Comparison

Dialin Espresso Journal vs Dose Espresso

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

Head to head
About

Dialin Espresso Journal

Features
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Dialin is the espresso journal that doesn't just record your shots, it tells you the next move. Log dose, grind, yield, and shot time in seconds, tap how it tasted, and Dialin's offline Dial-In Coach reads your last pull and recommends exactly ONE change for your next shot: grind a touch finer, drop the dose, stretch the ratio. No guessing, no wasted beans, no AI black box, just the same cause-and-effect logic baristas use, working entirely on your iPhone. Every bag of beans gets its own page with roast date and a freshness window, so when a coffee peaks at day 10 you know it. Your shot history rolls up into clean charts: extraction time trend, grind progression, ratio vs. rating, and taste score by days off roast, so you can see your dial-in converge instead of flailing. Build a roaster and grinder library once and reuse it. Capture a latte-art photo. Star your house recipe so you can rebuild it in one tap when you reopen a familiar bag. Dialin is fully offline and private. No account, no cloud, no subscription nagging. Unlock unlimited beans and the full chart suite once and own it forever. Stop pulling the same sour shot twice. Download Dialin and dial in faster. Made by All Things AI — a small team that builds the tools and apps we wish existed. Questions or feedback? Visit https://allthingsn.com/apps/dialin/support/ — we read every message. Privacy Policy: https://allthingsn.com/apps/dialin/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Dose Espresso

This app helps users objectively score espresso shots on a 0-100 scale using guided tasting fundamentals. Discover cafes, track your tasting history, and connect with other coffee enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Guided espresso scoring (0-100)
  • Cafe and roaster discovery
  • Personal tasting profile
  • Social feed and messaging
  • Tasting sharing
  • Barista and roaster tools
Features
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Dose is for people who take espresso seriously. Order a straight shot and run a guided tasting — crema, aroma, flavor, acidity, sweetness, body, balance, finish — to land a real Dose Score. No five-star guesswork: a clear, repeatable read on what's in the cup, with coaching at every step so you learn what to taste. Every tasting becomes a deck. One idea per card, the profile drawing itself in — and the last card is the bar where the shot was pulled: its photo, and what the community scores it. Score together. When a friend who follows you starts a shot at the same café, your composer offers to join it — one tap, no code. Each of you scores alone, and it posts once, on both your profiles, with both names and the score you landed on. Then see where the good pulls are. Every café gets a page with its scores, its judges' picks, and its regulars. Browse the map, find a great shot in a new city, and stop wasting mornings on bad ones. And it's better with people. Follow other judges, see their tastings in a clean feed, react and comment, share a tasting as a beautiful card, and message the people who know their coffee. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Score espresso on a guided scale grounded in real tasting fundamentals • Score a shot together — two palates, one post, each number your own • Discover cafés and roasters near you — and around the world • Build a profile, level up from Taster to Judge, and track every shot you've pulled • Follow friends, comment, and message • Share your tasting as an on-brand card BUILT FOR IPHONE • Point the camera at a coffee bag. It reads the roaster, origin, process and variety straight into a tasting — on device, and it only ever reports what the bag prints. • Ask Siri to log a shot — the score, the café, the whole pull — without touching the screen. • Time a shot from the Dynamic Island. • Widgets, a Lock Screen complication, and a Control Center button for a one-tap log. • VoiceOver plays a tasting profile as sound, so the shape of a shot is something you hear. • Save an estimate of each shot's caffeine to Health, if you want it. Free. No in-app purchases, no subscription, no ads. Nine languages. Whether you're a barista dialing in, a roaster chasing consistency, or just someone who knows the difference a great shot makes — Dose helps you know good espresso.

Screenshots

Dialin Espresso Journal4 screens
Dose Espresso4 screens

Verdict

The call

Dialin Espresso Journal and Dose Espresso are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Dialin Espresso Journal versus Dose Espresso: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDialin Espresso JournalDose Espresso
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAll Things AI, IncEternal Interactive

In-app purchases

None

Dialin Espresso Journal

No in-app purchases

None

Dose Espresso

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dialin Espresso Journal free?
Dialin Espresso Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dose Espresso free?
Dose Espresso is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dialin Espresso Journal or Dose Espresso have ads?
Neither Dialin Espresso Journal nor Dose Espresso shows ads.

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