# Cuplift vs Beanconqueror

> Both are free, and both keep a record of what you brewed and how it tasted. The difference is what happens next: Beanconqueror is a thorough logger, and Cuplift tells you the one thing to change for your next brew.

Source: https://cuplift.app/compare/beanconqueror · Updated 23 September 2026

## Side by side

|  | Cuplift | Beanconqueror |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Where it runs | Web app — any phone or computer browser | iOS and Android app |
| Open source | No | Yes (GPL-3.0) |
| Your data | Your account, on any device you sign in on | On your device, with backup and restore (iCloud on iOS) |
| Espresso | No — filter coffee only | Yes, including pressure-profiling hardware |
| Bluetooth scales | No | Yes — Acaia, Decent, Felicita, Hiroia Jimmy, Skale 2 and more |
| Adding a coffee | Paste the product link or photograph the bag | Enter your beans yourself |
| Starting recipe | Built for your brewer, the bean's roast, process and altitude, and your history | Preparation methods you set up or customise |
| After you brew | Suggests the one change to make next | Rate and cup your brew; graphs help you repeat favourites |
| Grind settings | In your grinder's own clicks | Recorded per brew |
| Water | Mineral drops dosed to a target ppm for the products you own | A water management section |
| Sharing | Public recipe pages for coffees you've dialled in | — |

Beanconqueror details are from its project README (https://github.com/graphefruit/Beanconqueror), checked 23 September 2026.

## Choose Beanconqueror if

- You brew espresso, or want pressure profiling.
- You use a Bluetooth scale and want brews recorded live from it.
- You want a native app that keeps everything on your phone.
- Open source matters to you.

## Choose Cuplift if

- You brew filter coffee — pour over, AeroPress, French Press, cold brew — and want help getting a bag right, not just a record of it.
- You'd rather be told what to change next than work it out from your notes. See [how dialling in works](https://cuplift.app/dial-in).
- You want to add a coffee by pasting its link or photographing the bag.
- You switch between phone and computer, or want to share a recipe with a link.

## Using both

They don't compete for much. Plenty of people log every espresso shot in one app; if you brew filter too, Cuplift can sit alongside it for the coffees you're dialling in.