Comparison

Coffee Diary vs BeanDance

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

Head to head
About

Coffee Diary

Features
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Coffee Diary is a brewing log for pour-over coffee. Every cup becomes a ticket: water temperature, dose, water, grind setting, time, a rating, and one line of notes. It then stays in the version chain for that bean — next time you can reproduce it exactly, or change one variable and try again. Why a ticket Params, score and date print on one piece of paper, so the gap between this cup and the last one is obvious at a glance. Peak window, no mental math Give it a roast date and the app orders your beans around a 10-day rest and a peak window that closes 40 days after roasting, tightest one first. Reminders are local notifications — no server involved, and you can switch them off in Settings. Inventory counts itself down A cup logged with its parameters deducts the dose from what's left. Set it to 0 when the bag is empty and the tickets stay. Units you choose g / oz for weight; price beans per 100 g, 500 g, oz or lb; the currency symbol can follow your device or be picked by hand. Changing currency swaps the symbol only — prices you already entered are not converted. Interface languages Simplified & Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Arabic — switchable inside the app without a restart. Coffee Diary Pro (one-time, non-consumable) · Recipe comparison: two brews of the same bean side by side, differences called out item by item. · Export everything: JSON, CSV, Markdown or a PDF ticket book — every ticket printed onto A4 with a pantry cover page. Buy once, keep it forever. Not a subscription. Privacy No accounts, no server, no cloud sync, no ads, no tracking. What you log lives only on this iPhone; exporting a file is something you do yourself in the system share sheet. Delete the app and the data goes with it — we hold no copy. Contact ss0593@qq.com Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

BeanDance

This app helps coffee enthusiasts remember the perfect grind setting for each bag of beans. It allows users to adjust grind settings, note taste preferences, and track their coffee collection. Features include on-device image recognition for automatic data entry and personal coffee statistics.

Highlights
  • Grind setting memory per bean bag
  • Taste feedback (sour/bitter)
  • Automatic data entry via photo
  • Personal coffee statistics
  • Customizable grinder scales
  • Bean bag shelf management
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BeanDance remembers one thing: the grind for every bag. Made for people with several bags open at once. Every coffee is different, and so is the grind that suits it. BeanDance keeps the setting that worked for each bag. After a cup, note whether it was sour or bitter, and next time you open the app, the dial is right where that bag belongs. Dial | Grind The home screen is a dial, with clicks you can hear and feel, just like your grinder. Swipe to switch bags; each one keeps its own setting. Save | The right setting After each cup, tap sour or bitter to save it. Once a setting tastes just right, it stays remembered. A new bag starts from what worked for other coffees from the same roaster. Shelf | Your bags Every bag lives on the Shelf, one spot each. Buy the same coffee again and it just adds a bag. Finished ones are always there to bring back. Snap | Filled in for you Take a photo of the bag and the name, roaster and process fill themselves in. The cutout and recognition happen on your iPhone. Me | Over time How many bags, roughly how many cups, which origins and the coffees you buy again most, all tallied for you. Grinders | Any scale No brand list. Pick your grinder's scale: 0–40, 0–10, 0–100, or a custom range. No timer, no streaks, and your data stays on your phone.

Screenshots

Coffee Diary4 screens
BeanDance4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BeanDance at none against Coffee Diary's 1. BeanDance also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). Coffee Diary's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. Coffee Diary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BeanDance asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Coffee Diary ships an update monthly, BeanDance every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Coffee Diary versus BeanDance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoffee DiaryBeanDance
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer晓强 江盟 周

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Coffee Diary

One-time1
  • Pro Unlock$7.99
None

BeanDance

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Coffee Diary free?
Coffee Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BeanDance free?
BeanDance is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Coffee Diary or BeanDance have ads?
Neither Coffee Diary nor BeanDance shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Coffee Diary or BeanDance?
Coffee Diary ships an update monthly, and BeanDance every 3 days. Most recently, Coffee Diary was updated on November 10, 2026 and BeanDance on November 10, 2026.

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