BeanBook

BeanBook is a specialty coffee logging app from Bitlever, LLC (official site beanbook.app): photograph a bag of beans and the AI auto-fills the roaster, origin, process, and flavors, organizing coffee memories scattered across your camera roll and notes into a searchable digital archive — built for pour-over/espresso hobbyists and coffee fanatics. Note: this entry covers the official beanbook.app version (Bitlever, LLC), unrelated to MOVIECLUB LLC's same-named app on the App Store; iOS-first for now, with no official Android version seen.

Core Capabilities

• AI bean bag recognition: Photograph a bag to auto-fill roaster, origin/farm, process, variety, roast date, and flavors
• Ask BeanBook AI: A conversational coffee advisor giving grind size, water temperature, resting time, and extraction advice
• Link to recipe: Paste YouTube/web pages/Reddit/screenshots/handwritten notes and the AI turns them into step-by-step brew guides
• Bean ledger and gear library: Manage beans (resting/freezer timers, jar numbers), roasters, and gear, marking want/own/traded
• Brew logs and recipe library: Log ratios, grind, water temperature, and ratings, with built-in recipes from James Hoffmann, Tetsu Kasuya, and other notables
• Discovery and annual recap: Daily new bean/deal aggregation, filtering by origin and process, and Coffee Wrapped statistics

Use Cases Specialty coffee enthusiasts, home pour-over/espresso players, beginners wanting systematic flavor and parameter logging, barista/roasting learners, and coffee content creators. Not a fit if you need store inventory/POS, use Android, or want hardware-level sync like Bluetooth scales.

Unique Advantages Versus Beanconqueror (open source, Android, Bluetooth scale integration), it wins on AI-assisted entry and a more intuitive UI; versus Filtru, it merges logging, content, and discovery — Javalush's 2026 list ranks it No. 2.

Editorial Review US App Store 4.86 and Product Hunt 5.0, with Reddit users calling it one of the apps 'worth happily paying for.' Deductions: iOS only, Pro's top tier at $49.90 runs pricey for light users, and the many features carry a learning curve. Overall rating 4/5.