Sipio vs beans
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sipio
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Sipio is a personal tasting journal for coffee, wine, beer and every drink worth remembering. Quickly save what you drink, add a rating, write notes, attach photos and capture the flavors you want to remember later. Whether it is a great espresso, a bottle of wine, a craft beer or something completely different, Sipio helps you build your own private archive of tastes and memories. Instead of forgetting labels, cafés, bottles or special moments, keep everything in one clean and simple place. What you can do with Sipio: • Log coffee, wine, beer and other drinks • Add ratings, notes and photos • Capture flavor impressions and tasting details • Revisit drinks you loved • Build your own personal drink history • Keep track of what you want to remember • Insights for your drink journal • iCloud backup and sync Sipio is made for casual drink lovers, coffee enthusiasts, wine explorers, beer fans and anyone who likes to remember what tasted good. No complicated setup. No pressure to be an expert. Just a simple, beautiful journal for your drinks. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://jirkapenzes.github.io/sipio-web/privacy-policy.html
beans
Preserve your coffee bag memories by turning them into 3D models and displaying them on a virtual shelf. Log your espresso shots and brews with detailed parameters to refine your technique. Offers guidance for beginners and helps troubleshoot your coffee preparation.
- 3D coffee bag modeling
- Virtual bag shelf display
- Automatic bag data extraction
- Detailed shot logging
- Brewing guidance for beginners
- Grinder and machine profile setup
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Your coffee bags are too good to throw away. Every bag says something — the label, the story, the roaster's whole reason for being. Then the coffee's gone, and so is the bag, into the bin with the eggshells. beans keeps it: turn any bag into a keepsake 3D model and stand it on a shelf that's actually yours — one you'll want to look at. Doesn't matter whether you're timing a shot on a manual lever machine or you just really like your fancy pod machine. If you've ever looked at an empty bag and thought "I'm not putting that one in the bin" — beans is for you. SNAP A BAG, SKIP THE TYPING Photograph the front of a bag, then the back. beans reads the label on your phone with Apple's Vision and on-device intelligence, then looks up what the label doesn't say: roaster, origin, process, tasting notes. Nothing to fill in by hand. DIAL IN ONCE Log every shot or brew: dose, grind on your grinder's own scale, yield, time and temperature. Tell beans about your grinder and machine once, stepless or click, and it gives you a starting point for a new bag. Come back to a favourite weeks later and the recipe that worked is right there. A COACH FOR YOUR FIRST BREWS New to espresso or pour-over? A few short lessons cover the basics and end with a practice brew. After that, when a brew isn't right, beans helps you work out what to change next: finer or coarser for espresso, and for pour-over, what the taste is telling you. Switch it off whenever you like. A SHELF OF YOUR OWN BAGS, IN 3D Turn any bag into a 3D model before it's gone, and stand it on your shelf. Tap it and it lifts off the shelf into its own detail view. Arrange the shelf your way — it's a collection, not a spreadsheet. PAY ONCE, OR BY THE YEAR Own beans for good with one payment, or pay by the year and try it free for 7 days first. In your first 48 hours, lifetime comes with 3 free 3D bags. 3D models are made on request and each one costs real money to generate, so more are sold in packs that never expire. The yearly plan renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://humanmadethings.co.uk/beans-coffee/privacy/ MADE WITH CARE Light and dark, Dynamic Type, Reduce Motion and Increase Contrast are all respected. No account, no sign-in. Requires iOS 27. Bag lookups and 3D models need a connection; your bags and shots are stored on your phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: beans at every 2 days against Sipio's every 2 weeks. Sipio's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 27.0). 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
Both are free to download. Sipio sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month and beans sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sipio ships an update every 2 weeks, beans every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sipio | beans |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jiri Penzes | Alex Trubacs |
In-app purchases
Sipio
- Sipio Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
beans
- Three bags in 3D$4.99
- Unlock beans$9.99
- Unlock beans + 3 bags in 3D$12.99
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- Ten bags in 3D$13.99
- Unlock beans$19.99









