Comparison

Tampio vs CoffeeMan

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

Head to head
About

Tampio

Features
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Pull better shots. Every time. Tampio is the espresso companion built for home baristas who care about consistency. Save your bean profiles, time every extraction, rate your shots, and let the app tell you exactly what to adjust next. No account. No subscription. No cloud required. Just you and better espresso. --- TRACK YOUR BEANS --- Store every coffee you own - roaster, origin, roast level, roast date, and your go-to default dose, yield, and grind settings. Tampio keeps a tidy profile for each bean so you always know where to start. --- LOG EVERY SHOT --- Record dose, grind size, grind time, yield, and a star rating for every brew. A circular extraction timer counts up in real time and turns orange then red when you drift past your target - so you know at a glance whether to pull or wait. Add a photo and tasting notes while everything is still fresh. --- GET SMARTER OVER TIME --- Tampio analyses your brews and automatically surfaces Suggested Settings for each bean - the average grind, dose, yield, and time from your best shots. No spreadsheets. No guesswork. --- DIAL IN ANY BEAN --- New bag? Use Dial-In mode to work through sequential attempts. After each shot, log the taste result - Underextracted, Balanced, Overextracted, or Channeling - and Tampio recommends the next grind adjustment with a plain-English explanation. When you nail it, the winning settings are saved straight to the bean profile. --- KEEP A PHOTO LOG --- Attach photos from your library or snap one in-app. Every brew and every bean profile can have its own shot of the puck, the pour, or the bag. Download Tampio and start pulling shots you're proud of.

About

CoffeeMan

Features
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CoffeeMan helps home baristas pull better espresso โ€” one shot at a time. Dial in your grinder, run the built-in brew timer, and log every shot: dose, yield, ratio, time, and tasting notes. When a shot comes out sour, bitter, or just off, CoffeeMan's on-device diagnosis tells you exactly what to adjust next time โ€” grind, dose, ratio, temperature, or technique. WHAT YOU CAN DO โ€ข Dial-in timer โ€” full-screen shot timer with haptic feedback โ€ข Shot log โ€” record dose, yield, ratio, time and tasting sliders โ€ข Smart diagnosis โ€” rule-based fixes for sour, bitter, fast, slow and more โ€ข Bean library โ€” track roaster, origin, roast date and freshness โ€ข Machine maintenance โ€” backflush, descale and more, with optional reminders โ€ข Recipe catalog โ€” 48 built-in espresso & milk drinks with clean illustrations NO ACCOUNT. FULLY OFFLINE. No sign-up, no tracking, no ads. Everything stays on your device. FREE + OPTIONAL PREMIUM CoffeeMan is free to use. Premium unlocks the full 48-recipe catalog (9 are free), saving your own custom recipes, and machine maintenance reminders โ€” via an annual or monthly subscription with a free trial, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Already bought the old paid app? You keep everything, free, forever. โ€” โ€” โ€” Made for home baristas, by a home barista. Privacy: nothing leaves your device. Ever. https://coffeeman-privacy.surge.sh/

Screenshots

Tampio4 screens
CoffeeMan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tampio at every 9 days against CoffeeMan's every 3 weeks. CoffeeMan's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Tampio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CoffeeMan sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tampio ships an update every 9 days, CoffeeMan every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Tampio versus CoffeeMan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTampioCoffeeMan
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 days โ€” betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size8 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTim KloessIvan Dotsenko

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tampio

One-time1
  • Tampio Pro$2.99
3 purchases

CoffeeMan

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Premium Annual$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Tampio free?
Tampio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CoffeeMan free?
CoffeeMan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tampio or CoffeeMan have ads?
Neither Tampio nor CoffeeMan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tampio or CoffeeMan?
Tampio ships an update every 9 days, and CoffeeMan every 3 weeks. Most recently, Tampio was updated on October 7, 2026 and CoffeeMan on October 8, 2026.

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