IKAWA Pro vs Acaia Updater
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IKAWA Pro
This app enables precise, repeatable coffee sample roasting with digital control. Design, edit, and share roast profiles, and access a global library for consistent results across teams and locations. It automates heat and airflow for hands-free operation.
- Digital roast profile design and editing
- Automated heat and airflow control
- Global roast profile library access
- Profile sharing with colleagues
- Hands-free roasting execution
- Roast data logging and history
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IKAWA’s Sample Roaster is enabling consistent, repeatable roasting by using digital precision. It improves quality, saves time and encourages collaboration and learning through profile sharing. SMARTER SAMPLE ROASTING The IKAWA Sample Roaster will automatically adjust heat and airflow to match your roast profile. This means consistency between your roasts and everyone else on the team, over and over again. Design and edit roast profiles with up to 20 temperature points and 10 fan points, then repeat roasts or fine tune your roast profiles. Edit profiles for the Exhaust Temperature Sensor, Inlet Sensor, and airflow with up to 20 control points on each line. ONLINE ROAST PROFILE LIBRARY IKAWA Sample Roaster profiles are shareable, and you can access our global roast profile library or share your own with your colleagues. HANDS FREE ROASTING WITH DIGITAL PRECISION AND CONTROL The IKAWA Pro App delivers hands free roasting with the incredible precision and control. Set a profile on the app, press go and the roaster will execute that roast with precision. CREATING A COMMON LANGUAGE Not only will you have access to our Roast Profile Library with profiles from around the world, but you can create a company set of roasts. This means from location to location, day to day, the roasts you and your team sample are the same. Save and share profiles and roast history, including; Colour Change, First Crack, Development Time Ratio, Rate of Rise graph, Roast Data CSV, Photos and Notes IKAWA’s patented Sample Rosters and designed and manufactured in our London workshop. To learn more, please visit www.ikawacoffee.com/for-professionals
Acaia Updater
This application provides a unified interface for updating firmware on various coffee scale models. It allows users to download the latest firmware, view release notes, and access support information. The app ensures your coffee brewing equipment stays up-to-date with the latest features and improvements.
- Unified interface for multiple Acaia models
- Download latest firmware
- View firmware version and release notes
- Access blog and support/FAQ
- Contact support via app or email
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Introducing the Acaia Updater The Acaia Updater app combines the Pearl 2021, Pearl Model S, Lunar, Orion, Cinco, Pyxis, Orion, Orbit, Ion Beam, Horizon, Cosmo updaters through one interface. The original Pearl Updater will be kept online as the Pearl scale connection is different from that of the Lunar and other models. We will update both apps as we release new firmware updates. The Acaia Updater app will display and download all current firmware and information for the above models, including firmware version and release notes. You can visit our blog to see what we have introduced, along with other information that might be useful. https://acaia.co Under our Support/FAQ, you can also find more helpful information about how to update and troubleshoot. Contact us through the app or email support@acaia.co if you experience any issues.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: IKAWA Pro at 3.3 against Acaia Updater's 2.5. IKAWA Pro also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Acaia Updater sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. IKAWA Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.
IKAWA Pro holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 20 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 35% of IKAWA Pro's written reviews are positive against 38% of Acaia Updater's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
IKAWA Pro ships an update every 2 weeks, Acaia Updater every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IKAWA Pro | Acaia Updater |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (12 ratings) — better | 2.5 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 34.8% of reviews | 37.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 124 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IKAWA ltd. | acaia |
Customer experience
IKAWA Pro
Acaia Updater
In-app purchases
IKAWA Pro
No in-app purchases
Acaia Updater
- Lunar La Marzocco Firmware License$90.00









