Comparison

Beanwise vs 1518 Coffee

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

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About

Beanwise

Track your coffee brewing process with detailed logs for various methods. Catalog beans, roasters, and tasting notes to refine your perfect cup. Elevate your home barista skills and achieve repeatable excellence with every brew.

Highlights
  • Track brews across multiple methods
  • Log detailed brewing parameters
  • Catalog coffee beans and roasters
  • Rate brews and compare results
  • Specialized tracking for espresso and pour-over
  • Build a personal roaster library
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STOP GUESSING. START BREWING BETTER COFFEE. Beanwise is the coffee brewing tracker designed for home baristas who want to elevate their daily brew. Whether you're dialing in espresso shots, perfecting pour-over ratios, or exploring new beans from local roasters, Beanwise helps you track, learn, and repeat your best cups. YOUR COMPLETE COFFEE BREWING SYSTEM - Track brews across different brewing methods such as espresso, filter/pour-over, AeroPress, French press, moka pot, cold brew and Turkish coffee - Log detailed parameters for each method: dose, yield, grind size, water temperature, brew time, and more - Catalog your coffee beans with origin, roaster, roast date, and tasting notes - Build a personal library of roasters and discover new favorites - Rate your brews and compare results to find your perfect cup BUILT FOR COFFEE LOVERS Every serious coffee enthusiast knows that small changes make big differences. That's why Beanwise captures the details that matter: grind settings, extraction times, temperature, and tasting notes that help you remember what made a brew exceptional. METHOD-SPECIFIC PARAMETERS Espresso and pour-over deserve extra attention. That's why Beanwise includes specialized parameter tracking for these methods: - Espresso: pressure profiling, pre-infusion time, shot weight, extraction yield - Pour-Over: bloom time, number of pours, dripper type (V60, Chemex, Kalita, and more), bed appearance, and more AeroPress, French press, moka pot, cold brew, and Turkish coffee are fully supported with comprehensive brew logging including dose, grind, time, temperature, and tasting notes. YOUR BEANS, ORGANIZED Keep track of every bag you try. Record the roaster, origin country, processing method, roast level, and flavor notes. Never forget a great coffee, or accidentally repurchase one you didn't enjoy. START BREWING SMARTER Whether you're just starting your specialty coffee journey or you're a seasoned enthusiast, join coffee enthusiasts who are taking control of their brew. Download Beanwise and transform random cups into repeatable excellence. Built by a coffee lover, for coffee lovers. --- Beanwise requires a free account and subscription to access all features. Beanwise Premium unlocks unlimited brew logging, bean tracking, and cloud sync across all your devices. - Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal at the subscription price within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period - Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal turned off by going to your account settings after purchase - Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited upon subscribing Privacy Policy: https://beanwise.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://beanwise.app/terms

About

1518 Coffee

Features
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From specialty coffee lovers to specialty coffee lovers. 1518 does two things well: it reads the bag you just bought, and it helps you brew it better than you did last time. Everything else is in service of those two. SCAN THE BAG Point your phone at the label. Roaster, origin, producer, process, altitude, variety — read off and turned into a proper coffee card. No typing, no forms. BREW IT RIGHT Guided timers for thirteen brewers, from the V60 and Chemex to the AeroPress, Pulsar, Switch and April Hybrid. Pour by pour, target weight on screen, a nudge when it is time to pour again. Change the dose and the whole recipe rescales with it. RECIPES IN THE GRINDER YOU OWN Recipes are written in Comandante clicks by convention, which helps nobody who owns something else. 1518 converts them: a ZP6 owner sees 3.4, not "34 clicks". TRAIN YOUR PALATE The taste lab gives you four levers — grind, heat, water and time — and shows how each one pushes the cup between sour and bitter, and where the sweet spot sits between them. It is the fastest way to understand why a brew went wrong. KNOW BEFORE YOU BREW Every coffee gets a predicted flavour profile from its process, altitude, variety and roast. It shows what it based the guess on, and never pretends to be a measurement. Taste it yourself and disagree — every value is yours to change, and your reading always wins. KEEP EVERY BAG Sealed, open, finished. Days since you opened it, grams left, brews logged against it. The bags you are actually drinking sit at the top. AND THE ONES YOU DIDN'T BUY Photograph a bag on a shop shelf, or a cup someone poured you. Mark it seen, drank, or want to try. What you rate there teaches your taste profile too. SAVE YOUR OWN RECIPES The ratio that finally worked on that Ethiopian, kept and named, on every device you use. LEARN THE CRAFT Brewers, papers and grinders explained properly — how each one drains, which paper suits it, what a burr set actually does. Drawn, not photographed. A DIRECTORY WORTH HAVING 220 roasters across 49 countries and 50 producers across 18, researched and checked by hand rather than scraped. Every website and handle verified against the roaster's own site. 1518 PLUS Free keeps ten coffees and the whole recipe library. Plus adds unlimited coffees, recipes of your own, and sync across every device you use. Monthly EUR 4.99 - Yearly EUR 39.90 - Founder lifetime EUR 99 Every cup has a story. --- Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID settings. Privacy policy: https://1518.coffee/privacy Terms of use: https://1518.coffee/terms

Screenshots

Beanwise4 screens
1518 Coffee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Beanwise at every 6 days against 1518 Coffee's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Beanwise sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and 1518 Coffee sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beanwise ships an update every 6 days, 1518 Coffee every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Beanwise versus 1518 Coffee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeanwise1518 Coffee
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInolabAnna Boiarkina

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Beanwise

Subscriptions3
  • Beanwise Premium Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Beanwise Premium Yearly3 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Beanwise Premium Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
3 purchases

1518 Coffee

Subscriptions2
  • 1518 Plus Monthly$3.991 Month
  • 1518 Plus Yearly$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • 1518 Founder$89.99

Questions

Is Beanwise free?
Beanwise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 1518 Coffee free?
1518 Coffee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Beanwise or 1518 Coffee have ads?
Neither Beanwise nor 1518 Coffee shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beanwise or 1518 Coffee?
Beanwise ships an update every 6 days, and 1518 Coffee every 2 weeks. Most recently, Beanwise was updated on October 14, 2026 and 1518 Coffee on October 5, 2026.

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