Comparison

Best coffee tasting and cupping apps, compared honestly

We make Coffee Tasting, so read this knowing that. To keep it fair, every statement about another app below comes from that app’s own store listing, quoted and linked, as checked on November 5, 2026. We don’t publish ratings or download counts, and no app paid to be here.

Short answer

The right app depends on what you do. For scoring on the official SCA Coffee Value Assessment form, look at Catador CVA, or the Pro tier of Cupping: Coffee Rating Journal; both listings name SCA forms. For logging brew recipes, Beanconqueror, Coffee Book, BeanBook and iBrewCoffee focus on that. For naming flavors field by field on a cupping sheet, with a built-in vocabulary and blind group tastings, that is what Coffee Tasting is built for.

At a glance

Coffee tasting apps compared by developer, store listings, price model and focus
App	Developer	Listings we checked	Price model (as listed)	Focus (our summary)
Coffee Tasting (ours)	J&H Technology	Google Play (App Store coming soon)	Free with in-app purchases	Cupping-sheet tasting notes and group tasting
Catador CVA	Softlogic, S.A.	App Store	Free with in-app purchases	The SCA Coffee Value Assessment form
Cupping: Coffee Rating Journal	Alejandro Bailo	App Store	Free with in-app purchases (Pro)	Formal cupping protocols and group sessions
Beanconqueror	Lars Saalbach	App Store, Google Play	Free	Brew logging, beans and equipment
Tasting Grounds	Tasting Grounds, LLC	App Store, Google Play	Free with in-app purchases	Coffee journal with a social side
Coffee Journal - BeanBook	Bitlever, LLC	App Store	Free with in-app purchases	Brew journal with bag scanning
Coffee Book: Brew Journal	Alexander Logan	App Store	Free with in-app purchases	Detailed brew journal
iBrewCoffee - Coffee Journal	Stanislav Novacek	App Store, Google Play	Free with in-app purchases	Recipes and bean records
Best Brew Guide: Filtru Coffee	Spirograph Limited	App Store	Free with in-app purchases	Guided brewing

“Listings we checked” means the store pages we found and read. An app missing a store here may still be available there.

Coffee Tasting (ours)

J&H Technology · Google Play

What it does well

Every field of the cupping sheet, with drill-down picking from more than 250 flavor and character terms.
Words first, optional scores; your own words are remembered.
Private by default: no account for solo tasting, data on the device, no ads or tracking.
Optional accounts (Sign in with Apple or an email code) with backup and sync across phones.
Blind group tastings for up to 20 people on their own phones, with a Characteristic Wall and an answer-key reveal.

Where it falls short

No official SCA cupping form or Coffee Value Assessment scoring. Its optional score is personal.
No PDF or CSV export.
No brew recipe logging, bean inventory, roast tracking or Bluetooth scale support.
Not on the App Store yet.
The free plan keeps three tastings, and hosting a group tasting needs Premium.

All Coffee Tasting features

Catador CVA

Softlogic, S.A. · Free with in-app purchases · App Store listing

What its listing says

Follows the SCA's new cupping form. replicates the industry standard SCA new coffee cupping scoresheet
Offers three form types. Affective, Descriptive and Combined
Lets you lock a finished flight. permanently lock each flight so that it cannot be changed later
Shares results as a PDF. A PDF link generation is available to share
Syncs to the cloud. Cuppings are synced safely to the cloud

Consider it if you need to score on the official 2024 SCA CVA form.

Cupping: Coffee Rating Journal

Alejandro Bailo · Free with in-app purchases (Pro) · App Store listing

What its listing says

Free cupping sessions with many samples. unlimited Free Cupping sessions, with up to 50 samples per session
Pro adds several professional protocols. SCA Traditional, Coffee Value Assessment (CVA), Cup of Excellence, Q Arabica and Q Robusta protocols
Invites others to a session. Invite friends… with a link or QR code
Exports in Pro. PDF and CSV export, printing
Keeps working offline. Continue evaluating when your connection drops

Consider it if you want SCA, CVA, Cup of Excellence or Q forms, and PDF or CSV export.

Beanconqueror

Lars Saalbach · Free · App Store listing, Google Play listing

What its listing says

Open source. Open Source and free to use
Covers many brew methods. V60, Aeropress, Espresso, Orea v3, Mokkamaster and more
Tracks your bean stock and roasts. keep track of your running total of beans
Works with Bluetooth hardware. compatible with a range of bluetooth scales and pressure profile devices

Consider it if you mainly want to log and improve brews, and like open-source software.

Tasting Grounds

Tasting Grounds, LLC · Free with in-app purchases · App Store listing, Google Play listing

What its listing says

Logs how you brewed. record the details of your brewing process (such as brewer, water to grounds ratio, brew time…)
Supports professional-style scoring notes. scoring notes like a coffee professional
Shows what friends are drinking. see what your friends are drinking

Consider it if you want a coffee journal you share with friends.

Coffee Journal - BeanBook

Bitlever, LLC · Free with in-app purchases · App Store listing

What its listing says

Tracks brew parameters. Track dose, ratio, grind, water temperature and brew time
Fills in coffee details from a photo of the bag. Scan coffee bags with AI to fill in the roaster, origin, process and tasting notes
Tracks roast dates and resting. Track roast dates, resting time

Consider it if you want brew logging with quick data entry from the bag.

Coffee Book: Brew Journal

Alexander Logan · Free with in-app purchases · App Store listing

What its listing says

Records many brew variables. Track over 20 variables for each brew
Helps dial in espresso. Espresso Dial-In
Connects to Apple Health for caffeine. Sync seamlessly with Apple Health to monitor your daily caffeine intake
States that it collects no data. Coffee book doesn't collect any data

Consider it if you brew at home on Apple devices and want detailed recipes.

iBrewCoffee - Coffee Journal

Stanislav Novacek · Free with in-app purchases · App Store listing, Google Play listing

What its listing says

Records recipes across methods. record all your brewing recipes - espresso, pour over, AeroPress, French press, moka
Exports PDFs. export print-ready PDFs
Stores a cupping score with each bean. cupping score, batch/lot number

Consider it if you want brew recipes and bean records on both iPhone and Android.

Best Brew Guide: Filtru Coffee

Spirograph Limited · Free with in-app purchases · App Store listing

What its listing says

Guides each brew. tell you how much coffee to use, when and how much water to pour
Lets you rate as you taste. learn by tasting, rating the flavor as you go
Works with Bluetooth scales. integrates with a wide range of the world's best Bluetooth digital scales

Consider it if you want step-by-step brewing help more than tasting notes.

How we chose and checked

We searched the App Store and Google Play for coffee tasting, cupping and coffee journal apps.
We included apps whose listings we could open and that were updated within the last two years.
Every claim about another app is paraphrased from, and quoted out of, its own listing. We have not tested other apps hands-on for this page, so we make no judgments about their quality.
Prices change and vary by country; check each listing for current prices.
If you make one of these apps and something here is wrong or out of date, email jarrod@jandhtechnology.com and we will correct it.

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