Comparison

Calcohol vs FermCalc Winemaking Calculator

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

FermCalc Winemaking Calculator

This app offers a comprehensive suite of advanced calculators for winemaking. It assists with unit conversions, adjustments for sugar, acidity, and sulfites, and estimations for alcohol content and blending. Designed for both beginners and professionals, it provides flexible input and output units for all calculations.

Highlights
  • Unit conversions (volume, mass, temperature, etc.)
  • Chaptalization & dilution calculations
  • Acidity adjustment tools
  • Sulfite addition calculator
  • Alcohol & solids content estimation
  • Blending and fortification calculators
  • Miscellaneous winemaking additions
Features
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FermCalc is a collection of advanced winemaking calculators designed to assist both amateur and professional winemakers with calculations related to the following activities: - Unit conversions - Chaptalization & dilution - Acidity adjustment - Sulfite additions - Alcohol & solids content estimation - Blending - Fortification - Miscellaneous additions FermCalc provides full flexibility for specifying both input and output units on all of the calculators. All of the functionality of the popular Java and JavaScript versions of FermCalc are included in the Andrioid version. Below is a complete list of the calculators currently available. ---------------------------------------- Unit Conversions -- Volume -- Mass -- Temperature -- Specific Gravity / Density -- Acidity -- Alcohol Content -- Concentration -- Refractivity ---------------------------------------- Sugar Calculators -- Chaptalization & Dilution -- Amelioration -- High Brix Measurement by Dilution ---------------------------------------- Acidity Calculators -- Acid Titration -- Acidification & Deacidiication -- Amelioration -- NaOH Standardization ---------------------------------------- Sulfite Calculator ---------------------------------------- Alcohol Content Calculators -- Hydrometer SG Drop -- Hydrometer & Refractometer -- Boiling (Spirit Indication) -- Potential Alcohol -- OIML Calculator -- Dry Matter ---------------------------------------- Blending Calculator ---------------------------------------- Fortification Calculators -- Post-Fermentation Fortification -- Fortification Point -- Hackbarth SG Calculator ---------------------------------------- Miscellaneous Calculators -- Dry Measure Converter -- Stock Solution Formulation -- Inverse Stock Solution Makeup -- Miscellaneous Additions -- Yeast Assimilable Nitrogen (YAN) ---------------------------------------- A help page is provided for each calculator, with a high-level description of the calculator and definitions of the input and output fields. Full details regarding the mathematics involved in the calculations are available at www.fermcalc.com.

Screenshots

Calcohol4 screens
FermCalc Winemaking Calculator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: FermCalc Winemaking Calculator at 100% against Calcohol's 63%. FermCalc Winemaking Calculator also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Calcohol's advantage is ratings volume (206 vs 4). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Calcohol sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FermCalc Winemaking Calculator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FermCalc Winemaking Calculator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calcohol has 206 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Calcohol's written reviews are positive against 100% of FermCalc Winemaking Calculator's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Calcohol versus FermCalc Winemaking Calculator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalcoholFermCalc Winemaking Calculator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (206 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings206 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB1 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDenis OrlovStephen Gross

Customer experience

Calcohol

All ratings190 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral4.2%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews65 reviews
Positive63.1%
Neutral9.2%
Negative27.7%

FermCalc Winemaking Calculator

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Calcohol

One-time1
  • Full Version$0.99
None

FermCalc Winemaking Calculator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Calcohol free?
Calcohol is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FermCalc Winemaking Calculator free?
FermCalc Winemaking Calculator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Calcohol or FermCalc Winemaking Calculator?
FermCalc Winemaking Calculator is rated higher. Calcohol averages 4.7 out of 5 from 206 ratings, while FermCalc Winemaking Calculator averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Calcohol or FermCalc Winemaking Calculator have ads?
Neither Calcohol nor FermCalc Winemaking Calculator shows ads.

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