Comparison

NoWastes vs Bloom

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

Head to head
About

NoWastes

Features
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Add what you buy, with its expiration date. No Wastes reminds you before it expires. • Add a product in seconds: its name, how many, and the date. Scan the barcode to fill in the name. • See what expires today, in the next 7 days, and later, on one list. • Get a reminder before each date: 7, 3, or 1 day before, or any day you choose, at the time you choose. • Mark a product as consumed from the list, or straight from the reminder. • See plain counts: what is coming up, and what you used each week. Your products are kept in your account, so they come back if you change phones.

About

Bloom

Document your coffee journey with a digital map that glows with your visits and a passport filled with city stamps. Track beans, brew methods, and ratings, and create a personal coffee shelf. Your data remains private on your device with optional iCloud sync.

Highlights
  • Interactive glowing map of visited cities
  • City passport stamps with unique designs
  • Digital coffee bean shelf with roast date tracking
  • Detailed brew logging (beans, method, rating)
  • Photo integration for coffee experiences
  • Optional iCloud sync for data backup
Features
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Bloom is your private coffee journal for café visits and home brews. Map your favorite cafés, record tasting notes, track your coffee beans, and collect city stamps—one cup at a time. A map that glows • Each check-in adds a warm glow to your map. The more you return, the brighter it becomes. • The cafés you keep coming back to slowly become the brightest places on your map. A passport of cities • Every city you visit becomes a stamp, with a design of its own—Kyoto, Suzhou, Portland, each with its own character. • See your check-ins, cafés, and cities together on one page. • Create a passport card to share with friends, or keep it just for yourself. Your coffee shelf • Add the beans you bring home and see how many days each bag has rested since roast. • Pick a bean straight from your shelf when you brew, without filling it in again. • Save cafés you love, or places you want to visit someday. Remember every cup • Record the beans, roast level, brew method, and rating with a slide of your finger. • Brewing at home again? Start from a previous brew and change only what's different this time. • Add a few photos, then pinch and zoom to frame them just right. Look back anytime—it feels like flipping through an atlas of your own. Your data stays yours • Everything stays on your phone, with optional iCloud sync. Take it slow. Let the map glow.

Screenshots

NoWastes3 screens
Bloom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: NoWastes at 17.0 against Bloom's 26.0. On price, update cadence, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NoWastes ships an update every 10 days, Bloom weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
NoWastes versus Bloom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoWastesBloom
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—7 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEnrique MelgarejoShuai Yuan

In-app purchases

None

NoWastes

No in-app purchases

None

Bloom

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NoWastes free?
NoWastes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bloom free?
Bloom is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NoWastes or Bloom have ads?
Neither NoWastes nor Bloom shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NoWastes or Bloom?
NoWastes ships an update every 10 days, and Bloom weekly. Most recently, NoWastes was updated on November 13, 2026 and Bloom on November 10, 2026.

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