Comparison

9Bar vs Nine Bar

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

Head to head
About

9Bar

This app helps coffee enthusiasts dial in their espresso shots faster and with less waste. It provides insights into bean behavior before brewing and suggests a single, specific adjustment after each shot to improve your recipe. Save successful recipes and track your progress to understand your unique brewing patterns.

Highlights
  • Bean behavior insights before brewing
  • Single, specific adjustment suggestions per shot
  • Save and organize successful espresso recipes
  • Track personal brewing data and community patterns
  • Extensive roaster and bean library
  • Customizable setup and shot type settings
Features
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9Bar tells you how your bean behaves before you pull — then gives you exactly one thing to change after each shot. Dial in faster, waste less, build a library of every recipe that worked. **Bean Intel — before shot #1** See how this specific bean tends to behave: grind direction, yield preference, freshness window. When real community data exists (10+ pulls from other users), you see real patterns — percentages, ratios, shot times. When it doesn't, 9Bar gives you roast-level estimates grounded in extraction physics and tells you the difference. **One adjustment after every shot** Log your shot in under 30 seconds — dose, yield, time, taste, flow. 9Bar gives you one specific adjustment with direction, magnitude, and the extraction reason behind it. Not a checklist. Not five suggestions. One move. **Save your recipe when it's right** When your shot tastes balanced — or even just better — save it as your dialed-in recipe. Your library keeps every recipe you've nailed, organized by bean and roast level. **Your data, your patterns** See your total shots, beans dialed, and average shots to dial in. Over time, 9Bar surfaces what works for you specifically — which adjustments fix which problems, and how you compare to the community. **76 roasters. 265 beans. Add your own.** From Onyx to Happy Mug, Counter Culture to Kirkland Signature. Search by name, roast level, or style. Don't see your bean? Add it in seconds — your shots build the signal for everyone who pulls it after you. **Your setup, your way** Set your machine, grinder, basket, and scale. Choose ristretto, normale, or lungo — guidance adapts to your shot type. Switch units between grams and ounces. Your first 5 beans are free. After that, unlock unlimited beans with 9Bar Pro ($2.99/month or $19.99/year). Terms of Service: https://madebykindred.co/9Bar/terms

About

Nine Bar

Log your coffee brewing details, from beans to final pour, and gain a deeper understanding of your favorite drinks. Explore a comprehensive glossary of coffee types with step-by-step instructions. The app works offline and offers advanced features through an optional Pro upgrade.

Highlights
  • Bean tracking with freshness and grind/dose settings
  • Detailed brew logging with ratio calculation
  • Illustrated coffee drink glossary
  • Equipment management
  • Daily consistency streaks
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Nine Bar is the coffee journal for people who want to actually understand what they're drinking — not just log it. Track every bag of beans with roaster, roast date, and freshness tracked automatically. Log every pull with dose, yield, time, and pressure, and watch your ratio calculate itself as you type. Save your preferred grind and dose right on the bean, so the next time you buy it, you already know what worked. Nine Bar isn't just for espresso. The built-in drink glossary covers the full range of coffee — espresso and milk drinks, pour-over and filter methods, iced and cold brew, regional specialties like Turkish coffee and Vietnamese cà phê sữa, even dessert and spirited coffees — each with a description and step-by-step instructions that work no matter what equipment you own. Nine Bar works fully offline, with no account required to get started. Your beans, brews, and equipment stay right on your device. The core app is free to use, with no ads, ever — Nine Bar Pro is available for anyone who wants unlimited bean history and equipment profiles. FEATURES - Bean library with freshness tracking and preferred grind/dose per bean - Full brew logging — dose, yield, time, pressure, and a live-calculating ratio - A 21-drink illustrated glossary covering all seven coffee families - Equipment tracking for grinders, brew methods, scales, kettles, and more - Daily streaks to see your consistency over time - Guest mode — no account needed, ever, for the core app Find your nine. Then repeat it. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ninebarapp.com/privacy

Screenshots

9Bar3 screens
Nine Bar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Nine Bar at every 2 weeks against 9Bar's every 5 weeks. 9Bar's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). On price, rating, 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. 9Bar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Nine Bar sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for 9Bar against 5.0 for Nine Bar. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

9Bar ships an update every 5 weeks, Nine Bar every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
9Bar versus Nine Bar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter9BarNine Bar
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB3 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMade by Kindred LLCJoshua Campbell

In-app purchases

2 purchases

9Bar

Subscriptions2
  • 9Bar Pro$2.991 Month
  • 9Bar Pro$19.991 Year
3 purchases

Nine Bar

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Annual$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$149.99

Questions

Is 9Bar free?
9Bar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nine Bar free?
Nine Bar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 9Bar or Nine Bar?
9Bar and Nine Bar are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do 9Bar or Nine Bar have ads?
Neither 9Bar nor Nine Bar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 9Bar or Nine Bar?
9Bar ships an update every 5 weeks, and Nine Bar every 2 weeks. Most recently, 9Bar was updated on October 10, 2026 and Nine Bar on October 11, 2026.

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