Comparison

EspressoLog vs DialHub

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

Head to head
About

EspressoLog

Record and analyze your espresso shots to perfect your brewing. Track key metrics like dose, yield, and time, alongside tasting notes to refine flavor balance. Manage your beans and machines in a minimalist interface designed for home baristas.

Highlights
  • Log dose, yield, ratio, time, temperature
  • Track tasting notes (acidity, body, aftertaste)
  • Manage coffee beans
  • Manage coffee machines
  • Analyze extraction data
  • Improve brewing consistency
Features
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Dialing in a new coffee often means starting from scratch. After several test shots you finally find a recipe that tastes great — but weeks later, brewing the same coffee again, it's easy to forget what worked. EspressoLog helps you capture the recipes and tasting notes behind your best shots, so you can recreate them with confidence. Log dose, yield, ratio, shot time, temperature, and — for lever and pressure-profiling machines — peak pressure for every espresso. Rate acidity, sweetness, bitterness, body, and aftertaste to see how each change in the recipe shows up in the cup. Manage your coffees with roast details, freshness tracking, and flavor notes. Keep your machines and grinders on file, and see exactly what equipment was behind each shot. Two coaches are a tap away. The on-device Quick coach reads every shot the moment you save it, no connection needed. For a fuller read, ask the Head barista AI — it goes through what you logged: the recipe, how it tasted, your notes, the bean and how long it's been off roast, your machine and grinder, and your earlier shots on that bean. It answers in plain language with its own verdict and up to three things to try next, and that verdict shows on the shot, marked as the AI's. Either way, it's a suggestion, not a ruling. Your cup is still the last word. Share a shot as a photo, a short video, or plain text with every parameter, tool, and tasting note — ready to paste into a message or a note. Everything you log stays on your device, with no account to create and no cloud backup to manage. The one exception is the Head barista AI: asking it sends that shot's details to our server to write the read. Nothing is sent unless you tap the button, and photos never are. To move to a new phone or keep a copy, export your shots, beans, machines, and photos from Settings as one file and import it anywhere; videos aren't included, and the file goes nowhere unless you share it. Designed for home baristas who want more consistent espresso, faster dial-ins, and better coffee in every cup.

About

DialHub

Features
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DialHub is the coffee OS for home baristas who want to dial in faster — not just log shots and forget them. Built around your exact machine, grinder, and beans, so advice and history stay tied to your real setup. YOUR COFFEE BAR Save your espresso machine, grinder, scale, and tools. Your gear becomes the foundation for logging, recipes, and coaching. BREW LOG & JOURNAL Track dose, yield, time, temperature, grind, ratio, and more. Build a clear history of what actually worked. DIAL-IN & BREW COACH Get a simple next step from your recent brews on this coffee and setup — keep what’s working, or change one variable with a reason. RECIPES & EXPERIMENTS Save recipes per coffee, compare versions, and run focused tests without losing the thread of what changed. BEANS & TASTING Organize coffees by origin, roast, and process. Rate flavor with more than stars — sweetness, acidity, body, bitterness, and notes. LEARN & CONNECT Short lessons when you want them, plus a community to share recipes and results. One place for your bar, beans, recipes, logs, and next brew. Brew. Log. Dial in. Repeat. DIALHUB PRO Optional auto-renewable subscription. Monthly: $7.99 Yearly: $69.99 Pro remembers your starting point per coffee, machine, and grinder, unlocks full Coach Brew, Recipe Lab, and higher AI / bag-scan limits. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings → Apple Account → Subscriptions. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

EspressoLog4 screens
DialHub4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: EspressoLog at none against DialHub's 2. EspressoLog also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). DialHub's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). 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. DialHub sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. EspressoLog asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EspressoLog ships an update every 3 weeks, DialHub every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
EspressoLog versus DialHub: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEspressoLogDialHub
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKate LeeKEYON JAHDIEL CRESPO RODRIGUEZ

In-app purchases

None

EspressoLog

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

DialHub

Subscriptions2
  • DialHub Pro7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • DialHub Pro7 Days trial$69.991 Year

Questions

Is EspressoLog free?
EspressoLog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DialHub free?
DialHub is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do EspressoLog or DialHub have ads?
DialHub shows ads; EspressoLog does not.
Which is updated more often, EspressoLog or DialHub?
EspressoLog ships an update every 3 weeks, and DialHub every 4 days. Most recently, EspressoLog was updated on October 15, 2026 and DialHub on October 8, 2026.

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