Comparison

Coado vs beans

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

Head to head
About

Coado

This app acts as a personal coffee brewing guide and journal. It offers step-by-step timers for various brewing methods and allows users to log and track their brews, including taste profiles and bean details. It helps you recreate your favorite coffee experiences.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step guided brewing timer
  • 18+ brewing methods supported
  • Curated barista recipes
  • Guided and advanced brewing modes
  • Detailed brew logging with ratings and notes
  • Bean tracking and import
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Coado is your pocket barista and coffee journal in one. Whether you're pulling your first pour-over or dialing in the perfect ratio, Coado guides every brew and remembers what made each cup great — so you can make it again. BREW WITH CONFIDENCE - Step-by-step guided timer walks you through every pour in real time, with gentle haptics and sound cues so you can keep your hands on the kettle. - 18 brewing methods: V60, Chemex, Kalita, Origami, Clever, AeroPress, French Press, Cold Brew, Moka Pot, Espresso, Cappuccino, Cortado, Flat White, Latte, and more. - Curated recipes from world-class baristas as reliable starting points, including James Hoffmann's Ultimate V60 and Tetsu Kasuya's 4:6 Method. TWO MODES THAT GROW WITH YOU - Guided mode keeps it simple: pick a recipe, follow the timer, enjoy. - Advanced mode unlocks dose, ratio lock, water temperature, grind, and per-pour targets for total control. A JOURNAL THAT REMEMBERS - Log every brew with a star rating, taste profile (strength, acidity, bitterness, body), flavour notes, and a photo of the finished cup. - Tag which beans you used so you always know what worked. - Brew again from any past log in one tap. SEE YOUR COFFEE AT A GLANCE - A monthly heatmap calendar shows every day you brewed, with color intensity that rises with your best cups. - Browse your most recent brews or jump to your top-rated ones. TRACK YOUR BEANS - Save your coffee bags with origin and roast level. - Import bean details straight from a roaster's product page by pasting a link. BUILT FOR THE KITCHEN COUNTER - Works fully offline — no account, no internet required. - Metric and imperial units, switchable anytime. - Warm, calm design that's a pleasure to use every morning. Never forget what made that perfect cup. Brew it, rate it, repeat it — with Coado. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://coado.app/privacy

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

Coado4 screens
beans4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Coado at 100% against beans's 50%. Coado also leads on device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 27.0). beans's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Coado sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and beans sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

beans holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Coado's written reviews are positive against 50% of beans's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Coado ships an update every 5 days, beans every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Coado versus beans: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoadobeans
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size165 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRodrigo FortesAlex Trubacs

Customer experience

Coado

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

beans

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Coado

Subscriptions2
  • Coado+ Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Coado+ Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year
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 Coado free?
Coado is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is beans free?
beans is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Coado or beans?
beans is rated higher. Coado averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while beans averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Coado or beans have ads?
Neither Coado nor beans shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Coado or beans?
Coado ships an update every 5 days, and beans every 2 days. Most recently, Coado was updated on October 17, 2026 and beans on October 19, 2026.

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