RoastSignal vs CrackLog

RoastSignal helps home coffee roasters track roast sessions, record roast milestones, save roast history, and receive AI-assisted roast feedback. The app does not require an account or login. Core workflow: 1. Configure a roast setup or Quick Start Preset 2. Start a roast timer 3. Record roast milestones 4. Review AI analysis 5. Save roast history 6. Export or share roast results Camera and photo access are optional and used only when the user chooses to analyze bean or roast photos. The Coffee Expert feature requires an internet connection.

The moment you hear that first crack, tap once and a dot lands on the curve. Time, temperature and both cracks go in by hand. The roast curve draws itself as you go, and the second you drop, that batch becomes a card in your collection. No account, no server. Everything stays on this phone. HOW A ROAST GOES HERE Hit Charge and the timer starts at 0:00. Punch in the temperature your roaster is showing, as often or as rarely as you like. When first crack starts popping, hit the big button. One tap, no form, no time picker — and if you hit it too early, undo it right there. Hit it again at second crack. Drop when the beans are where you want them, and the timer stops: total time and DTR are added up, and the batch card is made. The screen stays on the whole time the timer is running. BY HAND, ON PURPOSE Nothing here measures for you and nothing listens in. You read the roaster, you punch in the number, you hear the crack and you tap. CrackLog shows you DTR and yield, and it never tells you whether the roast was good. Roast level is your call, made with your eyes, ears and nose. TRY IT BEFORE YOU ROAST The demo roast replays ten minutes in thirty seconds, so you can tap your first crack right now with no green beans in the house. Demo batches carry a badge and stay out of your stats and overlays. A SHELF, NOT A STREAK Every batch you drop turns into a card: the curve with both crack markers, DTR, bean and origin, charge and drop weight, yield, the roaster you used, the roast level you picked yourself (Light through Italian, eight steps) and a one-line process note. They stack up in your collection, filterable by bean and by roast level. No streaks, no missions, no nagging. Roasting is a once-or-twice-a-week habit and CrackLog treats it like one. NEXT BATCH, DIALED IN Show your last batch of the same bean as a semi-transparent line under today's curve, and steer this roast toward it. STAYS ON YOUR PHONE No account. No server. No network requests at all, and no permissions asked for. Export every batch as a single JSON file and import it back any time. From Settings you can also wipe every batch and setting in one go. No ads, nothing to buy.