Comparison

beanote vs beans

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

Head to head
About

beanote

Features
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Remember every coffee worth coming back to. Snap the bag, select or enter a café or roaster, review the details, then add a rating and note. It’s a simple four-step flow. Keep your brewing gear in one place, too. Support: https://beanote.me/support

About

beans

Preserve your coffee bag memories by turning them into 3D models and displaying them on a virtual shelf. Log your espresso shots and brews with detailed parameters to refine your technique. Offers guidance for beginners and helps troubleshoot your coffee preparation.

Highlights
  • 3D coffee bag modeling
  • Virtual bag shelf display
  • Automatic bag data extraction
  • Detailed shot logging
  • Brewing guidance for beginners
  • Grinder and machine profile setup
Features
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Your coffee bags are too good to throw away. Every bag says something — the label, the story, the roaster's whole reason for being. Then the coffee's gone, and so is the bag, into the bin with the eggshells. beans keeps it: turn any bag into a keepsake 3D model and stand it on a shelf that's actually yours — one you'll want to look at. Doesn't matter whether you're timing a shot on a manual lever machine or you just really like your fancy pod machine. If you've ever looked at an empty bag and thought "I'm not putting that one in the bin" — beans is for you. SNAP A BAG, SKIP THE TYPING Photograph the front of a bag, then the back. beans reads the label on your phone with Apple's Vision and on-device intelligence, then looks up what the label doesn't say: roaster, origin, process, tasting notes. Nothing to fill in by hand. DIAL IN ONCE Log every shot or brew: dose, grind on your grinder's own scale, yield, time and temperature. Tell beans about your grinder and machine once, stepless or click, and it gives you a starting point for a new bag. Come back to a favourite weeks later and the recipe that worked is right there. A COACH FOR YOUR FIRST BREWS New to espresso or pour-over? A few short lessons cover the basics and end with a practice brew. After that, when a brew isn't right, beans helps you work out what to change next: finer or coarser for espresso, and for pour-over, what the taste is telling you. Switch it off whenever you like. A SHELF OF YOUR OWN BAGS, IN 3D Turn any bag into a 3D model before it's gone, and stand it on your shelf. Tap it and it lifts off the shelf into its own detail view. Arrange the shelf your way — it's a collection, not a spreadsheet. PAY ONCE, OR BY THE YEAR Own beans for good with one payment, or pay by the year and try it free for 7 days first. In your first 48 hours, lifetime comes with 3 free 3D bags. 3D models are made on request and each one costs real money to generate, so more are sold in packs that never expire. The yearly plan renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://humanmadethings.co.uk/beans-coffee/privacy/ MADE WITH CARE Light and dark, Dynamic Type, Reduce Motion and Increase Contrast are all respected. No account, no sign-in. Requires iOS 27. Bag lookups and 3D models need a connection; your bags and shots are stored on your phone.

Screenshots

beanote4 screens
beans4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: beanote at none against beans's 5. beanote also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 27.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. beans sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. beanote asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

beanote ships an update every 3 days, beans every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
beanote versus beans: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterbeanotebeans
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB70 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCoffeeCherry Inc.Alex Trubacs

In-app purchases

None

beanote

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

beans

One-time5
  • Three bags in 3D$4.99
  • Unlock beans$9.99
  • Unlock beans + 3 bags in 3D$12.99
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  • Ten bags in 3D$13.99
  • Unlock beans$19.99

Questions

Is beanote free?
beanote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is beans free?
beans is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do beanote or beans have ads?
Neither beanote nor beans shows ads.
Which is updated more often, beanote or beans?
beanote ships an update every 3 days, and beans every 2 days. Most recently, beanote was updated on October 9, 2026 and beans on October 16, 2026.

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