Comparison

Varietal vs Vetted

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

Head to head
About

Varietal

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Follow your recipes. Know your beans. Understand your grind. RECIPES YOU CAN FOLLOW Build recipes with step-by-step pours, ratios, water temperature, and bloom time. When you're ready to brew, Varietal guides you through each step — so your 4:6 method, bloom-and-pulse, or signature recipe is always within reach. YOUR BEAN COLLECTION Log every bag you buy with roaster, origin, process method, tasting notes, and more. Whether you're at a café, a market, or browsing online, your full library is always in your pocket. MANAGE YOUR SETUP Keep track of your brewers, grinders, and recipes all in one place. Create custom recipes tailored to specific bean and equipment combinations — so when you find something that works, you can recreate it exactly. SMARTER GRIND RECOMMENDATIONS Varietal learns from your brew logs. Based on your past brews with similar beans and equipment, it can suggest a starting grind setting — less guesswork, more consistency.

About

Vetted

Discover curated cafes with real photos and detailed coffee program information. Connect with trusted friends to see their private notes and recommendations, avoiding anonymous reviews and ratings.

Highlights
  • Curated cafe discovery
  • Real photos and details
  • Trusted friend recommendations
  • Private notes
  • Order ahead at participating cafes
  • Map and list browsing
Features
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Vetted is a warm guide to good cafes worth your time: real photos, useful coffee-program details, and private notes from people you trust. No crowd reviews. No star ratings. No chains. Just a focused map of cafes worth the trip. WHY VETTED IS DIFFERENT • Good cafes only. Vetted is intentionally focused, so you spend less time scrolling and more time finding places worth a stop. • People you trust, privately. Send follow requests by exact handle or private share link, then see follower-scoped cafe notes from people whose taste you know. • The cafe, not the hype. Look for real cafe details: photos, hours, roasters, brewing methods, coffee-program signals, and a clear reason to visit. • No rating theater. No public star wall, public review feed, or false-precision score. • Private by design. There are no public profile pages, suggested follows, people directory, phone contacts, or phone-number matching. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Discover good cafes through a beautiful, photography-led feed. • Browse by list or map — find cafes near you, sorted by distance. • Open a cafe for the full story: hero photos, coffee-program tags, hours, roaster, notes from people you follow, and a one-tap "Take me there." • Save the places you want to visit — your bookmarks sync once you sign in. • Write personal cafe notes for places you've saved, and choose whether followers can see them. • Order ahead at participating cafes, with payment handled by Square through the cafe's own account. WHO IT'S FOR Coffee people, cafe regulars, travelers, and anyone who would rather trust a short, careful guide than a wall of anonymous opinions. If you seek out properly pulled espresso, thoughtful roasters, and cafes with real care behind the bar, Vetted is your map. Browsing is free and needs no account. Sign in if you want to save cafes, exchange private follow requests with people you already know, share follower-scoped notes, or order ahead at participating cafes — first-party analytics can be turned off any time in Profile. A note on trust: Vetted is a guide, not a public rating system. Cafe context and personal notes are there to help you decide where to go next; they are not statements of objective fact. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Varietal4 screens
Vetted4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Vetted at weekly against Varietal's every 6 weeks. Varietal's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Varietal ships an update every 6 weeks, Vetted weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Varietal versus Vetted: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVarietalVetted
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThomas LaroseSunny Nagra

In-app purchases

None

Varietal

No in-app purchases

None

Vetted

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Varietal free?
Varietal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vetted free?
Vetted is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Varietal or Vetted have ads?
Neither Varietal nor Vetted shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Varietal or Vetted?
Varietal ships an update every 6 weeks, and Vetted weekly. Most recently, Varietal was updated on October 24, 2026 and Vetted on October 25, 2026.

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