Comparison

DraughtLab Pro vs Brewfather

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

Head to head
About

DraughtLab Pro

This application helps food and beverage producers create detailed flavor profiles and measure product consistency. It provides tools for sensory analysis, aiding in quality control and troubleshooting production processes. Suitable for both beginners and established sensory programs.

Highlights
  • Build flavor profiles
  • Measure consistency
  • Troubleshoot production
  • Sensory quality control
  • Develop products
Features
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DraughtLab is a powerful and intuitive sensory analysis tool designed to bring your tasting data into action. DraughtLab’s platform helps food and beverage producers build flavor profiles, measure consistency and troubleshoot the process. Whether you’re just starting or have a functioning sensory program, DraughtLab’s powerful software tools can help you develop and grow your Sensory Quality Control program.

About

Brewfather

This app helps homebrewers design recipes, track batches, and manage ingredients with a powerful, intuitive interface. It offers extensive tools for calculations, fermentation monitoring, and integration with brewing devices. Access a vast recipe library and sync across multiple devices, even offline.

Highlights
  • Recipe designer
  • Batch tracking
  • Ingredient inventory
  • Fermentation charts
  • Recipe library
  • Brew timer
  • Device integrations
Features
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Powerful and easy to use tool for your brewing needs. Easily create and manage your recipes. Keep track of all the details in your batches and your ingredients inventory. Brewfather is made from the ground up to give you the best recipe design and brewing experience on both desktop and mobile devices. With a modern design that is easy to use. Get your recipes done in no time! With automatic synchronization between all your devices and offline support. Combining a powerful recipe designer with intuitive batch tracking and inventory management to make your brew-day easier. Integrated with many popular devices to aid your brewing. Explore the recipe library with hundreds of quality recipes. Features: * Powerful, intuitive and easy to use interface with dark mode support * Multi-device support - one app everywhere - always! * Offline support, auto-saving, and automatic synchronization * Fully-featured and easy to use recipe designer * Complete batch tracking - log every step of your brew * Fermentation chart * Recipe library with hundreds of quality recipes available for you * Brew timer with alarms and notifications for your brew day! * Profiles for your equipment, mash schedule, fermentation steps, and water * Highly customizable equipment profile to suit any brewing system * Large customizable ingredients database with thousands of ingredients * Inventory stock & cost tracking * Multiple style guidelines (BJCP, Brewers Association, Norbrygg, SHBF, DØDL) * Supports custom style guidelines * Print your recipe or batch to PDF * Import and export BeerXML * Metric and US/Imperial units * Scale recipes up/down * Easily share recipes * Estimate your Final Gravity based on many variables * Calculate every important detail of your recipes and batches * Easy to use yeast amount and yeast starter calculator * Integrated water adjustment calculator with mash pH * Strike temperature calculation * Proper calculation of hop-stand bitterness And many more tools and features to help your brewing. Integrations: * Remote logging from Tilt, RAPT Cloud, iSpindel, Brewpiless, MyBrewbot, Plaato Airlock, Plaato Keg, Floaty, Brewbrain and Custom Stream * Webhook support * Brewtools Cloud integration * Recipe sending to Brewtools brewers * Full SmartPID two-way integration, for brew-day and fermentation control * Programmable API for custom integrations Happy brewing! --- Brewfather is free to use, with an optional Premium subscription to unlock premium features and unlimited recipes/batches. New accounts get 30 days of free Premium access. Brewfather Premium: * Unlimited number of recipes * Unlimited number of batches * Import and export features * Integrate with devices * Create your public profile and add recipes to the recipe library * Ingredient cost tracking * Custom style guidelines * Ability to restore deleted recipes and batches * Add manual readings for the fermentation chart Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account once you confirm your purchase. Your iTunes account will be charged again when your subscription automatically renews at the end of your current subscription period unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours prior to end of the current period. Any unused portion of a trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. You can manage or turn off auto-renew in your Apple ID account settings any time after purchase. --- Privacy Policy: https://docs.brewfather.app/legal/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://docs.brewfather.app/legal/tos Got any questions? Get in touch at hello@brewfather.app

Screenshots

DraughtLab Pro4 screens
Brewfather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DraughtLab Pro at none against Brewfather's 4. Brewfather's advantage is review sentiment (94% vs 67%) and ratings volume (755 vs 73). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Brewfather sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. DraughtLab Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for DraughtLab Pro against 4.9 for Brewfather. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brewfather has 755 ratings behind it against 73, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of DraughtLab Pro's written reviews are positive against 94% of Brewfather's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
DraughtLab Pro versus Brewfather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDraughtLab ProBrewfather
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (73 ratings)4.9 (755 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews93.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings73755 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
Best chart rank—#102 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB68 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperLean Sensory Systems, Inc.Warpkode AS

Customer experience

DraughtLab Pro

All ratings73 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral2.7%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

Brewfather

All ratings755 ratings
Positive99.1%
Neutral0.4%
Negative0.5%
Written reviews130 reviews
Positive93.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative3.1%

Bugs and requests

DraughtLab Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Brewfather

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Share button not working as expected
  • App freezing or crashing on certain devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • More Australian malt and ingredient options
  • Automated fermentation temperature monitoring and alerts
  • Improved recipe sharing and collaboration features

In-app purchases

None

DraughtLab Pro

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Brewfather

Subscriptions4
  • Premium$2.991 Month
  • Premium Plus$4.991 Month
  • Premium$29.991 Year
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  • Premium Plus$49.991 Year

Questions

Is DraughtLab Pro free?
DraughtLab Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Brewfather free?
Brewfather is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DraughtLab Pro or Brewfather?
Brewfather is rated higher. DraughtLab Pro averages 4.8 out of 5 from 73 ratings, while Brewfather averages 4.9 from 755 ratings.
Do DraughtLab Pro or Brewfather have ads?
Neither DraughtLab Pro nor Brewfather shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DraughtLab Pro or Brewfather?
DraughtLab Pro ships an update monthly, and Brewfather monthly. Most recently, DraughtLab Pro was updated on October 24, 2026 and Brewfather on October 30, 2026.

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