Pay4Vend vs BeerCHILLER

Pay4Vend is an app designed to buy any product on a vending machine using your smartphone with no extra charge to the user. Are you tired of fumbling in your pockets looking for coins every time you want to take a coffee on a vending machine? Have you ever given up a quick snack by lack of small change? You already have the solution in your pocket! Use your smartphone and turns your coffee break into a smart break with Pay4Vend. • Operation is extremely simple: open the app, select the vending machine among those available from the smartphone and buy the product you desire. Coffee, drinks, snacks…Choose your favourite! • Pay4Vend uses a special credit for the purchases on the vending machine, which is stored inside the application. Make the top-up by inserting some coins or bills directly on the vending machine or by using PayPal, credit cards or Apple Pay (where active). • The credit transaction is fast and safe, the communication with the vending machine occurs in an encrypted way. • Registration requires just a few data and in a few second you’ll be allowed to Pay4Vend as a payment system. If you change your smartphone you can easily recover the credit you charged previously. • Communicate with the vending machine’s operator: send your requests and messages and you’ll receive some bonuses and discounts at the operator’s discretion. The Pay4Vend application requires an active Bluetooth connection in order to communicate with the vending machine. Any credit present on your smartphone is not used by Pay4Vend. Are you missing Pay4Vend logo? No problem, ask to your local manager in your workplace, school or university to call your local vending operator to enable the service. We’re looking forward to have you among the many people who want to live their coffee break in a simple and funny way.

BeerCHILLER tells you how long your beer needs in the fridge or the freezer — and alerts you the moment it is cold. Pick the container, the volume, how it sits and the temperatures. BeerCHILLER estimates the cooling time from a calibrated thermodynamic model, starts a timer, and notifies you when your target temperature is reached. No sign-up, no account, no network. HOW IT WORKS The estimate comes from the BeerChiller Calibrated V2.1 model. Beer and container are treated as one body and the appliance air as a reservoir at constant temperature, so cooling slows realistically as the beer approaches it — the last two degrees take far longer than the first two. Bottle and can, 0.33 / 0.5 / 1.0 litre, standing or lying, fridge or freezer: each combination has its own calibration, and a cold-start correction applies to bottles going into the freezer. The complete model, with every formula and every constant, is documented inside the app. Nothing is hidden behind a black box. WHILE IT RUNS • A dial counts down and shows the estimated current beer temperature • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets in four sizes • A Live Activity in the Dynamic Island • An Apple Watch app that can start and stop a run on its own, plus watch face complications • A notification when the beer is ready, even with the app closed • The run survives closing the app or restarting your iPhone MADE FOR iOS • Light and dark mode, selectable independently of the system setting • Two looks: a clean Classic style, and a Beer style with original artwork • Dynamic Type up to the largest accessibility sizes • VoiceOver labels throughout — including the formulas, which are read as words rather than spelled out symbol by symbol • iPhone and iPad, portrait and landscape PRIVACY BeerCHILLER collects nothing and contains no network code at all. Your settings and the running timer stay on your device, shared only with the app's own widget and watch app so they can show your countdown. A NOTE ON ACCURACY The times are estimates. A real fridge or freezer cools faster or slower depending on airflow, how full it is, contact with the shelf, and how often the door opens. Treat the countdown as a good guide, not a measurement. BeerCHILLER is built on an original concept and design by C. Auer. Enjoy responsibly.