Comparison

RoastNote vs CrackLog

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

Head to head
About

RoastNote

This app helps home coffee roasters meticulously track every stage of their roasting process. Log timings, events, bean details, and flavor profiles to build consistency and refine your coffee batches.

Highlights
  • Precise roast timer
  • Event logging (first/second crack)
  • Development Time and DTR tracking
  • Weight logging and loss calculation
  • Bean management
  • Flavor tag ratings
  • Roast history
Features
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RoastNote is a simple, focused app for tracking home coffee roasting from start to finish. From timing your roast to reviewing past batches, it helps you build consistency and improve results over time. Key features: Precise roast timer with start, stop, and reset First crack / second crack event logging Development Time and DTR tracking Green and roasted weight logging with automatic weight-loss calculation Bean management (name, origin, variety, process) Flavor tags with ratings for cup profiling Roast history with detailed session views Per-bean roast counts and latest-session summaries Customizable process methods and flavor tags in Settings Who it’s for: Home roasters who want clean, reliable logs Anyone trying to reproduce great roasts consistently Coffee enthusiasts who want to compare beans and improve batch by batch The more you log, the clearer your roasting patterns become. RoastNote helps you turn each roast into better decisions for the next one. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

CrackLog

Manually log coffee roasting details in real-time, including temperature, crack events, and fan/power adjustments. Visualize your roast curves and save batches as cards for easy comparison and future reference. Export your data for safekeeping.

Highlights
  • Real-time roast curve drawing
  • Manual temperature and crack logging
  • Fan and power adjustment tracking
  • Batch card collection
  • Side-by-side roast comparison
  • Data export and import
Features
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The moment you hear the crack, hit the big button once. A dot lands on your curve. Log time, temperature and first/second crack by hand and the roast curve draws itself in real time. Drop the beans and that batch becomes a card in your collection. No account, no server. Your logs live on this phone only. HOW IT WORKS • Charge: the timer starts at 0:00. • During the roast: log the temperature you see on your roaster as often as you like. The screen stays awake while the timer runs. • Crack: when you hear it, tap First Crack (then Second Crack). A dot is pinned to the curve at that second. Wrong tap? Undo it right there. • Drop: the timer stops, total time and DTR are worked out, and a batch card is made. TRY IT BEFORE YOU ROAST A 10-minute roast compressed into 30 seconds. Without a single green bean, tap the cracks yourself and feel the dot land. Demo batches stay out of your stats and overlays. MANUAL ON PURPOSE You write down the temperature you read on the roaster, and you tap the crack when you hear it. The app never picks a roast level for you and never scores your roast. It just keeps what happened, as it happened. DIALS, LOGGED IN THE MOMENT Every time you turn fan or power (1–9), one tap. It draws as a step line in its own lane on the curve and sits in a table on the card, so next time you roast the same bean you can follow "fan 7 at 3:20" exactly. Tap yellowing and end of first crack too, and your drying, Maillard and development ratios line up. Preheat and room temperature go in the batch details. WHAT'S ON A CARD • Time × temperature curve with first and second crack dots • Fan and power changes, yellowing and end-of-first-crack times • Bean, origin, charge weight, drop weight, yield, roaster used, preheat temp, room temp • Roast level (8 steps from Light to Italian, chosen by you) • A one-line roast note Browse your cards by bean or by roast level. No nagging to roast every day. No missions. SIDE BY SIDE WITH YOUR LAST BATCH Overlay the previous curve for the same bean as a ghost and compare as you roast. Tap "Roast again with these settings" on a card and the bean, charge weight, roaster and preheat temp are already filled in. ROASTER'S KIT (optional, one-time purchase) • Replay guide: start a roast with the same bean and the last batch's fan/power changes and crack times sit right beside the timer. • Multi-curve overlay: stack up to 3 earlier batches on one curve. Not a subscription. What's free today stays free. YOUR LOGS ARE YOURS Export every batch to a single file and import it back. Wipe everything at once from Settings. No account · no server · no internet for logging · no photo, mic or location access. No ads, no subscription. One optional lifetime purchase, handled by the App Store.

Screenshots

RoastNote4 screens
CrackLog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: RoastNote at 5.0 against CrackLog's 4.5. RoastNote also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). CrackLog's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. RoastNote sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. CrackLog asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RoastNote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RoastNote ships an update every 4 days, CrackLog monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
RoastNote versus CrackLog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoastNoteCrackLog
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMao NabetaKYUNGHWAN KIM

Customer experience

RoastNote

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CrackLog

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

RoastNote

Subscriptions1
  • RoastNote Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
None

CrackLog

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RoastNote free?
RoastNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CrackLog free?
CrackLog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RoastNote or CrackLog?
RoastNote is rated higher. RoastNote averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while CrackLog averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do RoastNote or CrackLog have ads?
Neither RoastNote nor CrackLog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RoastNote or CrackLog?
RoastNote ships an update every 4 days, and CrackLog monthly. Most recently, RoastNote was updated on September 29, 2026 and CrackLog on October 14, 2026.

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