# GINA – Smart coffee brewer — Goat Story > Smart coffee brewing guide and community for perfect coffee at home. (iPhone/iPad app by ZkotZ.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gina-smart-coffee-brewer/id1168342086 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [ZkotZ](https://appshunter.io/developer/1037809357) - Category: Food & Drink, Lifestyle - Price: Free - Rating: 1.90/5 from 31 App Store ratings · 24 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 8.0 · 53 MB - Released: 2017-10-09 - Data updated: 2026-06-11 - Monetization: ad-supported - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gina-smart-coffee-brewer/id1168342086/reviews.md ## What is GINA? GINA's brewing app is home to a global community of coffee lovers as well as your new favourite smart tool for brewing coffee. The app guides you through the entire brewing process, keeping track of your timing and saving your brewing details as brew prints for sharing and later re-brewing. With the tools provided you will certainly be able to brew your perfect cup of coffee and share your experience with other coffee enthusiasts from around the world. Features: Guides you through the entire process of your chosen brewing method Tracks your entire brewing process with timing and notifications Calculates the coffee to water ratio, the timing for each brewing method and the drop speed for your cold brew Create your own brew prints Save them for the future (with name, timing, ground type and water temperature) Share them with global community to try them out and rate them Connect with other coffee lovers and try out their brew prints Learn from the best coffee pros: World renowned baristas and coffee roasters! Social: https://www.facebook.com/GOATSTORYcoffee/ https://www.instagram.com/goat_story/ ## Key features - Guided brewing process - Brewing process tracking - Coffee to water ratio calculation - Custom brew print creation - Brew print saving and sharing - Community interaction and ratings - Expert brewing tips ## Recent user reviews (10 of 24) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gina-smart-coffee-brewer/id1168342086/reviews.md ### 2/5 — App unfortunately doesn’t reflect the coffee machine’s quality *2024-10-08, version 1.0.70* I’ve been loving my Gina coffee machine since more than 8 years now, but this app is obnoxious at best. Seems like they haven’t put as much love in their digital product as they did with the physical one. App is unstable, it’s a lottery win if you’re able to login at start (app network connectivity), the interface doesn’t match with more recent phone sizes, buttons are often hard to hit, especially the back button in the top left, sometimes doesn’t save your brewprints (app network connectivity again). Please take some time and resources to fix this. There are still people using your products… ### 2/5 — Pls update your app! *2021-08-23, version 1.0.70* Last update was 1 year ago! Really?! ### 2/5 — Gina awesome - the app not so much! *2021-05-12, version 1.0.70* This app reminds me of the old Soviet Lada cars - its a barely functional, smoking mess. Standard journeys in pour over and immersion work fine, but hit any pothole and you are guaranteed off the road. It’s a shame, because the Gina itself is a BMW. Quality build, and onboard electronics that are great - except that there aren’t any visible instruments of course! This means that the app is the only way to access Ginas $100 ‘Smart’ features. It’s been 3 years since launch and my BMW Gina still hasn’t had a satisfactory Lada features update. In fact, the latest app version has gone from 1.5 to 1.0.7! Get with the program Goat Story! Users are well advised to put the Gina on a separate scale until you update this app - or better still, release an open source api and let the development community create a BMW interface for you! ### 1/5 — The coffee brewer is great but the app is worse than useless *2020-12-28, version 1.0.70* My app loses the data from the cold drip brew halfway through the process so if I haven’t kept careful track of where I am in the brew, the brew is sabotaged. The Gina brewer itself is great but if I were buying again I’d get the non-smart version unless the app were to improve to the point of being functional for a longer brew. I have a joule sous vide and often use the joule and joule app to perform a cooking operation that takes several hours. The joule app doesn’t restart every time I navigate back to it and even if it were to do so it keeps track of what I am cooking and sends me notifications and would be able to reload all the data from the cooking action I was in the middle of. The Gina app forgets I’m in the middle of a brew and forgets all the details of that brew after ten minutes. So I could likely complete a faster brew method before the app sabotaged my brew, but the cold drip coffee brew is meant to take hours. My joule app clearly walks me through the steps I need to follow whether I am doing my own settings or following a recipe through the app. The Gina app doesn’t provide clear instructions and instead funnels you to videos with irritating elevator music in lieu of written directions. Thus if you want to double check one point in the brewing process it is hard to get that info off the app without having to rewatch the whole video. ### 1/5 — Pretty much unusable. *2020-12-14, version 1.0.70* Great concept but unfortunately the app crashes every single time whilst in the middle of using it. This app needs a lot of work. ### 4/5 — Want new updates *2020-10-24, version 1.0.70* I think there is a small problem with the app in iOS 14 I hope we getting new updates soon ### 1/5 — Bootleg, awful UX *2020-10-17, version 1.0.70* What kind of Bluetooth device doesn’t have a button on it for pairing? Goat-story completely fails to mention anything about how to get your Gina prepared to connect via Bluetooth, they just assume it’ll happen out of thin air. Literally tried all of their bogus suggestions as to why it might have trouble pairing, which included powering off/on my phone, and deleting/reinstalling the app. Shocker: neither one made a difference because the Gina still wasn’t signaling to connect to Bluetooth. ### 3/5 — Need more function *2020-08-05, version 1.0.70* - Need pour over select method brew - don't like bettery indicator - need background running ### 3/5 — Extremely unstable application *2020-07-28, version 1.0.70* I love my Gina coffee machine. Best thing ever. Although the app has interesting features, it’s really unstable. Crashes all the time. Loses your data while brewing or after a brew. Maybe it’s my old phone (iPhone 6)? I don’t know. But it’s annoying sometimes. ### 1/5 — Pretty bad *2020-05-11, version 1.5* Everything about this app feels like I’m waiting for an old Windows 2000 computer to boot up. From app startup, to log-in time, to synchronizing with the Gina unit, it’s a wait-fest. The UI is also unpolished and a few buttons don’t respond on the first 1 to 10 taps. Get it together, Goat Story... ## Frequently asked questions about GINA ### What does the GINA app do? The GINA app is a smart tool designed to guide you through the entire coffee brewing process. It tracks your timing, calculates ratios, and allows you to save and share your unique brew recipes, known as brew prints. ### What are the key features of the GINA app? Key features include guided brewing for chosen methods, real-time tracking with notifications, precise calculations for ratios and timing, the ability to create and save custom brew prints, and a social platform to share and discover brews from a global community of coffee lovers and experts. ### Is the GINA app free to use? The application is free to download and use. However, it does contain advertisements, as indicated by its ad-supported monetization model. ### Who is the GINA app designed for? This app is intended for home coffee enthusiasts who want to achieve the perfect cup of coffee. It's ideal for those who enjoy experimenting with brewing methods, want to track their progress, and wish to connect with a community of like-minded individuals. ### Can I share my coffee brewing recipes with others? Yes, a core feature of the app is the ability to create 'brew prints' which are saved details of your brewing process. You can then share these brew prints with the global community to try out and rate, fostering a collaborative coffee brewing experience. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.0.70 — 2020-06-23 With the June 2020 update, we're implementing ... - Improved Bluetooth connectivity - Expanded translation to Japanese - The Brew Bar expansion - Fixes for various minor bugs and glitches ### 1.5 — 2020-02-12 - Bug fixes in Bluetooth connection - Updated tutorials - Modification on brew screen and community - Drop rate calculator added - Minor design changes ### 1.4 — 2019-10-04 iOS 13 related fixes ### 1.3 — 2018-09-20 Japanese and Chinese translations added. ### 1.2 — 2018-06-05 Here’s a quick overview of changes and improvements that are implemented in the second update: • Quick access option is now available, to reach your brewing tools faster. • The app now remembers the brew parameters you set, such as ratio and brewing times. • The ratio screen has been re-organized for a more optimal workflow. • Push notifications are now supported. • Connectivity functionalities have been improved. • Quick connection pop-up now implemented. • GINA’s battery status is now displayed. • Lots and lots of little details and cosmetic changes. • A bunch of minor bugs and glitches were fixed as well. ## Apps similar to GINA | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Catador CVA](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/catador-cva/id6447788662) | — | Free | Food & Drink | | [Victoria Arduino BE Maverick](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/victoria-arduino-be-maverick/id1630032528) | 1.0 (1) | Free | Food & Drink | | [IKAWA Pro](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ikawa-pro/id930831987) | 3.8 (10) | Free | Food & Drink | | [Bean Juice](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bean-juice/id1502380351) | 4.6 (14) | Free | Food & Drink | | [Dalla Corte](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dalla-corte/id1462294276) | — | Free | Food & Drink | | [Single Origin - Coffee Timer](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/single-origin-coffee-timer/id1480168613) | 4.5 (98) | $0.99 | Food & Drink | ## More apps by ZkotZ - [EQUA](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/equa/id1319201641) - [GINA 2.0 (New App)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gina-20-new-app/id6443797501) - [EQUA Challenge](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/equa-challenge/id6752022427) All apps by ZkotZ: https://appshunter.io/developer/1037809357 ## Related topics [zkotz](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/zkotz) · [gina](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/gina) --- *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 2026-06-11.*