Comparison

Dialed In vs Coffee Counter Brew Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Dialed In

This app helps home baristas track espresso brewing variables like shot time, dose, and yield. It analyzes extractions and visualizes trends to improve your coffee craft. Manage your beans and log shots against specific coffees.

Highlights
  • Log shot time, dose, yield, grind size, and notes
  • In-app timer
  • Automatic extraction analysis (Under, Good, Over)
  • Trend charts for visualization
  • Bean library management
  • iCloud backup (premium)
  • Custom fields (premium)
Features
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Dialed In is the shot logging companion built for home baristas who take their craft seriously. Whether you're dialing in a new bean or chasing a personal best, Dialed In tracks every variable that matters so you can pull better shots whether you’re learning or an experienced barista. **TRACK WHAT MATTERS** Log shot time, dose, yield, grind size, and notes alongside every shot. Each entry builds a complete picture of your technique over time. Use the in-app timer with a tap, or enter the time your machine already provides. Either way, your data is captured accurately and consistently. **KNOW YOUR EXTRACTION** Every shot is automatically labelled — Very Under, Slightly Under, Good, Slightly Over, or Very Over — based on your brew ratio or shot time. See at a glance what went wrong and what went right, without doing the math yourself. **SEE YOUR TRENDS** The trend charts lets you visualize extraction time, grind setting, and brew ratio across your recent shots. Spot the moment your dial-in clicked, or when an adjustment threw something off. **MANAGE YOUR BEANS** Keep a library of your coffees. Log shots against specific beans and see how each one performs as you work through a bag. **PREMIUM: iCLOUD BACKUP & CUSTOM FIELDS** Back up your shot history automatically to iCloud and restore it anytime. Add custom fields to capture anything your workflow requires — water temperature, crema color, acidity, specific flavors, or anything your heart desires. Dialed In is built for iOS and feels at home on your iPhone. No account required. No subscription needed to get started.

About

Coffee Counter Brew Tracker

Features
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Coffee Counter is a flexible brew log and coffee manager for people who want to keep track of what they brew, how they brewed it, and what tasted worth making again. Build your coffee setup your way. Add bean flavors, bags, machines, and grinders, then organize them around the way you actually make coffee. Track roast dates, bag status, freeze and unfreeze dates, notes, photos, and gear details without forcing your workflow into one rigid system. Logging a brew is fast, but detailed when you want it to be. Record the bean bag, brew method, machine, grinder, grind setting, dose, yield, brew time, date, and rating. Coffee Counter can remember the fields you reuse most, so your next log starts with the setup you normally use. Use History to look back at your brews, compare ratings, review yield and brew time, and see how a coffee changes with bean age. Whether you are dialing in espresso, comparing filter brews, or just trying to remember which bag you liked best, Coffee Counter keeps the useful details close. Features: Log detailed coffee brews with ratings, dose, yield, brew time, grind setting, and method Manage bean flavors and individual bags with roast dates, status, notes, photos, and accent colors Track machines and grinders, including active and retired gear Set freeze and unfreeze reminders for bean bags View history, averages, and trends by coffee, method, and bean age Choose which logging fields should be remembered for faster repeat entries Sync data with iCloud Export and import backups Coffee Counter is made for flexible coffee tracking: simple enough for daily use, detailed enough when you want to understand what changed.

Screenshots

Dialed In4 screens
Coffee Counter Brew Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Coffee Counter Brew Tracker at none against Dialed In's 1. Dialed In's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dialed In sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Coffee Counter Brew Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dialed In ships an update fortnightly, Coffee Counter Brew Tracker every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Dialed In versus Coffee Counter Brew Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDialed InCoffee Counter Brew Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrew MitstiferYoav Kalisher

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dialed In

One-time1
  • Dialed In Premium$2.99
None

Coffee Counter Brew Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dialed In free?
Dialed In is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Coffee Counter Brew Tracker free?
Coffee Counter Brew Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dialed In or Coffee Counter Brew Tracker have ads?
Neither Dialed In nor Coffee Counter Brew Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dialed In or Coffee Counter Brew Tracker?
Dialed In ships an update fortnightly, and Coffee Counter Brew Tracker every 2 weeks. Most recently, Dialed In was updated on October 24, 2026 and Coffee Counter Brew Tracker on October 24, 2026.

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