Comparison

Best Brew Guide vs Single Origin

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

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About

Best Brew Guide

Master the art of coffee brewing with step-by-step guides for various methods like Espresso, Chemex, and AeroPress. Features augmented reality guides for coffee gear and integrates with Bluetooth scales for precise measurements. Discover new recipes and share your own creations.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step brewing guides
  • Augmented reality gear guides
  • Bluetooth digital scale integration
  • Community brew guides
  • Flavor rating and adjustment suggestions
  • Coffee recipe sharing
Features
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Coffee is more than just a way to wake up in the morning, it's a way of life. With Filtru, you'll make the perfect cup each and every time and learn as you go. Filtru is your go-to app for learning and replicating the best way to make your favorite coffee. Gone are the days of pouring water over coffee and throwing in some milk! Filtru will tell you how much coffee to use, when and how much water to pour, how to stir, and so much more. By the time you've tasted a Filtru coffee, you'll wonder how you ever lived without it! Those just starting out will enjoy our augmented reality (AR) gear guides that put new accessories right on your kitchen counter, giving you a chance to take a look before splashing out on a new coffee gadget! Coffee fans new and old will love our growing collection of community brew guides, products from our partnered coffee roasters, and more. We live for coffee and we know you do too – let's live for it together via a curated feed of new coffee ideas while learning new brewing methods. With Filtru, a specialized Espresso guide will offer tips on the grinding of beans and more to ensure the next cup is even better than the last. You'll learn by tasting, rating the flavor as you go, and Filtru will show you which variables to change for an even better taste. Already living your best coffee life? Filtru integrates with a wide range of the world's best Bluetooth digital scales – perfect for weighing an exact amount of coffee for your morning cup. We'll even show you a timer alongside an illustration of the correct water flow speed to ensure you get the best possible flavor. No more guessing measurements and techniques and then hoping for the best! Filtru ships with coffee recipes for the most popular brewing methods on the planet and distils everything into an easy-to-use app that won't get in the way of what's important – taste. Looking for some inspiration? Filtru helps you discover new brewing guides submitted by the community as well as the pros including Scott Rao and James Hoffmann, alongside other Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) certified baristas. Have a particularly killer coffee recipe of your own? Share it via Filtru so everyone can enjoy it! ▶ Filtru includes the following recipes: - Espresso (Dial-in, Short recording and more) - Chemex - AeroPress - Hario V60 (Pour over) - Bonmac Dripper - Beehouse Dripper - Kalita Wave - Clever Dripper - Moka Pot (Espresso) - French Press (Cafetiere) - Siphon (Vacuum) - Cezve (Turkish) - Vietnamese Drip (Phin) Filtru PRO also includes guides for Hario W60, V60 NEO, V60 Switch, Fellow Stagg XF, Hoop, OREA V4 and Z1, ORIGAMI, Melodrip COLUM, UFO, SOLO SPIN, Timemore Crystal Eye VECTOR and no-bypass brewing. ▶ Supported Bluetooth digital scales: - Acaia: Pearl, Pearl S, Lunar, Pyxis and Cinco - Atomax Skale 2 - Blackcoffee - BooKoo Themis - Decent Scale - DiFluid Microbalance and Microbalance Ti - Escali SmartConnect - Eureka Precisa - Felicita Arc, Incline and Parallel - Fresco Drop - Goat Story GINA - Hiroia Jimmy - Reflex Wireless Smart Chef - Timemore Black Mirror Dot and Black Mirror 2 - Varia AKU Micro, Mini and Pro - Wilfa Precision Uniform ▶ Filtru PRO includes the following premium features: - Access to additional brew guides - Augmented Reality Gear Guides - Coffee Logs - Espresso Dial-In - Espresso Shot Recording - Extraction Calculator (TDS Refractometer required) - Advanced Siri Shortcuts - Custom App Icon - Live Activities - Lock screen widgets - Home screen widgets - Advanced App Shortcuts and App Intents Happy Brewing! * Privacy Policy: https://getfiltru.com/privacy.html * Terms of Use: https://getfiltru.com/terms.html

About

Single Origin

This app guides you through brewing coffee with step-by-step recipes and timed pour schedules. Log your tasting notes to refine your perfect cup over time. It supports various brewing methods and offers built-in profiles.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step guided brew recipes
  • Timed pour schedules
  • Weight and temperature guidance
  • Brew log with tasting notes
  • Import and share recipes
  • Over 60 built-in profiles
Features
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Brew better coffee with step-by-step guided recipes and a timed pour schedule for every method. Single Origin walks you through each stage of your brew — from bloom to final pour — with real-time timers, weight targets, and temperature guidance. When you're done, log your tasting notes so you can dial in your perfect cup over time. GUIDED BREW RECIPES Follow timed, multi-step recipes for Aeropress, Chemex, V60, French Press, Kalita Wave, Clever Dripper, and more. Each recipe breaks the brew into precise pour steps, wait periods, and actions like swirling or pressing — so you never have to guess. 60+ BUILT-IN PROFILES Choose from 9 Single Origin recipes, 17 Fellow profiles (including Drops collaborations), and 37 xBloom profiles. Every recipe includes dose, ratio, grind, temperature, and timing. IMPORT & SHARE RECIPES Import recipes from Fellow brew.link share codes or xBloom share links. Create your own custom recipes and share them with a unique code. BREW LOG & TASTING NOTES After each brew, record your dose, grind setting, water temperature, yield, and brew time. Rate your cup with stars and add freeform tasting notes. Search your history to see what worked. TASTING REMINDERS Get a notification after brewing so you can log your tasting notes while the flavor is fresh. SINGLE ORIGIN + Unlock unlimited custom recipes, 500+ community recipes, brew history search, accent colors, and custom app icons with a one-time purchase. Whether you're a home barista dialing in a new bag or a beginner following your first pour-over, Single Origin keeps you on track and helps you brew consistently.

Screenshots

Best Brew Guide4 screens
Single Origin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Best Brew Guide at Free against Single Origin's $0.99. Best Brew Guide also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (3.8K vs 99). Single Origin's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and chart position (#160 vs unranked). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads 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

Best Brew Guide is free to download; Single Origin costs $0.99 up front. Best Brew Guide sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month. Single Origin asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Best Brew Guide holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Best Brew Guide has 3.8K ratings behind it against 99, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Best Brew Guide's written reviews are positive against 67% of Single Origin's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Best Brew Guide ships an update weekly, Single Origin every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Best Brew Guide versus Single Origin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBest Brew GuideSingle Origin
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.8 (3.8K ratings) — better4.5 (99 ratings)
Positive reviews69.4% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings3.8K — better99
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#160 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size198 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpirograph LimitedJon Samp

Customer experience

Best Brew Guide

All ratings3,804 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral2.1%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews346 reviews
Positive69.4%
Neutral11.0%
Negative19.7%

Single Origin

All ratings99 ratings
Positive86.9%
Neutral4.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral18.2%
Negative15.2%

Bugs and requests

Best Brew Guide

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Timer not syncing properly with scale
  • Inability to edit custom recipes after creation
  • Crashing when switching between app and other apps
  • Bluetooth scale integration not always reliable

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more brewing method options like Aeropress inverted
  • Allow editing of existing recipes
  • Improve recipe creation workflow
  • Add Apple Watch companion app
  • Provide more grind size and extraction time details

Single Origin

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Best Brew Guide

Subscriptions5
  • Filtru Pro - Monthly (1 Month)3 Days trial$3.491 Month
  • Filtru Pro - Monthly (1 Month)$7.991 Month
  • Filtru Pro - Annual (1 Year)3 Days trial$32.991 Year
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  • Filtru Pro - Annual (1 Year)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Filtru Pro - Annual (1 Year)7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time4
  • Filtru Pro - Brew Guides$4.99
  • Filtru Pro - Lifetime$79.99
  • Filtru Pro - Lifetime$99.99
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  • Filtru Pro - Lifetime$129.99
None

Single Origin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Best Brew Guide free?
Best Brew Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Single Origin free?
Single Origin costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Best Brew Guide or Single Origin?
Best Brew Guide is rated higher. Best Brew Guide averages 4.8 out of 5 from 3.8K ratings, while Single Origin averages 4.5 from 99 ratings.
Do Best Brew Guide or Single Origin have ads?
Neither Best Brew Guide nor Single Origin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Best Brew Guide or Single Origin?
Best Brew Guide ships an update weekly, and Single Origin every 10 days. Most recently, Best Brew Guide was updated on November 6, 2026 and Single Origin on November 7, 2026.

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