BeanBench vs Peel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BeanBench
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BeanBench is a coffee log for people who brew at home and drink out. Track the beans you buy, the cups you make, and the cafés you visit, then see how your taste develops over time. LOG BREWS, YOUR WAY - Guided timers with stage-by-stage prompts and haptics: V60, 4:6, the BeanBench House recipes, Chemex, Kalita, AeroPress, French press, Stagg [XF], cold brew, and cupping, plus any recipe you save yourself. - Quick manual logging when you already know the numbers: dose, water, temperature, grind (with your grinder's own scale), total time, and drawdown. Add a custom brew method if yours isn't listed. - Espresso too: baskets, prep, pressure profiles, and shot outcomes. BUILD YOUR COFFEE LIBRARY - Scan a bag: photograph the label and BeanBench reads it on your device, including the roaster, origin, process, variety, roast date, and tasting notes. Then you review and save. Photos never leave your phone. - Or import from an AI assistant: copy a prompt, attach your bag photos in the assistant you already use, then paste the reply back. - Track price, bag size, rest days after roast, and whether you'd buy again. Resting reminders tell you when a bag is ready. RATE WITH PRECISION - Five stars, with quarter-star steps. Tap for speed, drag for precision. CHECK IN AT CAFÉS - Log drinks at coffee shops with photos, prices, and ratings. See your visits on a map and in stats. Earn badges as your coffee map grows. SEE YOUR TASTE DEVELOP - The Coffee Passport automatically stamps countries and flavor families based on what you log. - Analytics show brew trends, spending, top coffees, and what you actually reorder. YOUR DATA, YOURS - Everything lives on your device. Optional iCloud sync uses your private iCloud account, with live sync status in Settings so you always know where things stand. We never see your data. - Full backup and restore to a single file. CSV and JSON export for everything. No account. No ads. No tracking.
Peel
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Every bag of coffee you buy has a story. Peel keeps it. Snap a photo of your coffee bag and Peel lifts it off the background into a die-cut sticker. Your stickers fill a monthly sheet, so you can look back and see every coffee you've brewed, month by month. STICKER EVERY BAG • Take a photo or pick one from your library • Peel cuts the bag out into a clean sticker with a white border • Trim it before you save if the cutout needs a touch-up • Your bags land on a sticker sheet for the month you bought them REMEMBER HOW IT TASTED • Rate each bag and write a quick tasting note • Tag flavors like berry, floral, chocolate, caramel, and citrus • Save the origin and how you brewed it: pour over, espresso, AeroPress, French press, moka pot, drip, or cold brew • Keep your recipe: dose, water, grind size, grinder setting, time, temperature, and steps COLLECT AND LEVEL UP • Climb five roast levels, from Green Bean to Second Crack, as your collection grows • Stamp your origin passport with every coffee-growing country you try • Keep your monthly streak going and earn milestone badges SHARE YOUR COFFEE • Turn a bag, a month, your level, or your passport into a ready-made Instagram Story • Share to Instagram Stories, save to Photos, or send anywhere ON YOUR HOME SCREEN AND EVERY DEVICE • Bag of the Day and This Month widgets • Your collection syncs through your own iCloud PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no tracking. Your photos and notes stay on your devices and in your private iCloud. The developer can't see them. PEEL PRO Peel is free for your first 15 bags. Peel Pro is a one-time purchase, no subscription, that unlocks: • Unlimited bags • Board view to arrange your stickers into a collage • Home Screen widgets • Every story card design Privacy Policy: https://fiqryq.github.io/Peel/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Questions or ideas? Email peel@fiqry.dev
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BeanBench at none against Peel's 1. BeanBench also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Peel's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 months). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Peel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BeanBench asks for nothing beyond the download.
BeanBench ships an update every 2 months, Peel daily. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BeanBench | Peel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mount Si Labs LLC | Fiqry Choerudin |
In-app purchases
BeanBench
No in-app purchases
Peel
- Peel Lifetime$3.99









