Comparison

Fantastic Coffee Guide vs Crispback

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

Head to head
About

Fantastic Coffee Guide

Learn to brew delicious coffee at home with step-by-step guides, grind size advice, and helpful calculators. This app demystifies coffee, helping you achieve repeatable, high-quality results with any brew method.

Highlights
  • Coffee basics explained
  • Step-by-step brew guides
  • Grind size recommendations
  • Brewing calculators
  • Coffee gear ROI analysis
  • Quick coffee Q&A
Features
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Fantastic Coffee Guide helps you understand coffee from the ground up — how to choose it, store it, grind it, and brew it with confidence. If you’ve ever brewed a cup with good beans and high hopes — and still ended up disappointed — you’re not alone. The good news? Most people are just a few simple fixes away from reliably delicious, repeatable coffee at home. That’s where this guide comes in. It takes the mystery out of coffee and helps you brew a slurp-worthy cup you’ll look forward to every day. Inside the app you’ll find: • Coffee basics made approachable, from freshness to roast levels • Step-by-step brew guides for popular methods • Grind size help for every brew style • Clear ratios, temperatures, and tools • Batch brew calculator • Savings calculator for brewing coffee at home • ROI calculator to know how quickly you'll pay off your coffee gear when brewing at home • Quick answers for your coffee questions Fantastic Coffee Guide is based on the book From Just Fine to Fantastic Coffee by Liz Roquet, founder of Lizzy’s Fresh Coffee. Liz has spent years helping home brewers with practical guidance to brew awesome coffee at home. Friendly, clear, and right at your fingertips — this app is here to help as you brew and sip.

About

Crispback

Features
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Build a reheating schedule that sequences items sharing an appliance and includes a setup allowance before each heated item. HOW IT WORKS 1. Open Tools and choose Batch Plate Planner. 2. Select up to five foods, portion size and setup allowance using your enabled appliances. 3. Review each estimated start and finish, account for earlier finishes and use a thermometer before serving. Food methods, timers, stored-food tracking and favorites remain available. Searching for another food no longer silently removes already selected foods from the batch. WHAT TO KNOW One item per appliance is scheduled; different appliances may overlap. Setup time is a user estimate and may be insufficient for preheating or changing temperature. Timer completion never verifies food safety. Reheat leftovers to 165°F / 74°C throughout. Serve promptly or hold hot at least 140°F / 60°C, checked with a thermometer; the planner does not provide holding equipment. iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

Fantastic Coffee Guide4 screens
Crispback3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Fantastic Coffee Guide at Free against Crispback's $0.99. Fantastic Coffee Guide also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Crispback's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 8 days). On 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

Fantastic Coffee Guide is free to download; Crispback costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fantastic Coffee Guide ships an update every 8 days, Crispback every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Fantastic Coffee Guide versus Crispback: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFantastic Coffee GuideCrispback
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB34 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperLizzy's Fresh CoffeeRobert Corbin

In-app purchases

None

Fantastic Coffee Guide

No in-app purchases

None

Crispback

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fantastic Coffee Guide free?
Fantastic Coffee Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Crispback free?
Crispback costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fantastic Coffee Guide or Crispback have ads?
Neither Fantastic Coffee Guide nor Crispback shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fantastic Coffee Guide or Crispback?
Fantastic Coffee Guide ships an update every 8 days, and Crispback every 4 days. Most recently, Fantastic Coffee Guide was updated on October 24, 2026 and Crispback on October 15, 2026.

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