Coffee Journal - BeanBook
Track Coffee, Brew log, Recipe
Only for iPhone
Free · In-App Purchases
NEW: Brew Log is here —The Brew log that fills itself. Log every pour-over and espresso in seconds home & cafe, attach to your beans, grinder and recipe. No forms.
BeanBook is a free coffee app for specialty coffee lovers. Keep a coffee journal, organize your beans with a coffee tracker, explore coffee recipes, and discover coffee deals from specialty roasters.
Remember what made each cup great. Save your photos, tasting notes, grind settings and brewing details together, from your morning pour-over to a memorable café visit.
YOUR COFFEE JOURNAL
- Record home brews and café visits with photos, notes and ratings.
- Track dose, ratio, grind, water temperature and brew time.
- Attach beans, Gear and recipes to each Brew Log.
- Customize sections and backgrounds to make the journal your own.
- Changes save as you edit.
- Revisit your cups in list or grid view and track your week in coffee.
YOUR COFFEE TRACKER
- Scan coffee bags with AI to fill in the roaster, origin, process and tasting notes.
- Track roast dates, resting time and how each bag is aging.
- Pause the roast clock while a bag is frozen.
- Match your beans to jars with numbered or custom container labels.
- Remember your favorite coffees and keep a history of finished bags.
EXPLORE COFFEE RECIPES
- Discover brewing methods and save your own coffee recipes.
- Keep dose, ratio, grind settings and temperature ready for your next brew.
- Start a Brew Log from a saved recipe.
- Calculate water amounts for two to five pours with Brew Calculator.
- Follow your brew with the built-in timer.
Find recipes for Hario V60, AeroPress, Hario Switch, OXO Rapid Brewer, V60 NEO, NextLevel Pulsar, Deep27, Origami, Orea, Chemex, French Press and Cezve.
Explore recipes from coffee professionals including James Hoffmann, Tetsu Kasuya, Lance Hedrick, Scott Rao, The Coffee Chronicler, April Coffee Roasters and World Brewers Cup champions.
EXPLORE COFFEE DEALS AND NEW DROPS
- Discover coffee deals and new releases from specialty roasters.
- Browse beans by origin, process and flavor.
- Find new roasters and revisit your favorites.
YOUR COFFEE GEAR
- Organize grinders, brewers, kettles and scales with photos, notes and ratings.
- Save grinder settings for the coffees you brew.
- Find related Brew Logs on bean and Gear pages.
- Keep a wish list for your next setup.
BEANBOOK AI
- Scan bags to spend less time entering coffee details.
- Ask about origins, processing, flavor notes and brewing techniques.
- Get suggestions for grind size, temperature, resting time and extraction.
TRY IT WITH SAMPLE BEANS
- Get started with sample beans and explore Pro features before adding your own coffee.
FREE TO START
BeanBook is a free coffee app with optional Pro features.
Keep up to 10 fully unlocked Brew Logs on the free plan, plus unlimited basic logs with photos, notes, beans, locations and overall ratings.
BeanBook Pro unlocks unlimited beans, recipes and Gear, plus advanced Brew Log features beyond the free allowance.
Brew, taste, remember. Keep your coffee journey in BeanBook.
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more Updated:
- Grinder Settings: Hold + or − to move faster through settings, then tap to fine-tune.
- Onboarding: Choose what you want to organize and track, and resume if setup is interrupted.
- Trial offers: See trial details only when an eligible annual offer is available.
Fixes:
- Remaining Coffee controls stay visible above the keypad while you edit a long entry.
1.9.8 2 days ago
Updated
- The My Beans update window now combine what's new and the App Store update prompt into one.
- Remaining Coffee sheet always shows a Done button; tapping a label just moves the selection without closing it.
Fixes
- Finishing a bag keeps its remaining coffee history instead of erasing it.
- Remaining Coffee no longer excludes brews logged before you added a bag weight.
- Brew Log notes no longer show a toast after every pause while typing.
- Remaining Coffee sheet no longer leaves an empty gap after the keyboard closes.
- Discarding a failed Remaining Coffee draft now actually clears it.
- Remaining Coffee entries no longer get rejected as "in the future" from clock drift.
1.9.7 3 days ago
Updated:
- Add after peak filter
- New accounts start with 5 free beans instead of 10; accounts created earlier keep their 10.
Fixes:
- Unlock Pro no longer freezes when you're over the free bean limit.
- Adding a bean, gear or recipe no longer asks for photo access when it isn't needed.
- The Brew Log photo row shows one clear way to allow photos instead of a dead tap.
- Finished bags no longer count toward Resting or Peak filters.
1.9.6 4 days ago
New
- Bean Labels: Organize your shelf with labels that make sense to you.
- Bean Filters: Find any bag on your shelf in seconds.
- Remaining Coffee: Know how much coffee is left before you run out.
- Duplicate Bean: Restock a favorite bag without re-entering its details.
- Sensory Profile sync: Your custom tasting labels follow you across devices.
- Faster onboarding: Get from signup to your first bean in under a minute.
Updated
- Marking a bean Finished or Using confirms with a one-line toast.
- Your existing Container No. assignments carry over as Labels automatically.
- Rating prompts now wait for a calm moment, without interrupting an open paywall, editor or timer.
Fixes
- Marking a bag finished also ends its active freeze cycle.
- Freezer duration stays accurate when a freeze starts before the roast date.
- Labels respond to taps along their full edge, not just the center.
- The label picker and Manage sheet stay open after saving a new label.
- Brew Log opens from Remaining Coffee and Bean detail without an empty loading page.
- The bean status toggle and Taste Rating bar respond on the first tap.
- Settings no longer opens twice on a fast double tap.
- Only one offer shows on day one instead of two back to back.
1.9.5 5 days ago
New
- Save a quick brew with your bean, dose and photos, without opening the full editor.
- Browse beans by month with bag counts and recorded costs in Monthly view (Pro).
Updated
- Keep editing brew details while photos upload, with progress and retry controls.
- Jump to your saved brew with a highlight in the journal.
- Better image quality for bean, Gear and Brew Log photos.
- Your last saved check-in dose is ready for the next brew, including on the free plan.
- Confirm before deleting beans, Gear, recipes or Brew Logs from your library lists.
Fixes
- Adjust and save brew-step times without the controls closing unexpectedly.
- Your Celsius or Fahrenheit choice stays selected when reopening Brew Log temperature settings.
- Failed library photos retry automatically, with a Retry option if needed.
- Resume unfinished brew photo uploads when you reopen the app, without duplicate logs.
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1.9.0 update
New — Brew Log
- Record home brews and café visits with photos, notes and a score out of 100.
- Adjust brewing variables with sliders and reuse saved doses and grinder settings.
- Attach beans, Gear and recipes to each brew.
- Customize sections, backgrounds and sensory ratings.
- Changes save automatically as you edit.
- Track your week in coffee and add missed brews.
- Switch between list and grid views.
1.9.4 13 Sept
New(1)
- Get started with sample beans and explore Pro features.
Updated(2)
- See your signed-in email in Account settings.
- The offline notice takes less space with a compact red pill.
Fixes(5)
- Add Roaster stays visible and tappable beside flavor icons.
- Long flavor notes no longer overlap bean reminders.
- Gear recommendations match the brewer instead of unrelated recipe text.
- Recipe cards no longer show empty link previews.
- Sample Brew Logs no longer count toward your personal allowance display.
Important update v1.9.0 — a journal for every cup
New — Brew Log
- Record home brews and café visits with photos, notes and a score out of 100.
- Adjust brewing variables with sliders and reuse saved doses and grinder settings.
- Attach beans, Gear and recipes to each brew.
- Customize sections, backgrounds and sensory ratings.
- Changes save automatically as you edit.
- Track your week in coffee and add missed brews.
- Switch between list and grid views.
New — Container No.
- Match your beans to their jars with numbered or custom labels.
- Labels become available again when a bean is finished or deleted.
1.9.3 8 Sept
1.9.2
New
• Retake Gear photos without starting over.
• A “Lost connection” banner lets you know when you're offline.
Updated
• The color preview stays above your finger and remains visible after selection.
Fixes
• Save Gear costs with the sheet's Save button.
• Existing container numbers appear in order from 1 to 10.
• Failed recipe deletions show an error so you can retry.
• Repeated Add taps no longer create duplicate grinder settings.
• Gear cutouts fit fully inside the detail view.
• The container-label guide sits above its section title.
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1.9.0
NEW: Brew Log
• A journal page for every cup — Home & Cafe
• Attach your bean, brewer, grinder, other gear, or a saved recipe.
• Score the cup out of 100, plus 1–5 sensory ratings and flavor notes from the bag.
• A recipe can fill in variables, brew steps, both, or neither.
• Personalize your brew log layout
• Add your own sensory and flavor notes.
• Shortcut chips recall your recent doses and saved grinder settings.
• Quick-start with photos and a bean before the page opens.
NEW: Container No.
tag each bean with the jar or bag it lives in. Shows on the bean's card and page.
NEW: Photos
• Edit bean and gear photos before saving: crop, brightness, rotate, undo.
• Edit a batch and save all at once.
• Edit photos you already saved, from the viewer.
• Add several photos to a bean at once.
Update:
• BeanStats now opens from My Beans, next to Brew Calc.
• Bean and gear pages list every brew made with them.
• Custom brands get a full profile: name, website, country, city, Instagram and logo.
• One Burrs set follows its grinder through the whole log.
• Brew Calculator allows 2–5 pours at any dose.
Fixes
• The keyboard no longer hides the field you're editing.
• Full-screen photos close on the first tap.
• Deleted beans, gear and recipes stay readable in old logs.
• Rapid edits no longer disrupt autosave or photo saving.
• Gear covers and purchase-month labels no longer clip.
• Gear lists scroll properly and gear search shows every match.
1.9.2 7 Sept
1.9.1
NEW:
- Each Brew Log saves its variable layout.
- Updated journal backgrounds.
Fixes
- Fixed timezone errors in roast dates and bean ages.
- Cutouts fit better in the Brew Log list and grid.
- Photo-upload badges clear when uploads finish.
- Café logs skip Home Gear defaults.
- Swipe down can close Bean Settings.
- Long bean names fit better.
- Burrs appear in Brew Setup without a Grinder.
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1.9.0
NEW: Brew Log
• A journal page for every cup — Home & Cafe
• Attach your bean, brewer, grinder, other gear, or a saved recipe.
• Score the cup out of 100, plus 1–5 sensory ratings and flavor notes from the bag.
• A recipe can fill in variables, brew steps, both, or neither.
• Personalize your brew log layout
• Add your own sensory and flavor notes.
• Shortcut chips recall your recent doses and saved grinder settings.
• Quick-start with photos and a bean before the page opens.
NEW: Container No.
tag each bean with the jar or bag it lives in. Shows on the bean's card and page.
NEW: Photos
• Edit bean and gear photos before saving: crop, brightness, rotate, undo.
• Edit a batch and save all at once.
• Edit photos you already saved, from the viewer.
• Add several photos to a bean at once.
Update:
• BeanStats now opens from My Beans, next to Brew Calc.
• Bean and gear pages list every brew made with them.
• Custom brands get a full profile: name, website, country, city, Instagram and logo.
• One Burrs set follows its grinder through the whole log.
• Brew Calculator allows 2–5 pours at any dose.
Fixes
• The keyboard no longer hides the field you're editing.
• Full-screen photos close on the first tap.
• Deleted beans, gear and recipes stay readable in old logs.
• Rapid edits no longer disrupt autosave or photo saving.
• Gear covers and purchase-month labels no longer clip.
• Gear lists scroll properly and gear search shows every match.
1.9.1 5 Sept
NEW: Brew Log
• A journal page for every cup — Home & Cafe
• Attach your bean, brewer, grinder, other gear, or a saved recipe.
• Score the cup out of 100, plus 1–5 sensory ratings and flavor notes from the bag.
• A recipe can fill in variables, brew steps, both, or neither.
• Personalize your brew log layout
• Add your own sensory and flavor notes.
• Shortcut chips recall your recent doses and saved grinder settings.
• Quick-start with photos and a bean before the page opens.
NEW: Container No.
tag each bean with the jar or bag it lives in. Shows on the bean's card and page.
NEW: Photos
• Edit bean and gear photos before saving: crop, brightness, rotate, undo.
• Edit a batch and save all at once.
• Edit photos you already saved, from the viewer.
• Add several photos to a bean at once.
Update:
• BeanStats now opens from My Beans, next to Brew Calc.
• Bean and gear pages list every brew made with them.
• Custom brands get a full profile: name, website, country, city, Instagram and logo.
• One Burrs set follows its grinder through the whole log.
• Brew Calculator allows 2–5 pours at any dose.
Fixes
• The keyboard no longer hides the field you're editing.
• Full-screen photos close on the first tap.
• Deleted beans, gear and recipes stay readable in old logs.
• Rapid edits no longer disrupt autosave or photo saving.
• Gear covers and purchase-month labels no longer clip.
• Gear lists scroll properly and gear search shows every match.
1.9.0 4 Sept
New
- Photo editor: Crop, brighten and straighten before the photo lands.
- Editing a batch: Tap any thumbnail to jump between photos — one Done saves them all.
- Photos you already saved can be edited too — Edit, in the photo viewer's menu.
- Custom brands get the full roaster treatment — name, website, country, city, Instagram, and a logo from the brand's own site.
Updated
- The photo menu reads better: "Add more" and "Set as cover".
- Edit or delete a custom brand right from the picker.
Fixes
- The gear model list and the custom brand editor scroll past their first screenful again.
- Searching for a gear shows every match, not just the first four.
- Finishing a photo edit hands straight to the name form — no flash of the gear grid.
- Naming a new gear, the photo shrinks and lifts aside as you scroll the matches, so no result hides behind it.
- Gear on your wish list greys out its purchase date. You haven't bought it yet.
- If the camera or photo library fails on a gear, you now hear about it.
1.8.1 15 Aug
New Features:
- Gears — a new tab for the kit you brew with.
- Add gear from the catalog, from a photo, or from scratch.
- Mark each one Have, Past or Wish, Rate your gear, log what you paid, add photos and notes.
- Brewers list the recipes you made with them, Grinders carry their grind settings.
- Freeze a bag and freezer days stop ageing it. Freeze and thaw as often as you like; every cycle is editable.
- Rest and peak reminders shift forward by the frozen span.
Updated:
- Delete back under the limit and your locked items open again.
- If Pro ends, nothing is hidden and nothing is deleted.
- Your beans, recipes and gear stay on screen with no connection.
Fixes:
- Recipes no longer re-lock as your list grows.
- Thawing now actually rewinds the clock — before, freeze was cosmetic.
- Alerts you can't receive no longer show as on.
- Copy from the share sheet puts that link on your clipboard.
- Roaster search finds names with commas, like "Onyx Coffee Lab, Inc".
- Signing out no longer leaves your reminders on the next account.
- Signing out no longer switches your rest and peak alerts back on.
- Signing out no longer leaves the previous subscription attached.
- A bean added past the limit no longer leaves a dead card.
- A deleted bean no longer offers reminders.
- Your own recipes stay under Mine.
1.8.0 10 Aug
New(6)
- Tap any Brew Calc number to type the exact value.
- Ratio and dose accept decimals — 1:16.5, 15.3 g.
- Ratio ceiling raised to 1:40 for slow-drip styles.
- Bloom ratio adds a gentler ×2 option.
- A short message explains any brew value that gets adjusted.
- Date Format setting: ISO, US, or EU, applied across the whole app.
Updated(4)
- Pour structure shown as clean round dots.
- Pour-by-pour numbers are easier to scan.
- Roaster logos fit their circles without cropping.
- Fresh icons for the Feed and BeanStats tabs.
Fixes(4)
- Bean pages open with details showing instantly — no placeholder flash.
- Fixed a rare double paywall that couldn't be closed.
- Backing out of the roaster picker returns straight to your bean.
- Share stays off until a bean has a photo or roaster.
1.7.4 15 Jul
- New beans get a textured cover, a roaster slot, and five color themes.
- Every empty bean attribute now has a fresh, redesigned icon.
- Swipe down to close a bean from the Feed now works every time.
- Bag weight and price now sit under a clearer "Size & Price" label.
- Fixed a display glitch in the bean color picker.
1.7.3 9 Jul
New Features:
- BeanStats world map: your roasters pinned across the globe.
- Switch the map between your roasters and your bean origins.
- Bean timeline shows resting and peak-flavor windows in weeks.
Improve:
- "Days since roast" now skips finished beans.
- Tap the active tab to jump a recipe list back to the top.
Fixes:
- Fixed: select a roaster you created when tagging a bean.
1.7.2 6 Jul
New Features:
- Water mode: set your water and ratio, and the calculator finds the dose.
- Double Bloom: split the bloom into two pours with Double Bloom.
- Dial your dose in half-grams with the new 0.5g toggle.
- Redesigned bean page — cutout cover photo and swipeable images.
- Flavor notes show in a row right on the bean page.
- The bean timeline now reads in weeks.
- Tap the "Roasted Xd" chip to read roast age at a glance.
- Pro users can save up to 6 grinder settings.
Improves:
- Recipes reopens to the tab you used last.
- Tap the Recipes tab again to jump back to the top.
- Brew timer is easier to read, with bigger pause and stop controls.
- Deleting a bean animates smoothly as the shelf reflows.
- The brew timer moves up to the title bar, with a count-up and pause.
- Switching between dose and water flips the card to reveal the other number.
- Finished beans keep their status when you flip the data chip to "days since roast"
Fixes:
- The Recipes-tab sheet now layers correctly, and a duplicated press-down button is gone.
- Purchases now show a success screen every time.
- Restore Purchases reports honestly.
- Permissions ask before acting, not after.
- Adding a grinder setting works on the first tap.
1.7.0 30 Jun
New:
- See every bean's age at a glance
- Tap any bean's **date chip** to flip your shelf to **"Roasted Xd"** — days since roast.
Improved:
- Brew timer — bigger and smoother
- Bigger, easier-to-hit **pause and stop** buttons while timing.
- Heavier, clearer timer numerals.
- The calculator opens right away, and start/stop feels smoother.
Fixes:
- "Turn on" for Photos and Camera now grants access instead of dead-ending.
- Brewer and roaster covers load right away — no app restart needed.
- The brew timer no longer flickers as it grows and shrinks.
- The success screen now shows after every subscription, not just trials.
1.6.9 20 Jun
New features(2)
- Brew Calculator — pour-over math, done for you
- Brew Timer — time your brew right in the calculator
Improvements(3)
- New App Icons — a new "B-Book" icon (by Alex.H)
- Bean page — "My Settings" row is tidied up.
- Shelf milestones — see how long you've collected
Bug fixes (4)
- App icon switching — reliable again, with a workaround for the iOS 26 bug that kept the old icon.
- Welcome card flash — no more welcome / first-recipe card flashing at launch.
- Shared bean links — shared beans open without a "not found" flash.
- Feed loading — New and Deals show a loading state, not an empty one.
1.6.8 15 Jun
New features(3)
- Floating recipe video player — YouTube links from a recipe keep playing in a draggable Picture-in-Picture window while you browse.
- Cover syncs to your Beans list — change a bean's cover and its cut-out image on the Beans tab updates to match.
- New app icon — a clean "letter B" icon, switchable in Settings → App Icon.
Improvements(7)
- Clearer photo & edit feedback — upload and confirmation toasts, and a failed save no longer reverts silently.
- Unified status labels — Rest, Peak, Roasted, Freezing, Finished, and Logged now look the same everywhere.
- Card view refresh — full bean name, status moved to the top-right, softer background.
- Flavor view refresh — bean name above the flavors, status top-right, roaster flag + name, bigger photo.
- "Logged" date — beans added without a roast date now show when you logged them.
- YouTube thumbnails in original ratio — recipe cards show video thumbnails at YouTube's native 16:9 with no cropping, and they scale down on smaller iPhones so the recipe info keeps its room.
- Consistent text size — the layout stays crisp no matter your system text-size setting.
Bug fixes(6)
- Add a bag, limited photo access — no more "Select More Photos" pop-up or freeze; it just adds the bag.
- AI recipe creation, limited photo access — same fix.
- Rest / Peak countdown — now uses each bean's own window, not a default.
- Roast timeline minus button — easier to tap, and no longer toggles the bell.
- Card placeholder — fixed a blank cover on some beans.
- Header fade restored — the soft fade at the top of the home screen (and onboarding/paywall) had been invisible since a recent update; it's back.
1.6.7 11 Jun
New features:
- Rest & Peak reminders — BeanBook now nudges you when a bean finishes resting, and again before its peak flavor window closes. New beans with a roast date get them automatically.
- Notification & Permissions screen with the alert time picker
Improvements:
- Tidier Settings
- Bigger bean-placeholder text
Bug fixes:
- Region filters work — browsing the Feed by region (US, Europe, UK, ANZ…) now loads instead of failing.
- Right photo, right bean — Feed thumbnails stay matched to their bean when you switch zones.
- Recipe creation — fixed a crash that could hit when building a recipe from a link.
1.6.6 4 Jun
What's new
• Cutout bean view — beans float over the card with backgrounds removed. Turn it on in View & Sort → Cutout Effect.
• Bean detail page — tap any bean in the Feed for a polished sheet with hero photo, flavor notes, attributes, and a buy button.
• Recipes from this roaster — swipe through brewing recipes by the same roaster, right from the bean page.
• 5-facet filter toolbar — slice the Feed by Process, Variety, Origin, Taste, or Producer.
• New iOS-style toggle in View & Sort.
Improvements
• Smarter sub-nav with a sliding pill indicator and inline zone filter.
• Blue "new" dots highlight fresh additions across the app.
• Combined sort + view pill ("Added · Grid").
• Report wrong info button on the bean detail roaster card.
• Drag any bean sheet from any edge to dismiss.
• Feed cards re-laid as a masonry grid.
• ... and many more polish touches.
Bug fixes
• Decaf tab no longer crashes.
• Google sign-in no longer loops for new users.
• Filter sheet sits above the home indicator.
• Beans with no image now show a warm serif card.
1.6.5 21 May
Bug fix:
- Decaf process method crash bug fixed
- Bean type crash bug fixed
1.6.4 14 May
Fixed: Google Account new user login bug
1.6.3 12 May
Fixed: occasional crash during app onboarding
Fixed: color selection issue in the bean color picker
1.6.2 10 May
* Browse fresh specialty coffee drops fromtop roasters worldwide
* Discover trending coffees, limited releases, and rare lots
* Track coffee deals and discounts before they disappear
New:
- Feed list: tap tab to quickly scroll to top
- Feed layout upgraded to masonry style for better browsing experience
- Bean bags count now visible for free users
Bug fixed:
- Bean settings color picker now applies correctly
- Gear edit save issue resolved
- Recipe time calculation error fixed
- Bean cover image edit bug fixed
- Recipe step & roast level text overflow fixed
Updates:
- Recipe ratio now supports 0.5 step adjustments
1.6.1 7 May
- BeanFeed: Discover the best speciality coffee drops and deals from the world's top roasters.
- Over 20 new recipe updates from Subtext, Manhattan, Coffea, Circulor SEY, and more.
- 30+ roaster information updates.
- Fixed recipe bugs.
- A dedicated 'Thanks' section for the lovely BeanBook helpers.
1.6.0 23 Apr
Updated:
- Grinder Settings: Hold + or − to move faster through settings, then tap to fine-tune.
- Onboarding: Choose what you want to organize and track, and resume if setup is interrupted.
- Trial offers: See trial details only when an eligible annual offer is available.
Fixes:
- Remaining Coffee controls stay visible above the keypad while you edit a long entry.
more Version 1.9.8 2 days ago
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