Comparison

Beany vs Brew Tuner

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

Head to head
About

Beany

Log and refine your coffee brewing process with detailed tracking and real-time suggestions. Tailor your experience to any brew method and skill level, from espresso to pour-over. Save your perfect recipes and monitor your bean inventory.

Highlights
  • Log brews for any method
  • Guided dial-in process
  • Brew timer with Live Activities
  • Track coffee bean inventory
  • Save and reproduce recipes
  • Brew calendar heatmap
  • Smart espresso suggestions
Features
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Stop guessing. Start dialing in. Track beans, dial in your grind size, and get smart grind suggestions: all in one beautifully simple coffee journal. Built for home baristas with every brew method. Beany helps you brew better coffee, whether you're pulling an espresso shot, plunging a French press, hand-pouring a V60, or simmering moka on the stove. Log your brews, track your beans, and get real-time suggestions on what to adjust next. EVERY BREW METHOD, YOUR WAY Pick your method during setup: Espresso Machine, French Press, Pour Over, or Moka Pot. Beany tailors recipes, brewing steps, and parameters to match. GUIDED DIAL-IN FLOW Beany walks you through the dial-in process step by step. Rate your shot, tell us how it tastes, and get clear suggestions: grind finer, grind coarser, or keep your settings. No more guessing, just better espresso, shot after shot. BREW TIMER WITH LIVE ACTIVITIES Time your shots with a built-in timer that stays visible on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Never miss your target extraction time again. TRACK YOUR BEANS Add your coffee beans with origin, roast level, roast date, and bag size. Beany automatically calculates how much you have left based on your brews. Know exactly when it's time to reorder. YOUR FAVORITE COFFEE DRINKS Built-in recipes for Espresso, Americano, Cappuccino, Flat White, Cortado, Latte, Latte Macchiato, Lungo, Ristretto, Double Espresso, Long Black, Macchiato, and Black Coffee - each with method-aware defaults and step-by-step brewing instructions. SAVE YOUR RECIPES Found the perfect grind setting for your beans? Save it as a recipe. Track dose, ratio, brew time, and grind size so you can reproduce your best shots every time. BREW CALENDAR See your brewing history as a 68-day heatmap. Track your consistency, spot patterns, and stay motivated. SMART ESPRESSO SUGGESTIONS After each brew, Beany analyzes your shot rating, taste notes, and extraction time to suggest what to change. Too sour? Grind finer. Too bitter? Grind coarser. Perfectly balanced? Keep going. BACKED UP TO YOUR ACCOUNT Sign in with Apple and your beans, recipes, and brew history are saved to your Beany account. Get a new iPhone, sign in, and everything is right where you left it. --- Free to download. Beany Pro unlocks unlimited beans, multiple recipes per bean, your complete brew history, and early access to new features. Questions or feedback? I'd love to hear from you. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://martinschreiter.de/beany/privacy

About

Brew Tuner

Features
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That bag you loved last summer just came back in stock. You bought it again โ€” and you're back to wasting beans, dialing it in from scratch, because you didn't write down what worked. Brew Tuner is for exactly that. Log every brew โ€” grind setting, dose, yield, time, rating, tasting notes โ€” once. The next time you revisit a bean, your sweet spot is one tap away. WHAT YOU TRACK - Beans โ€” roaster, origin, varietal, process, roast level, notes - Grinders โ€” any dial type. Integer steps (Encore), fractional (Niche, 1Zpresso), stepless, even grinders with negative settings - Brew methods โ€” V60, Chemex, AeroPress, espresso, French press, Moka, Turkish, cold brew, or anything you invent - Brews โ€” full recipe with 1โ€“10 rating, tasting notes, and flavor tags THE DIAL-IN LOOP - Tap "Adjust & re-brew" on any past brew. Brew Tuner duplicates it so you can change one variable โ€” usually grind โ€” and try again. No more guessing what "two clicks finer" looked like last week. - The per-bean dial-in view groups your attempts by (grinder, brew method) and surfaces the best brew at the top. Open it for a returning bean and you're back where you left off. - Filter the brew history by bean, grinder, or method to compare like with like. WORKS YOUR WAY - Independent unit prefs โ€” grams or ounces for grounds, grams or ounces for yield, ยฐC or ยฐF for temperature. Mix freely. - Common grinders and brew methods are pre-loaded so you can start logging in seconds. - Fully offline โ€” every screen works without a network connection. - No accounts. No sign-up. No cloud requirement. - Your data lives only on your device. BACKUP, NOT SYNC When you move to a new phone or want a snapshot, Settings โ†’ Backup & restore exports everything to a single JSON file you can save anywhere โ€” iCloud Drive, Google Drive, email, AirDrop. Restore on the new device by picking the file back up. No cloud sync. No accounts. No ads. No analytics. No tracking. Just a coffee log that's actually yours โ€” and that you can take anywhere. Brew Tuner is built for one purpose: making your next cup better than your last. Especially the second cup of a bean you've already met.

Screenshots

Beany4 screens
Brew Tuner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Beany at Free against Brew Tuner's $1.99. Brew Tuner's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On update cadence, ads 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

Beany is free to download; Brew Tuner costs $1.99 up front. Beany sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Brew Tuner asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beany ships an update weekly, Brew Tuner every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 5 level
Beany versus Brew Tuner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeanyBrew Tuner
PriceFree โ€” better$1.99
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyWeekly โ€” betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
MonetizationFreemiumโ€”
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS26.217.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size44 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMartin SchreiterAnthony Schmidt

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Beany

Subscriptions2
  • Beany Pro$3.991 Month
  • Beany Pro$39.991 Year
None

Brew Tuner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Beany free?
Beany is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Brew Tuner free?
Brew Tuner costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Beany or Brew Tuner have ads?
Neither Beany nor Brew Tuner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beany or Brew Tuner?
Beany ships an update weekly, and Brew Tuner every 2 weeks. Most recently, Beany was updated on October 28, 2026 and Brew Tuner on October 25, 2026.

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