Comparison

EspressoLog vs Cafey

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

Cafey

Discover nearby cafes and explore their drink menus. Get personalized recommendations based on your preferences and save places to try. Review individual drinks with photos and scores to share with other coffee enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Find nearby cafes and drinks
  • Browse cafe details and menus
  • Personalized cafe matches
  • Save places to try
  • Review individual drinks
  • Share feedback with users
Features
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Cafey makes it easier to decide where to go and what to order. Explore cafés near you, browse drinks, and narrow results by location, flavor, and vibe. If you’re not sure where to start, use Matches to discover options based on what you actually enjoy. With Cafey, you can: • Find cafés and drinks nearby • Browse café details, menus, directions, ratings, and reviews • Get personalized café matches • Save places you want to try • Review individual drinks with photos, an overall score, quick ratings, and tags • Share useful feedback with other café lovers Cafey is still growing, so some café or menu information may occasionally be incomplete. If you spot something that needs attention, you can send a suggestion from the app. Whether you’re looking for matcha, coffee, boba, or somewhere new to spend the afternoon, Cafey helps you find a place worth trying.

Screenshots

EspressoLog4 screens
Cafey4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Cafey at every 4 days against EspressoLog's every 3 weeks. Cafey also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). EspressoLog's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cafey holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EspressoLog has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EspressoLog ships an update every 3 weeks, Cafey every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
EspressoLog versus Cafey: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEspressoLogCafey
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB189 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperKate LeeJEROME EDWARD PANGAN MANARANG

Customer experience

EspressoLog

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Cafey

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

EspressoLog

No in-app purchases

None

Cafey

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EspressoLog free?
EspressoLog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cafey free?
Cafey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, EspressoLog or Cafey?
Cafey is rated higher. EspressoLog averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Cafey averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do EspressoLog or Cafey have ads?
Neither EspressoLog nor Cafey shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EspressoLog or Cafey?
EspressoLog ships an update every 3 weeks, and Cafey every 4 days. Most recently, EspressoLog was updated on November 5, 2026 and Cafey on October 31, 2026.

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