, and brew stages. After each brew, save ratings, tasting notes, taste issues, photos, TDS readings, and extraction yield. Compare beans or brew records side by side, review flavor and rating radar charts, and use stats to see how your brewing habits change over time. BeanCellar helps you answer practical questions: - Which beans tasted best? - How fresh is this coffee now? - What recipe did I use last time? - Did grind size, temperature, or ratio improve the cup? - Which beans and brew methods do I use most? Core features: - Bean cellar with roast date, freshness, origin, process, price, notes, and photos - Pour-over and espresso brew setup - Brew timer with custom recipes and brew stages - Tasting journal with ratings, notes, photos, and taste issue tags - TDS and extraction yield tracking - Bean and brew comparison views - Brewing stats and trends - Custom flavor labels, rating labels, process methods, and freshness ranges with BeanCellar Pro - Temperature and currency preferences - Light, dark, and system appearance modes BeanCellar is designed to be quiet, fast, and focused, so you can spend less time managing notes and more time improving your coffee. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Drink Note4 screens
BeanCellar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Drink Note at none against BeanCellar's 3. Drink Note also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26). BeanCellar's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. BeanCellar sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Drink Note asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Drink Note versus BeanCellar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrink NoteBeanCellar
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better26
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB6 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperTsuyoshi Matsuoka清源 欧阳

In-app purchases

None

Drink Note

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

BeanCellar

Subscriptions2
  • BeanCellar Pro Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • BeanCellar Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • BeanCellar Pro One-Time Purchase$19.99

Questions

Is Drink Note free?
Drink Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BeanCellar free?
BeanCellar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Drink Note or BeanCellar have ads?
Drink Note shows ads; BeanCellar does not.

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