Coffee Diary vs BeanDance
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Coffee Diary
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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/
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Coffee Diary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BeanDance asks for nothing beyond the download.
Coffee Diary ships an update monthly, BeanDance every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.
| Parameter | Coffee Diary | BeanDance |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 晓强 江 | 盟 周 |
In-app purchases
Coffee Diary
- Pro Unlock$7.99
BeanDance
No in-app purchases





