GrindLab vs DialedIn

GrindLab turns your iPhone camera into a precision coffee grind analyzer. Snap a photo of your grounds and get instant, micron-level particle size measurements — no extra hardware needed. ANALYZE YOUR GRIND Use computer vision to detect individual particles and measure their size distribution. GrindLab calculates median size, uniformity score, fines percentage, and boulders percentage so you know exactly how consistent your grinder is performing. Calibrate with a coin or ruler for real-world micron accuracy. FOUR GRIND PROFILES Dial in for any brew method with built-in target ranges: - Espresso: 170-300μm - Filter/Pour-Over: 400-800μm - French Press: 750-1000μm - Cold Brew: 800-1200μm TASTE-TO-GRIND RECOMMENDATIONS Log how your coffee tastes — sour, bitter, balanced, weak — and GrindLab connects your flavor feedback to your grind data. BREW TIMER & RECIPES Time your brews with step-by-step guidance for V60, Espresso, French Press, and Chemex. Create custom recipes with your own ratios, steps, and notes. Live Activities put your timer on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island so you never miss a pour. BREW JOURNAL Track every cup. Log your beans (roaster, origin, roast level, freshness), brew parameters (dose, yield, temperature, time), and tasting notes with star ratings. Search and filter your history to spot trends and refine your process over time. COMPARE & IMPROVE Save analyses and compare them side by side. Overlay distribution charts, view delta metrics, and set a baseline to track how grinder adjustments affect consistency. See your stats at a glance: total analyses, percentage in target range, and weekly trends. DETAILED VISUALIZATIONS Color-coded particle overlays show exactly where fines and boulders live in your sample. Distribution charts, histograms, and pie charts make your data easy to understand and share. PRIVACY FIRST GrindLab processes everything on-device. Your photos and data stay on your iPhone. No account required. No tracking. Whether you're a home barista chasing the perfect espresso or a pour-over enthusiast dialing in a new bag, GrindLab gives you the data to brew better coffee every day.

DialedIn is a shot log for people who treat espresso like an engineering problem. Log what went in, what came out, how long it ran, and how it tasted, and get one clear adjustment for the next pull. No account, no tracking. Everything lives on your device and in your private iCloud, and syncs across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. A SHOT LOG BUILT FOR THE COUNTER Dose, yield, time, grind setting, taste tags, a star rating, and a note, captured in about twenty seconds while the cup is still warm. The live ratio updates as you type, next to your target so you know where to stop. TASTE TAGS AND ONE CLEAR ADJUSTMENT Tag the shot sour, bitter, balanced, fruity, harsh, watery, and more. The advisor reads taste first and the clock second, then makes one call: grind a step finer, a step coarser, open the yield, cut it, or change nothing. It tells you why, in plain words. BEAN BAGS WITH ROAST DATES Every bag keeps its roaster, roast date, and origin notes, with an honest freshness window: resting, peak, fading, past prime. You always know which bag deserves the next shot. BEST-SHOT RECALL Rate your shots and each bag remembers its best one: the exact dose, yield, time, and grind. One tap starts your next shot from that recipe, today or when you buy the same bean next year. A RATIO CALCULATOR THAT DOES THE MATH Pick a dose and a target ratio and DialedIn gives you the output weight to stop at. Classic 1:2, tight ristretto, long lungo, your call. TRENDS AN ENGINEER CAN READ Shot times charted against the 25 to 32 second window, brew ratio against your target, and your spread over the last ten shots. Watch the dots converge as a bag comes into focus. GEAR NOTES Machine temperatures, grinder zero point, baskets, water recipe, prep routine: the settings that make your results repeatable, kept next to the shots they produced. ON EVERY SCREEN YOU OWN DialedIn syncs across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud. The iPad layout puts the charts, the calculator, and the log side by side, a proper bench for dialing in. FREE VS LIFETIME Free includes 20 shots and 2 bean bags, with every tool: the advisor, the calculator, roast freshness, and best-shot recall. One lifetime purchase ($14.99 USD) unlocks unlimited shots and beans, the per-bean dial-in report PDF, and the full CSV export. No subscription, no account. Pull. Taste. Adjust. DialedIn remembers the rest.