I only use the app’s remote scale feature
I purchased the Acaia Lunar scale when I bought my espresso machine in 2021. As much as I like the scale, this review is about the app. There are some interesting features that I might have a look at eventually but I only use the app when I’m weighing something that covers the scale’s built in display. I use this app for cold brew prep and the occasional pour over. I use the scale for espresso every day, which doesn’t require the app.
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Necessary evil?
Couldn’t get the updater to work with my Pixel 9. Reddit said “use an iPad, it just works”. Failed for 20 minutes of trying, then miraculously it worked. Hope I never have to update again. “just didn’t work”
$250 scale $0 app
How is it possible that premium hardware maker abandoned their app. When you buy the scale it literally advertised on the box about the app store. why not just remove this app and just stop lying to people. I wouldn’t buy this scale if i knew about this app. Sad
Not a good app
It’s trash not worth your time, very outdated, the interface of the app looks like it was made for iPhone 3G
Summer school project?
This app is so clunky it’s incredible that it came from the same company making beautiful scales. It seems the company is not interested in putting out a better app. It would be great to just open source the app and let’s fix it.
Ugh
Barely usable, let alone valuable in its current form.
Very Outdated
I had no idea the app was this bad prior to the purchase of the scale. No excuse for app this bad when a scale costs $250. Will likely return the scale based off of how crappy this app is.
Get Brewmaster instead
I really can’t understand why Acaia has so many apps. All of the Acaia product line functionality should exist in the same app. In its current state, the Acaia software experience is extremely frustrating and disjointed. I’ve downloaded, used, and deleted all of the Acaia apps. Save yourself the time and just get the brewmaster app. It has FAR more functionality than this app and is also made by Acaia…. But you’ll still need to download the separate app to update your scale 🤦🏻.
Acaia: Add update functionality to the brewmaster app and get all these other half-baked apps off the App Store!!
Acaia: Add update functionality to the brewmaster app and get all these other half-baked apps off the App Store!!
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So bad.
Can’t believe how terribly thought out this app is. And glitchy. Do better Acaia.
Lots of features, hard to use UI
Refining your brew is much easier with this app: tracking the type of brew (espresso, pour-over, etc), the bean, weights, grind setting, ratio and so on is great. Rating your brew and making notes is also great.
Having said that it’s a clumsy app with a design that looks about 3 iOS versions behind. Some features are very hard to find and very unintuitive, such as setting a new timing profile for a brewing method. I’ve also yet to discover a way to name the custom methods.
In a word, the app is klunky. I’m hoping these folks take the Apple Human Interface Guidelines to heart and maybe book a UX help session at the Apple Developer Conference. They could turn this so-so app into an indispensable accessory for the scale.
There’s also the Brewmaster app which is has a much better UI… but is missing key features found only in this app.
Having said that it’s a clumsy app with a design that looks about 3 iOS versions behind. Some features are very hard to find and very unintuitive, such as setting a new timing profile for a brewing method. I’ve also yet to discover a way to name the custom methods.
In a word, the app is klunky. I’m hoping these folks take the Apple Human Interface Guidelines to heart and maybe book a UX help session at the Apple Developer Conference. They could turn this so-so app into an indispensable accessory for the scale.
There’s also the Brewmaster app which is has a much better UI… but is missing key features found only in this app.
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Don’t use the app
The Pearl is an amazing scale. Thought I’d check to see if the app provides any value add. Short answer, it doesn’t. The app is shockingly bad and I won’t be using it. Actually makes my life simpler as I’m tired of the “app for that” problem for all my smart devices. Having one less app makes my life simpler.
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Poorly designed
You wouldn’t expect a premium device like this to come with such a low quality app. I only use it because I have to, but it takes the joy out of the experience.
Account issues
I bought the lunar 2021 model thinking this would be a nice addition. But lo and behold I cannot make an account it keeps telling me app failed to register?¿? Furthermore I take it that this is only for pour over, does it do any other types of brewing French press arrow press? Having the ability to use and dial in for arrow press would be a ultimate bonus!!
Any help in this area would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
Any help in this area would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
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Fake App Store Screenshots
The screenshots on the app store are a lie. They show the app displaying on the full screen through the notch, however the app does not actually do this! I tested this on an iPhone 13 Pro, an 11 Pro and an X and all of them are pillarboxed. If your app doesn’t work as advertised on the very first phone with a notch then it makes me wonder if it ever worked.
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Made for iPod Touch Gen 2
Let’s just say interfaces, software or hardware, aren’t Acaia’s sweet spot.
Scale requires app
Apps are known to back door cyber threats. So good to avoid. Acaia forces their customer to download their app to update software. Why a perfect product needs updating is beyond me but you’ll get locked out. Unlocking it is not obvious. Companies should not assume a person lives their life in apps.
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better coffee with this app
I'm sorry people have trouble with this app! For me, on my iPhone X, it works perfectly. And by timing pourovers optimized for various driippers, it helps me make notably better coffee. I've been making pourover coffee for quite awhile, following directions I and others have seen online, but this app — paired with the scale — makes better coffee than I've made before.
It's true the app could be better designed. Acaia might hook up with an app design expert, and fix what seem like immature, things that apps once did, but that now wouldn't be tolerated in apps that functioned in a commercial arena, and have competition for what they do (as this one doesn't).
One example, thst others have noticed. The app will guide us through using a great variety of ways of making coffee, but it defaults to the Hario V60 dripper, which is always selected when the app opens. Which is fine if you have a V60 and always use it, but if you always use something else, then you're forced to take a extra step each time you use the app. Silly. And so easy for an app designer to fix!
There are some other things, and it's also true, as people have said here, that the scale seems baffling at first.
But, bottom line — the app works perfectly for me, and helps me make better coffee. Never crashes, easy to use, never fails to connect via Bluetooth to the scale. So four stars, despite things Acaia should fix.
It's true the app could be better designed. Acaia might hook up with an app design expert, and fix what seem like immature, things that apps once did, but that now wouldn't be tolerated in apps that functioned in a commercial arena, and have competition for what they do (as this one doesn't).
One example, thst others have noticed. The app will guide us through using a great variety of ways of making coffee, but it defaults to the Hario V60 dripper, which is always selected when the app opens. Which is fine if you have a V60 and always use it, but if you always use something else, then you're forced to take a extra step each time you use the app. Silly. And so easy for an app designer to fix!
There are some other things, and it's also true, as people have said here, that the scale seems baffling at first.
But, bottom line — the app works perfectly for me, and helps me make better coffee. Never crashes, easy to use, never fails to connect via Bluetooth to the scale. So four stars, despite things Acaia should fix.
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It’s
Good
Make more effort
This app needs to match the quality of the scale, period.
App is weak tea.
Scale spontaneously changed timer modes. Instead of having easily accessible controls in the app I have to navigate the Byzantine menu on the scale. You skipped the basics. Zero value in the app.