IKAWA Pro vs Pearl 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
Pearl Updater
This application facilitates the updating of a specific coffee scale. It guides users through the update process, provides access to important information on the developer's website, and offers in-app support for troubleshooting.
- Update coffee scale firmware
- Access update information online
- In-app instructions
- Troubleshooting support
- Contact option for issues
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Acaia Pearl Updater We recommend that before you update, visit the Blog our website to get what has changed in this version, and other information that might be useful to ensure a successful update. http://acaia.co On the same web, under Support/FAQ you find more information about how to update. Make sure to read the instructions within the app before starting the update. The app also has a contact option in case you experience any problems. The steps to switch the scale into Update Mode, including the codes needed, is described in the Instructions inside the app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: IKAWA Pro at 3.3 against Pearl Updater's 2.4. IKAWA Pro also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (35% vs 10%). Pearl Updater's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
IKAWA Pro holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of IKAWA Pro's written reviews are positive against 10% of Pearl Updater's.
IKAWA Pro ships an update every 2 weeks, Pearl Updater every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | IKAWA Pro | Pearl Updater |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (12 ratings) — better | 2.4 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 34.8% of reviews — better | 10.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 124 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IKAWA ltd. | acaia |
Customer experience
IKAWA Pro
Pearl Updater
In-app purchases
IKAWA Pro
No in-app purchases
Pearl Updater
No in-app purchases
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