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

Features
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The moment you hear that first crack, tap once and a dot lands on the curve. Time, temperature and both cracks go in by hand. The roast curve draws itself as you go, and the second you drop, that batch becomes a card in your collection. No account, no server. Everything stays on this phone. HOW A ROAST GOES HERE Hit Charge and the timer starts at 0:00. Punch in the temperature your roaster is showing, as often or as rarely as you like. When first crack starts popping, hit the big button. One tap, no form, no time picker — and if you hit it too early, undo it right there. Hit it again at second crack. Drop when the beans are where you want them, and the timer stops: total time and DTR are added up, and the batch card is made. The screen stays on the whole time the timer is running. BY HAND, ON PURPOSE Nothing here measures for you and nothing listens in. You read the roaster, you punch in the number, you hear the crack and you tap. CrackLog shows you DTR and yield, and it never tells you whether the roast was good. Roast level is your call, made with your eyes, ears and nose. TRY IT BEFORE YOU ROAST The demo roast replays ten minutes in thirty seconds, so you can tap your first crack right now with no green beans in the house. Demo batches carry a badge and stay out of your stats and overlays. A SHELF, NOT A STREAK Every batch you drop turns into a card: the curve with both crack markers, DTR, bean and origin, charge and drop weight, yield, the roaster you used, the roast level you picked yourself (Light through Italian, eight steps) and a one-line process note. They stack up in your collection, filterable by bean and by roast level. No streaks, no missions, no nagging. Roasting is a once-or-twice-a-week habit and CrackLog treats it like one. NEXT BATCH, DIALED IN Show your last batch of the same bean as a semi-transparent line under today's curve, and steer this roast toward it. STAYS ON YOUR PHONE No account. No server. No network requests at all, and no permissions asked for. Export every batch as a single JSON file and import it back any time. From Settings you can also wipe every batch and setting in one go. No ads, nothing to buy.

Screenshots

RoastNote4 screens
CrackLog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CrackLog at none against RoastNote's 1. CrackLog also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). 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

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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
RoastNote versus CrackLog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoastNoteCrackLog
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMao NabetaKYUNGHWAN KIM

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.
Do RoastNote or CrackLog have ads?
Neither RoastNote nor CrackLog shows ads.

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