Brew Timer - Coffee Recipes

Brew Timer - Coffee Recipes

Your Coffee Companion

53 ratings
26 reviews
#132 in paid Food & Drink
🔧 Utilities
🍔 Food & Drink
$2.99

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  • Released
  • Updated
  • February 11, 2016
  • December 8, 2022
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This app guides you through the coffee brewing process step-by-step to achieve a consistently great cup. It offers numerous included recipes and grinder settings, allows customization, and features automatic tracking of brew details and notes.

Step-by-step brewing guidance
Customizable brew recipes
Grinder-specific settings
Automatic brew journal
Detailed coffee tracking
Brew dashboard for notes and tweaks
Metric and imperial unit support
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What's New in Brew Timer

v1.19.1

December 8, 2022

• Adds a new URL scheme, brewtimer:// that allows you to launch the app. • This year's Year in Coffee is now available. Check it out in Settings! Happy brewing! Stephen Missed v1.19? Read on. Background brewing. AeroPress plunge guides. +14 more changes! Background Brewing ——————————— This one’s for the multi-taskers. Want to send a quick message while your French press steeps? Snap a photo of that beautiful bloom? Brew Timer is now fully background-aware, so go right ahead! And don’t worry about missing anything while you’re multi-tasking. Brew Timer will notify you shortly ahead of time so you can get ready for the next pour, bloom or press. Head to Settings › Background Alerts to turn it on. AeroPress Plunge Guide ————————————— A perfectly timed AeroPress plunge. Just the right speed. Even pressure throughout. So satisfying. Is such a thing possible? I think so, and Brew Timer’s here to make it easier to achieve. Now in any recipe with a timed “Plunge” or “Press” step, the app will show you where your water level should be to ensure you finish on-time. Just follow along for a satisfyingly consistent press every time. Brew Timer will detect whether you have a classic AeroPress or a Go. Brewing tiny recipes in your classic? It’s just one tap to switch. Tiny Things —————— • Added an option to always use Light or Dark mode instead of following the system setting. (iOS 13+) • Added a new French Press recipe from Barista Hustle. • Added Scott Rao’s recipe for the Tricolate brewer. • Added the grinder name to each journal entry, for those of you with multiple grinders. • Made it easier to add new steps when creating a new recipe. There’s now a … button in the bottom right so you can add a next step with a few less taps and scrolls. (iOS 14+) • Added a new (exciting!) project to Labs. Check it out in Settings › Brew Timer Labs. • Improved the detection of drawdown steps for total brew time. Please check that this doesn’t change your total brew times unexpectedly (tap the time at the top left of the step list and scroll to “View Steps”). Let me know if it does! • Updated the Year in Review cards so you can click “See All” even when you have less than 4 roasters or varietals in a single year. Helpful to see how many coffees you had from each. • Switch grinders a lot? The grinder list now shows grinders you’ve used recently at the top to make it easier. • Brew with multiple grinders? You can now see how many times you’ve used each grinder in Settings › Grinders. • Added a new option when you launch the app for the first time to get a reminder the next time you are planning to brew some coffee. • Fixed a bug that prevented duplicating a coffee immediately after it was created. • Fixed a bug where the Pour Compass wouldn’t display for the first step of a recipe. • Fixed a bug where cooling reminders would not be shown in some rare edge cases, like if you had Brew Timer and Control center open at the same time. Thanks for using Brew Timer! I love to chat about the app (and coffee!) — shoot me an email at brewtimerapp@gmail.com. (Or Twitter @BrewTimerApp + Instagram @brewtimerapp) Happy brewing! Stephen

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User reviews

Super helpful and easy to use

So well conceived to enhance my workflow, from brewing steps to evaluating and even improving my next brew. This is the easiest and most flexible brew setup of the apps I looked at. The journal is the feature I didn’t know I needed. It’s helping me to enjoy my cups more by recording what I like or don’t like. The ability to tweak the grind and ratio from the journal is a brilliant feature! I’d love to see water temperature as a first class parameter that could also be adjusted from the journal.

EDIT: Thanks for adding the water temp parameter! 🌡️❤️
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Super helpful and easy to use

So well conceived to enhance my workflow, from brewing steps to evaluating and even improving my next brew. This is the easiest and most flexible brew setup of the apps I looked at. The journal is the feature I didn’t know I needed. It’s helping me to enjoy my cups more by recording what I like or don’t like. The ability to tweak the grind and ratio from the journal is a brilliant feature! I’d love to see water temperature as a first class parameter that could also be adjusted from the journal.
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My Daily Brew Companion

Update 2025: This is still my daily go to. I use it multiple times per day and it’s one of the most important apps on my phone.

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Stephen’s Brew Timer app is absolutely required for brewing my daily coffee(s). He continues to make incremental improvements to the app and is a very responsive developer. I appreciate the thoughtful nuances that go into each update.
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Great Coffee App

Love the customization this app allows, my favorite for the Clever Dripper.

Great app! But

I’d like to move to the next step, without waiting step timer end. In general it helps with 4:6 method to see overall brewing time (usually I move to the next pour when water is drained, not with time)

Response from developer

Hey! Thanks for trying the app and leaving a review. I think you can probably achieve that with the app by either removing the time from your “Pour” steps, or by doing one “Pour” step that is timed based on your desire flow rate followed by a “Drain” step without time. If you have any questions about that, please send me a message! My contact is in the app’s settings near the bottom. Happy brewing!☕️ Stephen

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FAQ

What does Brew Timer do?

Brew Timer guides you step-by-step through the coffee brewing process to help you make a consistently great cup. It offers included recipes, allows you to add your own, and tracks all the details of your brews.

What are the key features of Brew Timer?

Key features include step-by-step brewing guidance, a large library of included recipes and grinder settings, the ability to add your own recipes, an automatic brew journal that logs grind, coffee, and water amounts, and a brew dashboard for notes and adjustments.

Is Brew Timer free to use?

Yes, the application is available for free. There are no in-app purchases or advertisements mentioned in the provided description.

What devices is Brew Timer compatible with?

The description mentions support for iOS 15 and later for scanning coffee bags. While specific device compatibility isn't detailed, it is designed for mobile use and supports both metric and imperial units.

How can Brew Timer help me improve my coffee?

By guiding you through precise brewing steps and allowing you to track and repeat successful recipes, Brew Timer helps you dial in your perfect cup. The brew journal and dashboard let you record tasting notes and tweak variables for future brews.