CoffeeStory vs BeanTrack Coffee Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CoffeeStory
This app helps pour-over coffee enthusiasts meticulously record brewing parameters for each coffee bean. It automatically generates convergence curves to visualize progress and allows for detailed flavor tagging and recipe saving.
- Independent bean profiles
- Detailed brewing parameter logging
- Automatic convergence curve generation
- Flavor tagging
- Recipe saving
- Brewing parameter sharing cards
- Data export
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CoffeeStory(这包怎么冲)是一款专为手冲咖啡爱好者设计的冲煮参数记录工具。 每包豆子独立建档,记录每一次冲煮的研磨度、粉量、水温、分段注水等关键参数。冲完打个分,系统自动生成收敛曲线,让你清晰看到每一杯的进步方向。 主要功能: • 豆架管理:为每包豆子建立独立档案,追踪养豆进度 • 冲煮记录:快速记录研磨度、粉水比、水温、分段注水、时间、风味评分 • 收敛曲线:自动绘制酸度、甜度、醇厚度、余韵、平衡趋势图 • 注水分段:按闷蒸、分段展示每段水量与时间 • 调参提示:记录下次想调整的方向,下杯自动带到眼前 • 风味标签:为每杯标记草莓、花香等风味特征 • 配方库:毕业归档,最佳参数一键保存 • 分享卡片:生成精美的冲煮参数图,支持自定义背景 • 数据导出:完整 JSON 备份
BeanTrack Coffee Journal
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BeanTrack is a coffee journal: resting, brewing and scoring, all in one place. Resting comes first Every bag is placed on its timeline from the roast date: degassing, peak, late peak, past it. The home screen shows which bag to drink today and which one is about to slip — no counting days yourself. Log a brew in three seconds A new brew asks for four things: bean, grind, rating, notes. Water temperature, ratio, TDS and extraction live under "Advanced" and are pre-filled from your last brew. Anything that can be calculated never asks to be typed: days since roast, total score and value-for-money are all automatic. Brews without a bag work too — and each one can be turned into a share card. Scoring Six dimensions — aroma, sweetness, body, flavor, acidity, aftertaste — with the total summed for you; or just give a star rating. The comparison page puts several beans side by side on a radar chart and exports it as one long image. One shared bean library In the community each coffee has exactly one entry, with ratings, harvests and aliases gathered together; anyone can fix a typo. Roasters and farms come with write-ups, shown in English when the app is in English. Connect your gear Works with Bluetooth scales and refractometers such as the Timemore Basic 3, DiFluid R2 and Acaia Pearl — weight and flow curves are read automatically while you brew. AI assistant Scan a bag to fill in the bean details, and chat with your own beans and brew history already in context. Your data stays yours Stored on your device by default, no sign-in needed; turn on cloud sync only if you want more than one device. Import and export CSV, delete your account any time.
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Verdict
CoffeeStory and BeanTrack Coffee Journal are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CoffeeStory | BeanTrack Coffee Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 万军 龙 | LI HE |
In-app purchases
CoffeeStory
No in-app purchases
BeanTrack Coffee Journal
No in-app purchases
Questions
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