Calcohol vs Samogon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calcohol
This app provides a comprehensive suite of tools for liquor makers, offering calculations for dilution, contraction, mixing, heating, boiling, and distillation. It also includes a notebook for recipes and iCloud sync, with support for various measurement systems.
- Alcohol strength calculations (dilution, contraction)
- Mixture calculations by volume and mass
- Heating and temperature management tools
- Boiling point and distillation calculations
- Mash and spirit making calculators
- Notebook with iCloud sync
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Here is a functions list: • Notebook - save notes, recipes and so on with iCloud sync (for iOS 13 and later) • Dilution – calculating require water volume, to decrease alcohol strength to desired • Contraction – calculating require volume of higher ABV solution, to increase available alcohol strength to desired • Mixing Alcohol by Volume – calculating mixture of two alcohol solutions by given their volume • Mixing Alcohol by Mass – calculating mixture of two alcohol solutions by given their weight • Weight to Volume - calculate volume of liquid by its weight • Gravity Change – calculating alcohol per volume, based on gravity change in SG, Plato and Brix • Water Temperature Mix – calculating overall temperature after mixing two solutions • Chilling Water – calculating volume of cold water, to chill hot one • Electric Heating Power – calculating required electrical current, voltage and % of max heater power, to get desired power from particular electric heater • Heating Time – calculating heating time by given liquid volume • Heating Power - heating source power calculation, which is applied to increase liquid temperature • Boiling – calculating boiling point by given pressure. With iPhone 6 and later version (except SE), atmospheric pressure can be read from build-in barometer • Hydrometer Reading Correction – correction reading hydrometer value depending on temperature • Mash Maker – calculate mash parameters, such as water, yeast requirements, alcohol amount prediction. All calculation based on specified ingredients list, its amount and desired total volume of mash • Strike Water – calculate required temperature for strike water, to get target mash temperature • Spirit Maker – this feature will help you to mix strong alcohol, water and sugar, to make liquor with specific proportion of that ingredients • Distillation Cut – calculate each fraction volume • Drip Speed – calculate time to collect specific volume • Theoretical Plates – calculate plates equivalent of your column extender Can be configured to calculate volumes in metric, UK or US imperial systems
Samogon
This app assists with the complex calculations involved in moonshining. It handles fractional distillation, dilution, mixing, drip rate measurement, and hydrometer corrections.
- Fractional distillation calculations
- Dilution and mixing calculations
- Contraction calculations
- Drip rate measuring
- Hydrometer correction
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Moonshiner's calculator - fractional distillation, dilution and mixing with contraction, drip rate measuring, hydrometer correction. - Privacy Policy: http://rexdev.ru/SamStation/pp.html Terms and Conditions: http://rexdev.ru/SamStation/ua.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Calcohol at none against Samogon's shown. Calcohol also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (63% vs 52%). Samogon's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. Calcohol sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Samogon sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Calcohol holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 190 and 49 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Calcohol's written reviews are positive against 52% of Samogon's.
Calcohol ships an update every 2 months, Samogon every 5 days. Both last shipped on September 22, 2026.
| Parameter | Calcohol | Samogon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (190 ratings) — better | 4.3 (49 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better | 52.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 190 — better | 49 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Denis Orlov | Roman Kolesnichenko |
Customer experience
Calcohol
Samogon
In-app purchases
Calcohol
- Full Version$0.99
Samogon
- Monthly Premium Access$0.991 Month
- Yearly Premium Access$3.991 Year
- Premium Forever$17.99









