Beany vs Percolate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Percolate
Discover coffee beans tailored to your unique taste preferences. This app learns your ideal roast, acidity, and flavor profiles to recommend specific bags. It also helps you track your coffee inventory and find deals on your favorite brews.
- Personalized Coffee DNA
- Daily taste-matched recommendations
- Extensive bag database
- Scan bag labels for info
- Coffee inventory tracking
- Price watching for Pro users
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Percolate learns what you actually like in a cup, then points you at bags worth buying. Answer a few questions about how you take your coffee and it builds your Coffee DNA: your roast, the acidity you want, the body you like, the flavors you keep reaching for. From then on the recommendations follow your own taste, bag by bag. What's inside: - Your Coffee DNA, sharpening a little each time you rate a cup - A pick for today matched to your taste, plus one to brew from a bag you already own - Hundreds of real bags from roasters worth knowing, narrowed by roast and flavor - Scan a bag's label with your camera to pull up its profile and where to buy it - A shelf that tracks your bags, from wishlist to finished - Buying takes two taps and hands you to the roaster's own checkout Percolate Pro watches prices for you. Follow the coffees you want and we'll tell you the moment one gets cheaper, so you stop paying full price out of habit. Pro raises your daily scan limit as well. We earn a small commission when you buy through a link. It doesn't change what we recommend or what you pay. You don't need an account to start. Your taste stays on your phone until you decide to sign in. Percolate Pro is an auto-renewable subscription. Pricing: $3.99 per month or $24.99 per year, with a one-time $39 Lifetime unlock also available. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://percolateapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://percolateapp.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Beany at weekly against Percolate's every 3 weeks. Percolate's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Beany sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Percolate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Beany ships an update weekly, Percolate every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beany | Percolate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Martin Schreiter | Timberline Ventures LLC |
Customer experience
Beany
Percolate
In-app purchases
Beany
- Beany Pro$1.991 Month
- Beany Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
Percolate
- Percolate Pro (Monthly)$3.991 Month
- Percolate Pro (Lifetime)$39.00









