IKAWA Pro vs Gourdo
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
Gourdo
This app helps you manage your pantry by tracking expiry dates and suggesting recipes for ingredients that are about to spoil. It uses AI to generate meal ideas based on what you have, reducing food waste and saving money.
- Barcode scanning for quick item entry
- AI-powered recipe suggestions
- Expiry date tracking and alerts
- Color-coded freshness grades
- Offline functionality
- Produce freshness reference
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Gourdo is the smart pantry app that tracks what you have, alerts you before it expires, and turns your soon-to-spoil ingredients into actual meals — powered by AI. Most food doesn't get thrown away because people are careless. It gets thrown away because life is busy and fridge blindness is real. You bought it, you forgot it, it went bad. Gourdo fixes that loop. TRACK EVERYTHING, INSTANTLY Scan barcodes to add packaged goods in seconds. Photograph the expiry date and Gourdo reads it for you — no typing needed. Or add items manually with a tap. Every item lands in your pantry with its expiry date, category, and storage location tracked automatically. KNOW WHAT NEEDS USING, TODAY Gourdo sorts your pantry by what's expiring first, not by when you added it. Color-coded freshness grades — Fresh, Good, Use Soon, Urgent — give you an instant read of your entire fridge. No digging. No guessing. TURN EXPIRING FOOD INTO DINNER This is where Gourdo earns its keep. When something's about to go bad, Gourdo's AI recipe engine turns your expiring ingredients into a recipe you can actually make tonight. Not a generic suggestion — a real recipe built around what you have, with steps, timing, and a full ingredient list. BUILT FOR REAL KITCHENS Produce freshness reference for 38 common items, with storage tips and ripeness signals Supports fridge, freezer, pantry, and counter storage locations Tracks opened dates for produce that spoils faster once cut Push notifications at the time you choose — 3-day, 1-day, or day-of alerts Works offline. Syncs across your devices when you reconnect. PRO, WHEN YOU'RE READY Gourdo is free to start. Pro unlocks unlimited items, unlimited scans, unlimited AI recipes, same-day alerts, weekly summaries, and recipe suggestions triggered by your notifications. $4.99/month or $29.99/year. The average household saves that in the first week. Download free. Start tracking. Stop throwing money in the bin. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Gourdo at 5.0 against IKAWA Pro's 3.3. Gourdo also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). IKAWA Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (12 vs 2). 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. Gourdo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. IKAWA Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.
Gourdo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IKAWA Pro has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
IKAWA Pro ships an update every 2 weeks, Gourdo daily. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IKAWA Pro | Gourdo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 124 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | IKAWA ltd. | Justin Bernadette Aquino |
In-app purchases
IKAWA Pro
No in-app purchases
Gourdo
- $3.99/month subscription$3.991 Month
- 7-Day Free Trial7 Days trial$29.991 Year









