Great Roaster, absolutely terrible app
I’m currently using this sample roaster to help refine my production process on a larger roaster. I was hoping that the app would be user friendly and intuitive but it seems that the companion app is seriously lacking in functionality and usability.
It does a great job of seeing real time data whenever I’m roasting but for whatever reason it “loses” that data once I complete the roast. When I refer to the roast log, the values are empty and I can’t even manually add the numbers into the log. What’s worse is that it doesn’t show me the number on the chart itself. I usually just end up just jotting the values and screenshotting it as I go along.
Overall, the app is really lacking but the roaster itself is solid. I just wish the app was a little more user friendly. I honestly found it more of an inconvenience rather than useful.
It does a great job of seeing real time data whenever I’m roasting but for whatever reason it “loses” that data once I complete the roast. When I refer to the roast log, the values are empty and I can’t even manually add the numbers into the log. What’s worse is that it doesn’t show me the number on the chart itself. I usually just end up just jotting the values and screenshotting it as I go along.
Overall, the app is really lacking but the roaster itself is solid. I just wish the app was a little more user friendly. I honestly found it more of an inconvenience rather than useful.
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Severely lacking
Considering the good build quality of the roasting unit itself, the companion app (which is basically mandatory) is seriously lacking and underdeveloped. Setting that should be saved (eg temperature unit preferences) constantly need to be refreshed every time you open the app.
The profiles and user guidance is basically just an external link taking you to their desktop site, making for an extremely clunky / amateur experience that doesn’t align with the high pricing of the unit.
Considering that a major selling point is the creation and modification of roast profiles, the app also does a pretty poor job guiding users through the different presets as well as making changes.
Lastly, reviewing prior roasts is far more difficult than needed. There’s no option to quickly rename past roasts, and info can only be gained by clicking into each separate roast. When dealing with multiple sample roasts, this makes it so tedious since users can’t have to individually click into each link, or have the sample IDs on hand.
It’s clear that this app (with the low rating on the App Store) is in dire need of a revamp, since it’s seriously hurting the user experience and is the sole reason this purchase has been feeling like a mistake on my end
The profiles and user guidance is basically just an external link taking you to their desktop site, making for an extremely clunky / amateur experience that doesn’t align with the high pricing of the unit.
Considering that a major selling point is the creation and modification of roast profiles, the app also does a pretty poor job guiding users through the different presets as well as making changes.
Lastly, reviewing prior roasts is far more difficult than needed. There’s no option to quickly rename past roasts, and info can only be gained by clicking into each separate roast. When dealing with multiple sample roasts, this makes it so tedious since users can’t have to individually click into each link, or have the sample IDs on hand.
It’s clear that this app (with the low rating on the App Store) is in dire need of a revamp, since it’s seriously hurting the user experience and is the sole reason this purchase has been feeling like a mistake on my end
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error
The Bluetooth connection with the roster is not smooth. During roasting, I turned off the Bluetooth and link connection and couldn't reconnect.
Good hardware, Terrible software.
No bug fix. No profiles synchronize. I cannot understand.
Not working
Ridicules app. After updating it’s not showing proper first crack temperature. Wrong wait loos calculation, it is showing 100% wait loos. Loosing Bluetooth connection frequently.
Please guys if you don’t know how to develop and test application before release, leave the job.
Please guys if you don’t know how to develop and test application before release, leave the job.
