Comparison

weBean vs BrewGi

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

Head to head
About

weBean

Features
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Every great cup deserves to be remembered. weBean is your specialty coffee tracker. Scan any bag, rate every cup, and discover your Coffee Identity. Built for coffee lovers who want to remember what they loved and find their next favorite. SCAN ANY BAG Point your camera at any coffee bag and weBean reads the details for you: roaster, origin, roast level, and flavor notes. Just snap, and your coffee is logged in seconds. RATE & REMEMBER EVERY CUP Log how you brewed it (Espresso, Pour over, French press, AeroPress, Cold brew, and more), pick your flavor notes, and give it a rating. Build your own coffee journal one cup at a time, and never forget a good bean again. DISCOVER YOUR COFFEE IDENTITY Take the taste quiz and unlock 1 of 16 coffee personalities based on your palate. Are you a washed light roast purist? A bold dark roast explorer? Think of it as a personality type, but for your coffee taste. Share your Coffee Identity with friends and watch your taste evolve over time. DAILY PICK, JUST FOR YOU Every day, weBean recommends a specialty coffee matched to your taste. The more you log and rate, the smarter your recommendations get. Coffee discovery, made personal. TRENDING NOW See which specialty beans the community is loving right now, from Top Shelf picks to High Rated favorites. Find your next bag through what other coffee lovers are brewing. YOUR PERSONAL COFFEE LIBRARY Organize every bean as Tried, Favorite, Wishlist, or Reviewed. Your personal coffee library grows with every cup you log, so you always know what you have tried, what you loved, and what to buy next. EXPLORE ROASTERS & ORIGINS Dive into beans from specialty roasters around the world. Browse by roast level, origin, and flavor profile to discover single-origin coffees and blends you will love. From Ethiopian naturals to Colombian washed, there is always a new bean to find. EVERY BREW METHOD WELCOME Whether you brew Espresso, Pour over, V60, Chemex, French press, AeroPress, Moka pot, Cold brew, or Siphon, weBean tracks them all. Log your brewing method with every review and find the beans that taste best your way. COLLECT BEANS Earn beans every time you log, rate, or scan a coffee. Hit milestones, unlock badges, and watch your bean balance grow. (Yes, beans for beans!) WHO IT'S FOR Whether you are brewing your first pour over or chasing rare micro-lots, weBean helps you track every cup, understand your taste, and discover specialty coffee you will love. Perfect for home baristas, third-wave coffee fans, and anyone who has ever forgotten the name of that amazing bag from last month. WHY weBean Most coffee apps make you type everything by hand. weBean reads the bag for you, learns your taste, and helps you find your next favorite. It is the easiest way to track specialty coffee, build your coffee journal, and join a community of people who love great beans as much as you do. We've bean brewing connections. Join a community of coffee lovers who track, rate, and discover specialty coffee together. Download weBean and start your coffee journey today!

About

BrewGi

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A pour-over coffee journal for logging every brew. Record beans, grind, water, temperature and time alongside how it tasted, and time each pour with the built-in timer. As your log grows, yield and taste stats show how your coffee is changing. โ–  Five steps, then done Beans, brewing, tasting, rating, save. A timer is built in, so you can start it the moment you begin pouring. Add a photo and the cup is captured. โ–  A timer that tracks every pour Split a brew into bloom and pours, with the time and water for each. Open a saved brew and the pour guide walks you through the same timing again. โ–  A suggestion for your next brew Based on how you rated bitterness, acidity and body, BrewGi suggests one change to try next: water temperature or amount. Your best brew with each bean is one tap away. โ–  Yield and strength, calculated Enter dose, water, final beverage weight and TDS, and BrewGi computes extraction yield and brew ratio for you. No refractometer? Ratio alone is enough to get started. โ–  Two tasting modes Quick mode covers sweetness, acidity, body, bitterness and finish. Detailed mode follows the SCA approach with up to ten attributes across four temperature stages, so you can see how the cup changes as it cools. โ–  Bean collection and inventory Keep origin, process, variety, altitude and roast level (with Agtron) in one place. Add purchase amount and open date, and remaining weight and aging days are tracked automatically from your logged doses. โ–  Statistics that reveal your taste Yield trends, a taste radar, brewer and origin distribution, your top-rated beans. The more you log, the clearer your preferences become. โ–  Save recipes, brew them again Store a great extraction as a preset and load it next time. Tap "brew again" and the beans and parameters are filled in for you. โ–  Share your brews Share a great cup as an image card or a link. Whoever opens it can recreate the same recipe in the app. โ–  BrewGi Pro Read the Brewing Control Chart to spot under- and over-extraction at a glance, compare two brews side by side, and unlock full-period statistics. Cancel anytime. Available in English, Korean and Japanese. Pour-over (V60, Kalita, Chemex, Clever), AeroPress, French press, Moka pot, espresso, cold brew โ€” log any method. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://brewgi.com/privacy

Screenshots

weBean4 screens
BrewGi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: weBean at none against BrewGi's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. BrewGi sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. weBean asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
weBean versus BrewGi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterweBeanBrewGi
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 3 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better16.4
Further details โ€” not scored
Size87 MB68 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperShop It First LLCYOUNGDO KIM

In-app purchases

None

weBean

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

BrewGi

Subscriptions3
  • BrewGi Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • BrewGi Pro Event Yearly$11.991 Year
  • BrewGi Pro Yearly$14.991 Year

Questions

Is weBean free?
weBean is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BrewGi free?
BrewGi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do weBean or BrewGi have ads?
Both weBean and BrewGi show ads.

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