Comparison

Beans vs Caffeine Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Beans

Log your coffee experiences by photographing bags, noting grind sizes, and rating flavors. Discover tasting notes with a flavor wheel and track your coffee journey with seasonal summaries and global maps.

Highlights
  • Photograph coffee bags
  • Organize coffees by month
  • Record grind size
  • Rate coffees (Yes, Somewhat, No)
  • Explore flavor wheel
  • Seasonal coffee summaries
  • Global coffee origin map
Features
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Your personal coffee journal. Photograph each bag, dial in your grind, and look back at your journey through the world of specialty coffee. Snap a quick photo of your coffee packaging or pick from your library. Your coffees are organized automatically by month, so you can always remember what you were drinking and when. Record your grind size and rate each coffee: Yes, Somewhat, or No. Over time, you'll build a precise picture of what suits your palate and your brewing setup, and make better choices with every bag. Explore the flavor wheel. Floral? Fruity? Chocolatey? After each cup, tap through the flavor wheel to identify and save exactly what you're tasting. Each season, your coffees come together into a beautiful summary. See how many you tried, where the beans came from, and discover the countries behind your coffee world, all mapped across the globe. Whether you're a seasoned specialty coffee enthusiast or just beginning to explore single-origin roasts, this app is your companion for every brew. No jargon, no barriers, just a thoughtful way to remember the coffees you love. Start capturing your coffee story today.

About

Caffeine Tracker

Features
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Caffriend is a minimal coffee tracker for people who want to remember every cup and understand their coffee habits. Log your coffee, turn each drink into a capsule, and save it in your coffee memories jar. Revisit your timeline, track your caffeine and spending, and see the patterns behind what you drink. 1. What Caffriend does • Log every coffee you drink • Turn each coffee into a capsule memory • Save capsules in your personal coffee jar • Revisit your daily coffee timeline • Track cups, caffeine, cost, and coffee type • See your favorite drink and favorite temperature • Understand your coffee habits over time • Let Caffriend randomly choose a coffee for you 2. Made for coffee lovers • For people who care about their coffee ritual • For remembering great drinks and daily habits • For tracking coffee in a simple, aesthetic way 3. Terms of Use • Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Beans4 screens
Caffeine Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Caffeine Tracker at every 6 days against Beans's every 2 months. Caffeine Tracker also leads on iOS requirement (18.6 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. Beans sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Caffeine Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beans ships an update every 2 months, Caffeine Tracker every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Beans versus Caffeine Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeansCaffeine Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.018.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShaunak GokhaleWing Hei Brian Tam

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Beans

One-time3
  • Small tip$1.99
  • Medium tip$3.99
  • Large tip$11.99
3 purchases

Caffeine Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$19.99

Questions

Is Beans free?
Beans is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Caffeine Tracker free?
Caffeine Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Beans or Caffeine Tracker have ads?
Neither Beans nor Caffeine Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beans or Caffeine Tracker?
Beans ships an update every 2 months, and Caffeine Tracker every 6 days. Most recently, Beans was updated on October 31, 2026 and Caffeine Tracker on November 5, 2026.

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