An app to track the cafes you've visited
You visit a good cafe, intend to remember it, and a month later the name is gone. Screenshots and half-started notes don't fix this; they are where cafe names go to disappear. Beean fixes it by making the record the point: each visit is logged and rated, and the log builds into a cafe passport.
Why cafe tracking usually fails
Most cafe tracking happens in tools built for something else. A notes app has no structure: nothing prompts you to score what you drank, so entries trail off and nobody reads them back. Google Maps pins are faster, but a pin stores a location, not a visit — it cannot tell you what you ordered, what you thought of it, or whether you would return.
Both fail the same way: easy to start, nothing pulling you back, record abandoned. And neither produces anything you can hand to a friend who asks where to get coffee.
How tracking works in Beean
Beean keeps the cafes you have visited. You log the cafe and score the coffee, the space and the vibe. The visit becomes a designed card, and the cards accumulate into a passport: a map of every cafe you have rated, organised by city and country. The same map is how you discover — Beean is map-first, with a worldwide cafe database and community scores, so the app that keeps your record also finds your next cafe.
The passport is shared with friends you choose, which gives the record a second use: it is the answer when someone asks where to get coffee in a city you know. Beean is a free social app to discover, rate and share cafes with friends — free forever on the App Store.
Other ways to track cafes
Beean is not the only way to do this. Google Maps lists are free, preinstalled and work everywhere; if all you want is to find a place again, they are enough. Their limit is that they store no judgment — every saved cafe looks like every other.
CafeConnections is closer in spirit: a coffee diary with 1–5 star drink ratings, per its own description. It is built around the drink; Beean is built around the place and the people you share it with. If you are choosing between several apps, see how Beean compares to other cafe apps.
Quick questions
Is Beean free?
Yes. Beean is free forever on the App Store for iPhone.
Can I track cafes outside the UK?
Yes. Cafes can be logged and rated anywhere in the world.
Do I have to share my ratings?
No. You choose what to share; visits can stay private.