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Comparison · 13 apps · checked October 19, 2026

The best specialty coffee apps of 2026.

Most coffee apps do one thing: find cafés or help you brew at home. Cupd does both, matched to your taste.

It shows you which café is pouring coffee you’ll like today, and turns the bag on your counter into a recipe for your grinder.

Open Cupd in your browserLive at my.cupd.app. No account needed to look around.

iPhone app in private beta: join the waitlistSee it running

Cupd · live in your browser · iPhone app in private beta · 14 cities in Europe · EN, DE, ES

Five points, 13 apps

yespartlyno or not described

Coffee apps compared on five points
AppPoints
Cupdour app · live5
Specialty Atlas4
CoffeeBee3
Timer.Coffee2½
Coffee Master2
European Coffee Trip1½
Kava1½
Brewtifi1½
Siip1½
Filtru1½
Beanconqueror1½
Beany1
Roasters½

Pick a column to see what it means, or a dot to see why.

Check all five yourself

What Cupd does differently

  1. 01

    A Taste Match for every café

    Every café gets a Taste Match score that shows how well its offer suits you, from the coffee in the hopper to the brewing methods. Four of the five factors come from the hopper: when the coffee changes, so does the score.

    Weights: favorite roasters 31 %, processing 21 %, origin 17 %, flavor notes 14 %, all from the hopper, 83 % together; brewing methods 17 % from the café.

  2. 02

    What the café pours today

    Every café has certain coffees in its hopper, the bean container on the grinder. Cafés enter which ones they are, and guests can report the coffee they see there. Once a second guest confirms it, it counts toward Taste Match.

    2 guests: one reports the coffee, a second confirms it, then it counts

  3. 03

    Your AI Brew Assistant at home

    Scan the bag, and the AI Brew Assistant in Brew Lab writes a recipe for your grinder and filter. Guided Brew walks you through each step with a timer. If the cup isn’t right, tell the assistant what to change and it adjusts the recipe.

    Bag→Recipe→Timer→Rating

Live · web app

Cupd is already live, right in your browser.

No download, and no account to look around. Cafés, the map and Brew Lab open right away. Sign in with email, Google or Apple when you want to save favorites or rate a café.

my.cupd.app Open Cupd

Runs in any browser. Add it to your home screen.

  • Free, no subscription
  • On Android and laptops too
  • Same account as the iPhone app

The iPhone app is in a private beta. Join the waitlist, and we’ll let you know when it opens.

How we checked

We chose the five points because Cupd is built for them, and we say so openly. Together they answer two questions: where can I get a good coffee today, and how do I brew mine at home?

For every other app we used what the provider says on its website and in the app stores, checked on October 19, 2026. A dot is full when the description covers the point, half when it covers part of it, and empty when the point is missing or not described. A full dot counts 1 point, a half dot ½. Pick a dot in the table to see its reason. Cupd’s dots come from the app’s code.

Something wrong or missing? Write to us at hello@cupd.app, and we’ll check it.

The result in words:

  • Cupd (5/5): yes: Cafés by your taste, What cafés pour today, AI recipe from your bag, Step by step with a timer, No subscription.
  • Specialty Atlas (4/5): yes: What cafés pour today, Step by step with a timer, No subscription; partly: Cafés by your taste, AI recipe from your bag.
  • CoffeeBee (3/5): yes: Cafés by your taste, No subscription; partly: What cafés pour today, AI recipe from your bag; no: Step by step with a timer.
  • Timer.Coffee (2½/5): yes: Step by step with a timer, No subscription; partly: AI recipe from your bag; no: Cafés by your taste, What cafés pour today.
  • Coffee Master (2/5): yes: AI recipe from your bag; partly: Step by step with a timer, No subscription; no: Cafés by your taste, What cafés pour today.
  • European Coffee Trip (1½/5): yes: No subscription; partly: What cafés pour today; no: Cafés by your taste, AI recipe from your bag, Step by step with a timer.
  • Kava (1½/5): yes: No subscription; partly: What cafés pour today; no: Cafés by your taste, AI recipe from your bag, Step by step with a timer.
  • Brewtifi (1½/5): yes: No subscription; partly: AI recipe from your bag; no: Cafés by your taste, What cafés pour today, Step by step with a timer.
  • Siip (1½/5): yes: No subscription; partly: AI recipe from your bag; no: Cafés by your taste, What cafés pour today, Step by step with a timer.
  • Filtru (1½/5): yes: Step by step with a timer; partly: No subscription; no: Cafés by your taste, What cafés pour today, AI recipe from your bag.
  • Beanconqueror (1½/5): yes: No subscription; partly: Step by step with a timer; no: Cafés by your taste, What cafés pour today, AI recipe from your bag.
  • Beany (1/5): partly: What cafés pour today, No subscription; no: Cafés by your taste, AI recipe from your bag, Step by step with a timer.
  • Roasters (½/5): partly: No subscription; no: Cafés by your taste, What cafés pour today, AI recipe from your bag, Step by step with a timer.

Sources Cupd cupd.app · Specialty Atlas specialtyatlas.com, specialtyatlas.com/download, specialtyatlas.com/b2b · CoffeeBee App Store, Google Play · Timer.Coffee timer.coffee, GitHub, App Store · Coffee Master coffeemaster.app, App Store, Google Play · European Coffee Trip europeancoffeetrip.com, App Store · Kava discoverkava.com/about, discoverkava.com/kava-vs-untappd · Brewtifi brewtifi.com, App Store · Siip siip.coffee, App Store · Filtru getfiltru.com, App Store · Beanconqueror beanconqueror.com, GitHub · Beany beany.app, App Store · Roasters roasters.app, App Store

Questions
Which app shows specialty cafés in Berlin?

European Coffee Trip, Roasters, Beany and Kava all list Berlin cafés. Beany started in Berlin and shows which roasters each café pours. Cupd starts in Berlin too and ranks cafés by the beans they have in the hopper today. It runs in your browser now, and the iPhone app is in a private beta.

Is there a Vivino for coffee?

Several apps try. Kava lets you rate single coffees in cafés, Siip and Specialty Atlas score beans against your taste, and CoffeeBee learns your taste from the cups you log. Cupd takes the idea to cafés: one score per café for what it pours today.

Which coffee apps are free?

Most can be used for free. Beany, Roasters and Filtru have paid Pro tiers, and at Coffee Master the first three scans are free. Timer.Coffee and Beanconqueror are open source with no subscription. Cupd has no subscription; every month includes 4 bag scans and 12 AI Brew Assistant requests.

Is Cupd available on Android?

Not as an app so far. On Android you can use Cupd in the browser at my.cupd.app. The iPhone app is in a private beta.

How up to date is this comparison?

The date at the top shows when we last checked every app. Apps change fast, so check the provider’s page through the source links before you decide.