WholeBean vs Arosti
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WholeBean
Scan coffee bag labels to identify beans, learn their origin, roast, and flavor profiles. Build a collection of your favorite coffees and discover your personal taste preferences.
- Scan coffee bag labels
- Identify bean origin and roaster
- View detailed flavor profiles
- Discover recommended brew methods
- Build a personal coffee collection
- Track tasting notes and brew methods
- Develop a personalized taste profile
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WholeBean turns every bag of coffee you discover into something you understand. Point your camera at a label, and WholeBean reads it, identifies the bean, and tells you its story—where it's from, how it's roasted, what it tastes like, and how to brew it best. SCAN ANY BAG Snap a photo of a coffee bag or label. WholeBean reads the text on-device and identifies the roaster and bean, only confirming a match when it's confident—so you can trust what you see. KNOW YOUR COFFEE Every bean gets a rich profile: • A clear, AI-written summary of what makes it special • Origin mapped visually, with process and varietal • A roast meter from light to dark • A flavor wheel showing the families it spans • A recommended brew method tuned to the bean BUILD YOUR COLLECTION Save the coffees you love and record how you enjoyed them—your tasting notes, the brew, and the cafe or shop where you found it, pinned on a map. DISCOVER YOUR TASTE The more you save, the more WholeBean learns. Your Taste Profile brings your coffee life to life with a personal flavor wheel, a world map of the origins you gravitate toward, your roast spectrum, your favorite brew methods, and a warm, AI-crafted summary of your palate. WHOLEBEAN PRO WholeBean Pro is an auto-renewable subscription that unlocks an unlimited bean collection and your personal taste profile. • WholeBean Pro (Monthly) — $5.99 / month • WholeBean Pro (Annual) — $49.99 / year Payment will be charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial, if offered, is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://wholebean.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://wholebean.app/privacy
Arosti
Discover coffee tailored to your unique palate by scanning bags and rating cups. This app learns your preferences to provide personalized recommendations, moving beyond generic star ratings to understand your taste profile.
- Scan coffee bags with your camera
- Rate coffee cups and add tasting notes
- Personalized taste profile creation
- Receive tailored coffee recommendations
- Discover local roasters and cafes
- Track coffee history and preferences
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The best-rated coffee isn't the best coffee for you. Two people can agree a coffee is "good" and still want completely different things from it — more body, less brightness, a fruit-forward Ethiopian one week and a dark, cocoa-heavy blend the next. Star ratings average strangers. Arosti learns YOU. SCAN THE BAG Point your camera at any coffee — on a store shelf, at a café, in your cupboard. Arosti reads the label, finds the coffee, and tells you how well it fits your taste: Excellent match, Very good, Good, Mixed, or Weak. Then it says why, in plain words, and what to watch out for. IT LEARNS FROM EVERY CUP Rate a coffee in seconds. Add what shaped it — loved the fruit, too bitter, great body — and how you made it: espresso, pour-over, AeroPress, drip, with milk, iced. Log the same coffee across different preparations and see which way you like it best. Every cup sharpens the predictions. YOUR TASTE, MADE VISIBLE Arosti builds a seven-axis taste fingerprint — Body, Bright, Sweet, Smooth, Nutty, Fruit, Roast — from what you actually rated, and lays it over each coffee's profile so you can see where they meet and where they don't. HONEST ABOUT WHAT IT KNOWS Predictions carry their confidence. A first-day guess says so. Arosti never pretends a score is more precise than the evidence behind it. REMEMBER EVERYTHING Every coffee you've tried, what you rated it, where you found it, what you paid, and what you wrote about it — in one place, searchable, yours. DISCOVER Recommendations built from your own ratings, not the crowd's, filtered to what's actually stocked near you when that's known. Roaster pages, a café map, price per pound, and links to buy direct. BUILT FOR THE GROCERY AISLE AND THE THIRD-WAVE CAFÉ Thousands of coffees from national brands and independent roasters, growing with every scan. If we don't know a coffee yet, you can still rate it — and it joins the catalog. FREE TO USE No account required to start. Sign in to keep your journal across devices. Arosti uses AI to read labels and score matches; your ratings and notes stay yours, and we never sell your data. Privacy policy: arosti.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Arosti at none against WholeBean's 2. Arosti also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. WholeBean sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Arosti asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for WholeBean against 5.0 for Arosti. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
WholeBean ships an update weekly, Arosti every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WholeBean | Arosti |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexandros Adamopoulos II | John Wilson |
Customer experience
WholeBean
Arosti
In-app purchases
WholeBean
- Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
- Pro Annual$49.991 Year
Arosti
No in-app purchases









