# Brew Meister: Measure & Manage — user reviews > 88 indexed App Store user reviews of Brew Meister by Anton Paar ConsumerTec GmbH, rated 4.70/5 from 621 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/brew-meister-measure-and-manage/id1521627812/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/brew-meister-measure-and-manage/id1521627812.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 541 · 4★ 40 · 3★ 8 · 2★ 8 · 1★ 24 ## What do users think of Brew Meister? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🚀 Fast and accurate readings - 👍 Easy to use and configure - 💡 Useful for professional and home brewers - 🚀 Convenient and time-saving **Cons** - 💰 Expensive device with subscription model - 🔒 Concerns about subscription requirements for basic functionality - 🐛 Connectivity issues and unreliable readings - 📱 Compatibility problems with older devices **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes and data loss issues - Inconsistent temperature and gravity readings - Connectivity problems between device and app **Most requested features** - Ability to sync data with other brewing apps - More customization options for beer profiles - Improved data management and organization tools - Predictive analysis and comparison features ## Newest reviews (10 of 88) ### 2/5 — Nice app. But paid subscription bad idea *2025-12-01, version 6.0.2* This app and the hardware are great. But since this app is only a companion to the app, I do not like that I have to pay a subscription to get the full potential out of the hardware. ### 4/5 — Love *2025-11-22, version 6.0.0* Great application, but it would really help if you could easily transfer data from brew to wine Meister ### 2/5 — Adds while using *2025-08-27* They show adds while using the app. Wish that was on the cover of the product when I bought it. They are trying to force you to pay for features that originally came with the device. Trashy ### 2/5 — Stop. Asking. Me. If. I. Love. The. App. *2025-01-29, version 5.3.1* Here’s your review, hope you like it and leave me alone now ### 4/5 — Does what it says on the box *2024-02-24, version 4.1.0* Nice and clean, easy to use UI. Could be made exceptional if it could interface directly with Brewfather. ### 4/5 — Awesome device! *2023-07-20* Awesome device! Worth the money honestly! Only thing I wish was available is an online account where you can pull the data up on your computer and save info. Also would be nice to change the date format as well. I usually take the data and convert it to a line graph and save it to the brew log, for a quick reference. **Developer response:** Hi, Thank you very much for your review! We appreciate your feedback! All the best! Brew Meister Team ### 2/5 — Okay *2023-05-10, version 3.3.1* Not as easy to work with is the old App was ### 1/5 — Subscription Joke *2023-03-24* I thought I was seeing things after paying for this tremendously expensive hardware and then seeing the app is iPhone-only (no iPad app) AND requires a subscription to remove ads! On what planet is this a good idea? Really second guessing my purchase because of this. **Developer response:** Hi, we would like to fix this. As we don't have your email address, can you please write to us at support@easydens.com so that we can help you better? We look forward to your email. ### 2/5 — In app purchase to get basic functionality?? *2023-03-07* I just paid $400 for this device and now I have to pay an annual subscription to get basic functionality? That seems pretty petty to me. Especially since I am a professional brewer and have some very nice $$$ Anton Paar equipment at my brewery. **Developer response:** Hi, we would like to fix this. As we don't have your email address, can you please write to us at support@easydens.com so that we can help you better? We look forward to your email. ### 4/5 — Presque parfait *2023-03-05* Ce serai parfait si on pourrait mesurer à plus de 30°C :) Il manque des explications sur les différents systèmes de calcul et mesure mais ça marche super bien ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Nothing like being charged for your own storage *2026-04-28, version 6.3.0* Their subscription for this is honestly a ripoff and a terrible business decision. Charge me for my own phone storage and then make it impossible to delete batches without an account. ### 1/5 — Auto renew *2025-03-31, version 5.7.0* Charged me $60 to renew without my knowledge. Sneaky and underhanded. ### 1/5 — Subscription fee? Nickel and diming customers *2024-04-05, version 4.3.0* The app and hardware work great, but charging a subscription for basic functionality is a real bad look. ### 1/5 — Doubles in price??? *2024-03-19, version 4.2.0* How does Anton Paar justify the almost doubling of the yearly cost of the app? Because we’re a captured audience?? Such bad form, you should be ashamed of yourselves. ### 1/5 — Just a gimmick to sell ABV readers *2024-03-05, version 4.2.0* App is crazy counter-intuitive to use and the easiest method to record information is to connect it to an electronic hydrometer the app makers want to sell you. ### 1/5 — Crippled app to sell unnecessary subscription *2023-10-19, version 3.9.0* For a $350-400 tool, I expect this app to be free and self-contained. They could store all your batches in iCloud, but instead are trying to upsell you on their own cloud storage service. Then they split the functionality into three separate apps so they can sell you three subscriptions. I would think twice before buying another Anton Paar product. ### 1/5 — Garbage!!!!!!!! *2023-06-23, version 3.3.1* All I get are “out of range” errors. Complete trash. No instructions anywhere. ### 1/5 — Purchased SmartRef, stopped working after 30 days *2023-05-26, version 3.3.1* Purchased SmartRef to work with my easy dens. It stopped working and now gives an error that saying my free readings expired and I now have to by a monthly subscription for it to work. This is NOT MENTIONED ANYWHERE WHEN YOU BUY IT. It's now a brick on my desk. ### 1/5 — Greedy subscription service *2023-04-27, version 3.3.1* I was absolutely dumbstruck to discover this $400 dollar device requires a $25 a year subscription to get the full use of the device and software. What in blazes is wrong with you people at Anton Paar? What a giant waste of money. I wish I could return it, but alas, you can’t do that either. Welp, lesson learned, never again will you see a penny from my team. ### 1/5 — $24.99 a year! Really? *2023-04-27, version 3.3.1* While the device and app are excellent, the subscription model $24.99 a year money grab after paying $399.00 for the device is a complete insult and giant middle finger to the professional end user. You literally cannot create a convincing justification for this other than greed, which will prevent myself and many others from further investing in your equipment. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Incredible *2026-04-20* This app is incredible and easy to use, almost as easy as the easydens itself **Developer response:** Hi there, thank you so much for the wonderful review! We’re thrilled to hear that you’re finding the app incredible and easy to use. We designed it to make the experience as smooth and simple as possible, so feedback like this means a lot to us. We truly appreciate your support! ### 5/5 — Fast and neat *2025-02-08, version 5.4.1* This is quick and accurate! ### 5/5 — Great but why the subscription *2024-08-28, version 4.8.0* I bought the easydens and it’s a brilliant piece of kit quick, accurate and easy to use. I don’t use my hydrometer anymore. I was so impressed I bought the refractometer as well this was to measure gravity during the mash. A useful function is using both instruments together to get ABV, I don’t have the means to check the accuracy but it gives consistent results which match with my calculated ones. The app is easy to use and it’s functional without the subscription but apart from storing batch measurements I’m not sure what functionality the subscription buys. Given the price of the device the software should be fully functioning without extra payments. In summary brilliant product great software let down by penny pinching ### 5/5 — Love it! *2024-03-30* Wish I had bought this years ago. Love the features of the combo of the dens and refractometer. Wish it had notes per reading and could be synced with other brewing apps. **Developer response:** Hi, Thank you very much for your review! We appreciate your feedback, all the best! Cheers ### 5/5 — Nearly Flawless *2024-01-25, version 4.0.3* A well designed app both functionally and visually, but with a few small shortcomings. This app is clean and concise, smooth as butter, and has no problems connecting with both the EasyDens and SmartRef devices I own. I do however have a few suggestions to improve usability and to streamline workflow. I think we just gained multiple users which is nice, and I’m hoping that this also includes online updates so other users can check in on measurements, sort of like Google Drive applications. But aside from that these are some of my wishlist items. 1. More customizability for the beer icons - Instead of choosing from stock images, can you add a glassware category a colour category, and maybe even a foam category. This way we can make any variation we see fit that matches the colour, glassware for the style, etc. It may be useful to add an SRM value that would automatically choose the colour, but also to allow for us to pick any beer colour at the very least and any colour from the colour wheel to take it a step further. 2. Show/Hide certain measurements without deleting them - It would be nice to deselect measurements to clean up the charts without deleting the values. 3. Show/Hide certain beers without deleting them - Without a folder system you end up with a long list of items you have to scroll through to find something if it’s not easily searchable. 4. Folders - The ability to group together certain beers. 5. Sorting - The ability to sort by ABV, style, etc. (must add styles first). 6. Filtering - The ability to search based on the aforementioned sorting guidelines in order to show only relevant information. 7. Targets - The ability to set targets for at least the OG/FG and see variance from actual. 8. Comparisons - The ability to compare multiple fermentations to see how they stack up. 9. Predictive Analysis - If you have multiple fermentations of the same brand and load that profile, it should show you where you are likely to be during that ferment and how far from the standard trend line you may have drifted. 10. Device Support - The ability to connect with the DMA 35 so that upgrading allows you to use this interface. ### 5/5 — Smart ref *2023-07-23, version 3.6.0* I like it more and more every time I use it makes brewing a pleasure ### 5/5 — This is the coolest app *2023-06-16, version 3.3.1* Oh my gosh this bestest aaaaap ! Holy krap man ### 5/5 — This is the coolest app *2022-12-30, version 3.0.1* Oh my gosh this bestest aaaaap ! Holy krap man ### 5/5 — Great Refractometer *2022-12-02, version 3.0.1* Very easy to set up and use. Read the code from the quick start guide, installed the app, calibrated, and measured the SG of wort in less than 5 minutes. ### 5/5 — easy as pi *2022-11-13, version 3.0.1* Easy as pi --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-21.*