Comparison

Dose Espresso vs DialHub

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

DialHub

Features
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DialHub is the coffee OS for home baristas who want to dial in faster — not just log shots and forget them. Built around your exact machine, grinder, and beans, so advice and history stay tied to your real setup. YOUR COFFEE BAR Save your espresso machine, grinder, scale, and tools. Your gear becomes the foundation for logging, recipes, and coaching. BREW LOG & JOURNAL Track dose, yield, time, temperature, grind, ratio, and more. Build a clear history of what actually worked. DIAL-IN & BREW COACH Get a simple next step from your recent brews on this coffee and setup — keep what’s working, or change one variable with a reason. RECIPES & EXPERIMENTS Save recipes per coffee, compare versions, and run focused tests without losing the thread of what changed. BEANS & TASTING Organize coffees by origin, roast, and process. Rate flavor with more than stars — sweetness, acidity, body, bitterness, and notes. LEARN & CONNECT Short lessons when you want them, plus a community to share recipes and results. One place for your bar, beans, recipes, logs, and next brew. Brew. Log. Dial in. Repeat. DIALHUB PRO Optional auto-renewable subscription. Monthly: $7.99 Yearly: $69.99 Pro remembers your starting point per coffee, machine, and grinder, unlocks full Coach Brew, Recipe Lab, and higher AI / bag-scan limits. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings → Apple Account → Subscriptions. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Dose Espresso4 screens
DialHub4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dose Espresso at none against DialHub's 2. Dose Espresso also leads on ads (none vs shown). DialHub's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence 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. DialHub sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Dose Espresso asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Dose Espresso versus DialHub: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDose EspressoDialHub
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEternal InteractiveKEYON JAHDIEL CRESPO RODRIGUEZ

In-app purchases

None

Dose Espresso

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

DialHub

Subscriptions2
  • DialHub Pro7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • DialHub Pro7 Days trial$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Dose Espresso free?
Dose Espresso is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DialHub free?
DialHub is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dose Espresso or DialHub have ads?
DialHub shows ads; Dose Espresso does not.
Which is updated more often, Dose Espresso or DialHub?
Dose Espresso ships an update every 3 days, and DialHub every 3 days. Most recently, Dose Espresso was updated on September 18, 2026 and DialHub on September 22, 2026.

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