# Brewer's Friend Legacy — user reviews > 50 indexed App Store user reviews of Brewer's Friend Legacy by BREWER'S FRIEND LLC, rated 4.30/5 from 328 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/brewers-friend-legacy/id600569349/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/brewers-friend-legacy/id600569349.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 170 · 4★ 114 · 3★ 19 · 2★ 11 · 1★ 14 ## Newest reviews (17 of 50) ### 4/5 — Missing The New App *2022-08-28, version 2.0.4* I really miss the new app that was released last year then taken down. It became almost unusable after its removal from the store but if i was quick enough with selecting the recipe i could make it in before it would crash. Pls bring it back 🍻 ### 4/5 — Handy app *2022-03-10, version 2.0.4* Nice to have recipes at your fingertips. Great app to create recipes with. ### 4/5 — Works fine *2022-01-21, version 2.0.4* App works fine. The interface is a. It outdated. Some other interactions could be streamlined. Only issue is that tells me there is a new version available, but it’s nowhere to be found in the App Store. ### 4/5 — Great app with little room for improvement! *2021-09-24, version 2.0.2* Only reason I had to give this 4 stars and not 5 is because, I run my phone in dark mode, when dark mode is enabled the text fields are also dark along with the text. So unless I switch to light mode I can’t see the text fields. Other than that I love using this app! Hopefully this issue can be solved in a later update. ### 4/5 — Needs Tweaking to Work with Dark Mode *2021-08-30, version 2.0.2* It’s a great app, but I have to switch from dark mode to light mode to be able to type in or read some fields. ### 4/5 — Cool app *2021-05-06, version 1.9.9* But a glossary of brewing terminology would be nice. ### 4/5 — Great App for smart phone- internet connection, but works well internet-free *2020-12-22, version 1.9.9* A great handy App for Brewers, both for composing recipes to a BJCP STYLE and to have at hand on brew day. I learned about it from Brewer’s Friend Free, and it’s well worth the $5.00 USD. It could use updates (no kveik yeast options), but quite handy when away from internet connection. Other brewing software may give estimates (OG, FG, IBUs, SRM, etc.) a little different, but this App puts the recipe design in the ballpark. Brewers Friend has a Gold level with $/ month to give access to web-based support, but this valuable App can store recipes locally, very handy to look back to “how I brewed it last time”, without going back to one’s brewing logbook. If the stand-alone app ($5.00) is imperfect, it is well worth the one-time investment. It was initially recommended to me by a home brewer of longer standing, and is well respected by many in homebrewing circles. ### 4/5 — Great simple brewing tool. *2020-12-20, version 1.9.9* First the associated website is amazing and in depth providing any tool a home brewer could want. The app is a much slimmer tool but provides the means for creating and logging effectively no matter how advanced or new to brewing you may be. My complaints are a lack of ability to save created/custom ingredients so they’re reusable in another recipe vs having to recreate x-ingredient in the new recipe. Additionally the ingredients don’t seem to have been updated in quite some time. A ‘save as’ function would also be appreciated to aid in creating new iterations of a beer, example: turning an ipa into a mango ipa. ### 3/5 — Neglected app *2020-09-17, version 1.9.9* If you use the brewers friend website and enjoy it that is great. But do not use this app. It is ok until you realize how neglected it is. The bjcp definitions need updating, so do ingredients, and first wort hop additions. It’s great to be able to come up with a recipe while you are on a plane without an internet connection, but keep in mind you’ll likely have to make adjustments in another app or in your journal. ### 4/5 — Love the app need kveiks *2020-05-15, version 1.9.9* Love the App - Can you make an update to yeast list to include current/ new releases? I can’t find kveik yeast as an option ### 4/5 — Rating for Partial Mash or Extract Brewers *2020-04-26, version 1.9.9* Unfortunately, had to scale down from 25 Gal 3 vessel pro system because of moving to high rise, bummer don’t let wife or girlfriend talk you into it! Needed an App for 2.5 Gal recipes this is easy to use and works very well for beginners especially and enough pro features to satisfy more experienced brewers. ### 3/5 — Please update the app *2019-11-26, version 1.9.9* I’ve been using it for a year and works ok except it really needs to be updated on the styles of beer. I cannot find a NEIPA or east coast IPA style. Doesn’t exist. I’m going to look at a few more brew apps before I renew, too bad because I do like it. ### 3/5 — Use *2019-10-27, version 1.9.9* Works ok, unfortunately you are unable to make changed to the original gravity which has an impact on abv and ibu. ### 4/5 — Great app *2019-05-09, version 1.9.9* Functional and informative, could use a few features like share a recipe, create template, and maybe some resource material on brew methods ### 4/5 — Good but.... *2019-05-09, version 1.9.9* It’s a good app. It would be GREAT if there were a way for recipes created in the app would upload to the web, especially when you are paying the monthly or yearly fee to use the app. ### 3/5 — Needs updating and a few more features! *2019-05-05, version 1.9.9* I rely on this app every time I do a brew day. Incredibly handy to make modifications at my LHBS as I change my mind or based on the availability of ingredients. A couple things I wish would be updated: 1) I wish I could turn on auto-syncing. I can’t tell you the number of times I made an update only to overwrite it later by accident from the web UI. 2) ingredient search. 3) It’s built for smaller screens. 4) It’s lagging behind the web updates, which break recipes. For instance, adding the updated Lupulin Pellets in the web UI will give you an error when you try to save an update in the app. This last one made me move my ranking from a 4 to a 3 since it’s caused a lot of frustration. I like this app but since I pay for this service, I have higher standards for what to expect with regular updates. The app owner needs to consider breaking web changes as well. If the app is deprecated, please tell us. ### 4/5 — New toBrewing *2019-01-30, version 1.9.9* So I think I like the app so far- easy to use. I'll know more on brew day!! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Beware *2022-06-24, version 2.0.4* All my sessions and recipes randomly disappeared today. Don’t trust this app ### 1/5 — New update breaks dark mode display on iPhone X *2021-08-15, version 2.0.1* After the new update, all input fields appear blacked out, rendering any text entered into said fields invisible on iPhone X. Did not have this problem before the update. ### 1/5 — Please fix app *2021-08-14, version 2.0.1* The 2.0 and 2.0.1 versions you released are still causing trouble with the iPhone if it’s in dark mode. All fields to fill out in a recipe or a calculator have black fills with black text so you can’t really see anything. ### 1/5 — What happened?? *2021-08-09, version 2.0.0* All of the data from my previous brews has been blacked out? It’s there- but I have to copy and paste all of my notes and values to a note or other text interface to see it. The update ruined the app. I have a lot of valuable data that is now difficult to access. When the new app is released I’ll be leaving this ecosystem because this is evidence that our data is in limbo using this publishers tools. This is beyond frustrating. ### 1/5 — No iPad layout, tiny iPhone layout only use *2021-03-27, version 1.9.9* the web app honestly ### 1/5 — Very limited *2018-05-17, version 1.9.9* I didn’t realize it would be so limited compared to website. It doesn’t even do water volumes!! How can you use it without water volumes? Also no yeast pitch, equipment profiles, etc. etc. ### 1/5 — Don't bother, if you aren't a premium user *2017-03-20, version 1.9.8* Wish I had known I had to have a premium account to sync with the app. I don't mind paying money for an app I'll use. I also wish I could get my money back. ### 2/5 — Calculator issues *2021-08-10, version 2.0.0* Hello, the calculator boxes are completely black. I can no longer see what I am typing. The calculator still computes the information but I cannot see what I typed in. I am not sure if this is a known issue. ### 2/5 — No BeerXML import option *2018-10-08, version 1.9.9* This app works very well, but the only way to import recipes is to get a gold subscription on their website. That’s a non starter for those of us who might be coming from another app (Brew Pal I’m my case, which seems to have vanished from the AppStore) and just want to bring our recipes with us! Sent them a message a week+ ago and have had no response as yet. What a waste of $5, but I’m partially to blame for not looking into the feature before purchasing the app. ### 2/5 — Ok companion to the website *2017-06-15, version 1.9.8* Its nice having a native iPhone app to easily view recipes and calculators from the website. However, the UI feels dated and could use an update. I also think that it should be free to try and use without the website. Syncing with the website could easily be an in-app purchase. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Soooo Handy & Helpful *2022-12-30, version 2.0.4* Use all the time with every batch I create. ### 5/5 — The best one out there *2022-02-18, version 2.0.4* I used this for years, I’ve tried others but always come back to this one ### 5/5 — I love this app *2021-11-27, version 2.0.3* This is a great app to use when making beer recipes and having it handy to save the creative boozy inventions. ### 5/5 — Perfect for electronic brewing notes *2021-09-25, version 2.0.2* Nice app to help with recipe design and to store a library of previous brewing recipes ### 5/5 — Want more fluid access across platforms. *2021-03-12, version 1.9.9* Works well to store info but I wish it would allow me to access my info across multiple devices. Have an iPhone and iPad but it won’t share info between devices with same account. ### 5/5 — Worth the small $ investment *2019-02-27, version 1.9.9* This app is excellent. I have found the minimal amount of money required for BF app and web account to be well worth it. Pros: Adds quality to my brews and makes them easier. Good overall for recipes and creating brew beers. Informative and easy to use. Can save all of my recipes to check out later. Cons: does not include any free beer ### 5/5 — Pretty great *2019-02-21, version 1.9.9* Really like it. Wish it was updated a little more often. ### 5/5 — Good program mostly *2018-11-24, version 1.9.9* I’ve been using this app for over a year now- just a couple of minor issues I’ve had- there’s no way to put in a new value or different fermentable. I’ve been making ciders and beer with apple juice as a source of sugar and I cannot predict the outcome like you can with the recipe building section. Also when adjusting your recipe if your efficiency is set low, as in the case of seeping grains (I’ve seen estimates as low as 25%) and sugar is imputed as a fermentable the same 25% is applied to your sugar. Overall this app is fantastic. It’s a great tool to tweak your recipes to make sure your abv isn’t going to be crazy (and I like my abv around 14%), to predict the color, to calculate your actual abv, to prime your beer. If you’re just starting out this is an app that will help you. ### 5/5 — Great for recipes! *2018-07-02, version 1.9.9* And that is what I use it for. When I purchased I had a degree of trust for the product based off of the BF website. I was slightly. disappointed it doesn't contain the full range of brew tools found on the website, especially water calculations. However as I wanted it for an on the go/convenient non-internet reliant recipe creator that I knew would be reliable and accurate, I'm pleased. It works great and is easy to navigate, fairly intuitive navigation. I've used seemingly all the free online recipators and this app is worth the $5 to have on the phone, good value! ### 5/5 — Great tool *2017-09-17, version 1.9.8* Easy to use. The perfect tool to start building your own homebrew recipes. The calculators and brew day interactive feature are big helps, too. --- *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 2026-06-10.*