Comparison

Brew Tracker vs Echo

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Brew Tracker

This app helps home brewers track all essential details of their beer-making process, from start to finish. Record brew dates, ingredients, fermentation, bottling, and tasting notes. It includes an ABV calculator and calendar integration for a comprehensive brewing log.

Highlights
  • Track brew start dates and details
  • Record fermentation and aging periods
  • Log bottling and sample tasting notes
  • Archive brews with ratings and reviews
  • Calculate ABV percentage
  • Save brew dates to calendar
  • Export brew data to CSV
Features
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Improve your home brew beer with Brew Tracker. Simple, free and easy to use. Made for tracking all the important information about your home brew beer. If your like me and can barely remember which day you put your last home brew on, let alone the ingredients that were used. Well Brew Tracker is for you. Simply fill in information on each of your brewing days. Then success or failure you will all ways have all the key information on hand. Whether you're a meticulous home brewer looking to record every detail of your home brews or a casual home brewer looking to record merely your brew dates. Brew Tracker enables you to record as much or as little brew info as you please. For each of your home brewing days the following fields are available: Start Brew: Fields: Number, Name, Start Date, Type, Size, Recipe, Brewer Comments/Notes. Days brew has spent fermenting. Bottle Brew: Fields: Bottle Date, Bottle Count, Brewer Comments/Notes. Days brew has spent aging in bottles or kegs. Sample Brew: Fields: Sample Notes, Ready Status. Record your thoughts on your home brew beer as you drink it. Review Brew: Fields: Rating, Review Archive brews by giving them a rating and review. Additional Features: ABV% Calculator: Calculate the alcohol content (ABV - Alcohol by volume) for each of your home brews. Calendar: Save brew dates to your calendar. Second Ferment: Save second ferment date, any additives and comments. As this is an optional step in the home brewing process by default it is not enabled, but if you would like to see this step available simply enable it in settings. Back up: Export your brew list into a CSV file. In case you need to move devices take your brews with you. A home brewing app made by a home brewer for people who like to keep it simple.

About

Echo

This app transcribes spoken conversations, extracts key insights, and organizes them into structured notes. It helps users stay focused during meetings and calls by ensuring all important information is captured and easily accessible.

Highlights
  • AI-powered summaries
  • Smart key points extraction
  • Ask Echo AI questions
  • Google Meet integration
  • Easy sharing of notes
  • Team access and Workspaces
Features
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Echo records your meetings and writes the notes for you. It works for online calls and in person conversations, transcribes in 100+ languages, and hands you a summary with the key points and action items when the meeting ends. Downloaded 360,000+ times by professionals, students, and teams.* Most note takers only handle online meetings. They send a bot into the call, it sits in the attendee list, and someone always asks what it is. Echo records from your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch instead. Nothing to invite, nothing to set up. DOES ECHO WORK FOR IN PERSON MEETINGS? That is what it was built for. Client meetings, 1:1s, interviews, lectures, site visits. Phone on the table, one tap, and you can stop writing and start listening. CAN ECHO RECORD ZOOM, TEAMS, AND GOOGLE MEET CALLS? Yes, and any other call too. Echo records from your iPhone the same way it records a conversation in the room, so the platform does not matter and there is nothing to connect. WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN THE MEETING ENDS? The full transcript, a summary of what was discussed, the key points, and the action items. Enough to write the follow up email without opening the recording again. And when you need one specific thing out of an old meeting, just ask. Echo AI searches the recording for you: what the client agreed to, when the deadline is, who owns what. FEATURES Summaries that give you the decisions and the next steps Key points, so you can jump to the part that mattered Ask Echo AI for answers about any recording Recording on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch, so you can start from whatever is closest Works with Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, and calls on any other platform Upload audio you already have and get it transcribed Transcription in 100+ languages Sharing by message, email, or anywhere else you work Folders and search across everything you have recorded Workspaces that keep your whole team on the same notes WHAT USERS SAY From App Store reviews in the US: "One touch and my 90min zoom meeting was summarized in seconds afterwards. This is a career changing tool for me." "If you're in a meeting, this is a must have tool. Never miss anything important!" "Really an amazing tool and very accurate transcriptions with great AI built in features." WHO USES ECHO Salespeople and consultants who need a record of what the client actually said Managers running back to back 1:1s Students recording lectures and seminars Teams that keep losing decisions between meetings IS ECHO FREE? Free to download, and you can record your first meeting straight away. Echo Plus adds longer recordings, unlimited notes, audio file uploads, and sharper summaries, and it starts with a free trial. IS MY DATA PRIVATE? Your recordings, transcripts, and summaries are end to end encrypted, and Echo follows European data protection standards. Download Echo and stop taking notes in meetings. *Total downloads as of 2026. Privacy Policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/27023519 Terms of Use: https://www.iubenda.com/terms-and-conditions/27023519 Questions or feedback? Reach out to us at echo.support@tappz.com

Screenshots

Brew Tracker4 screens
Echo4 screens

Verdict

The call

Brew Tracker and Echo both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 88% of Brew Tracker's written reviews are positive against 36% of Echo's. Brew Tracker also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 9) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Echo's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (3.4K vs 45). On price, rating, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Echo sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Brew Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Brew Tracker against 4.5 for Echo. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Echo has 3.4K ratings behind it against 45, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Brew Tracker's written reviews are positive against 36% of Echo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brew Tracker ships an update every 2 months, Echo every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 31, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Brew Tracker versus Echo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrew TrackerEcho
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (45 ratings)4.5 (3.4K ratings)
Positive reviews87.9% of reviews — better36.1% of reviews
Number of ratings453.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#133 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB192 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCallum HillTappz Labs

Customer experience

Brew Tracker

All ratings45 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral6.7%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews91 reviews
Positive87.9%
Neutral8.8%
Negative3.3%

Echo

All ratings3,443 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral2.7%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews238 reviews
Positive36.1%
Neutral7.6%
Negative56.3%

Bugs and requests

Brew Tracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Echo

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Notes not saving properly
  • Transcription issues

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to save and edit notes
  • Folder organization for notes
  • Better customer support options

In-app purchases

None

Brew Tracker

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Echo

Subscriptions8
  • Echo Plus (Weekly)2 variants$7.997 Days
  • Echo Plus (Weekly)3 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Echo Plus (Weekly Trial)3 Days trial$7.997 Days
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  • Echo Plus$14.991 Month
  • plus3 Days trial$16.991 Month
  • Echo Plus (Yearly)$59.991 Year
  • Echo Plus (Yearly)$79.991 Year
  • Echo Plus Yearly7 Days trial$89.991 Year

Questions

Is Brew Tracker free?
Brew Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Echo free?
Echo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Brew Tracker or Echo?
Brew Tracker and Echo are both rated 4.5 out of 5 on the App Store, from 45 and 3.4K ratings respectively.
Do Brew Tracker or Echo have ads?
Brew Tracker shows ads; Echo does not.
Which is updated more often, Brew Tracker or Echo?
Brew Tracker ships an update every 2 months, and Echo every 4 weeks. Most recently, Brew Tracker was updated on August 31, 2026 and Echo on September 25, 2026.

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