Comparison

Dose Espresso vs Elm Roastery

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

Head to head
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.

About

Elm Roastery

Features
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With easy ordering, you can quickly place your favorite orders with just a few taps. Reordering is made simple, allowing you to conveniently reorder your favorites from your order history. Plus, you can effortlessly keep track of all your previous orders with the order history feature.

Screenshots

Dose Espresso4 screens
Elm Roastery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Dose Espresso at every 3 days against Elm Roastery's weekly. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dose Espresso ships an update every 3 days, Elm Roastery weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Dose Espresso versus Elm Roastery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDose EspressoElm Roastery
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEternal InteractiveCraver Solutions Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Dose Espresso

No in-app purchases

None

Elm Roastery

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dose Espresso free?
Dose Espresso is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Elm Roastery free?
Elm Roastery is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dose Espresso or Elm Roastery have ads?
Neither Dose Espresso nor Elm Roastery shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dose Espresso or Elm Roastery?
Dose Espresso ships an update every 3 days, and Elm Roastery weekly. Most recently, Dose Espresso was updated on September 18, 2026 and Elm Roastery on September 2, 2026.

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