BeanCellar vs BrewLog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BeanCellar
Log your coffee beans, track brewing parameters, and record tasting notes to understand and improve your coffee experience. Compare beans and brews with detailed stats and visual charts. Designed for focused coffee enthusiasts.
- Organized bean cellar with origin and roast details
- Customizable pour-over and espresso brew recipes
- Brew timer with stage tracking
- Detailed tasting notes and ratings
- TDS and extraction yield tracking
- Side-by-side bean and brew comparison
- Brewing statistics and trends
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BeanCellar is a coffee journal and bean cellar built for people who want to understand what they brew, not just write it down. Keep an organized record of your coffee beans, roast dates, freshness stages, origins, processing methods, prices, flavor profiles, and notes. Plan pour-over and espresso brews with adjustable recipes, timers, dose, yield, temperature, grind size, and brew stages. After each brew, save ratings, tasting notes, taste issues, photos, TDS readings, and extraction yield. Compare beans or brew records side by side, review flavor and rating radar charts, and use stats to see how your brewing habits change over time. BeanCellar helps you answer practical questions: - Which beans tasted best? - How fresh is this coffee now? - What recipe did I use last time? - Did grind size, temperature, or ratio improve the cup? - Which beans and brew methods do I use most? Core features: - Bean cellar with roast date, freshness, origin, process, price, notes, and photos - Pour-over and espresso brew setup - Brew timer with custom recipes and brew stages - Tasting journal with ratings, notes, photos, and taste issue tags - TDS and extraction yield tracking - Bean and brew comparison views - Brewing stats and trends - Custom flavor labels, rating labels, process methods, and freshness ranges with BeanCellar Pro - Temperature and currency preferences - Light, dark, and system appearance modes BeanCellar is designed to be quiet, fast, and focused, so you can spend less time managing notes and more time improving your coffee. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
BrewLog
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Make every brew a useful starting point for the next cup. BrewLog records dose, water, ratio, grind size, temperature, pour timing and tasting notes. Review a brew diagnosis, adjust one variable at a time and save recipes you can repeat. 20 coffee brands and roasters. 56 reference recipes. BrewLog Pro includes 53 recipes from 20 coffee brands and roasters, plus 3 baseline recipes. Start with V60, Kalita, AeroPress and more, then use your brew results and diagnosis to refine your recipe. RECORD WHAT SHAPES THE CUP • Track dose, water, ratio, grind size, temperature and brew time • Follow pour-by-pour steps with the built-in timer • Rate aroma, acidity, sweetness, body, bitterness and finish • Compare brews to see which variables changed • Use the extraction chart to spot under- or over-extraction FREE AND PRO • Free: 10 brews, 10 custom recipes, 1 bean and 3 full diagnoses per week • Pro: unlimited brews, recipes and beans, the full roaster directory, advanced diagnosis, charts and export SUBSCRIPTIONS A one-month free trial may be available for eligible plans in supported App Store storefronts. Offer availability varies by country or region and plan; Apple determines eligibility. Check the App Store purchase sheet for any offer, price and billing period available to you. After a trial, the selected plan renews automatically at the displayed price and billing period. Cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends to avoid renewal. Monthly plans renew monthly; yearly plans renew yearly. Manage or cancel in Apple Account settings. Your brew data stays on your iPhone. No account is required. Export your brew log whenever you need it. Terms of Use (EULA): https://brewlog-legal.pages.dev/terms Privacy Policy: https://brewlog-legal.pages.dev/privacy Support: https://brewlog-legal.pages.dev/support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: BrewLog at 15.0 against BeanCellar's 26. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. BeanCellar sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and BrewLog sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | BeanCellar | BrewLog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 清源 欧阳 | Hsueh kaiyen |
In-app purchases
BeanCellar
- BeanCellar Pro Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- BeanCellar Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- BeanCellar Pro One-Time Purchase$19.99
BrewLog
- Premium$2.991 Month
- Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year









