Smart Espresso Profiler vs Brewguide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart Espresso Profiler
This tool helps you record and refine your espresso shots by providing real-time pressure and flow data. It enables advanced profiling on compatible machines, allowing you to save, share, and reference your favorite extraction settings with detailed tasting notes.
- Real-time pressure and flow recording
- Pressure and flow graph display
- Key indicator feedback during brewing
- Tasting notes for each extraction
- Save and share extraction profiles
- Set reference profiles for guidance
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The Smart Espresso Profiler is an easy-to-use tool to record and improve your espresso extractions. It gives all compatible espresso machines capabilities, which were only seen in the most advanced, state-of-the-art devices. Imagine perfectly repeatable pressure- and flow profiling with a modified vintage lever machine, or a modern pump machine, with instant feedback. Now you can log even your Decent Espresso shots on machines equipped with the Group Head Control. Decide whether you go with pressure, or with flow profiling - with the Smart Espresso Profiler, everything is possible. The Smart Espresso Profiler displays and records in real-time the pressure and flow of the coffee extraction, translating this information into pressure and flow graphs. It even informs you about the key indicators (brew ratio, flow rate, etc.) during the brewing process. Record all your experiences with the tasting notes feature, included in the app. Save and share profiles and notes of your favorite extractions. Set an earlier profile as a reference to follow. IMPORTANT: The Smart Espresso Profiler needs a pressure sensor to work, available at https://www.naked-portafilter.com/smart-espresso-profiler/ For flow profiling, and brew weight data, an Acaia Pearl, Lunar, Cinco, Pyxis, a Skale Bluetooth, a Eureka Precisa or a Decent smart coffee scale is needed.
Brewguide
This app helps you set up and personalize your Acaia Pearl S coffee scale. You can also browse, create, and share coffee recipes, and transfer them directly to your scale for guided brewing.
- Scale setup guide
- Personalize scale messages
- Browse official recipes
- Create and share recipes
- Transfer recipes to scale
- Guided brewing mode
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Brewguide is the companion App for the Acaia Pearl S Welcome to your new scale! The Acaia Pearl S pairs with all of our apps but this is the one to use to set up the scale. If you don’t have a Pearl S, you can still browse and create recipes. In Brewguide, you can: * Walk through a setup guide to adjust settings like turning on/off modes, changing the weight unit, adjusting the auto-off timer, turning on/off the button sound, and changing the temperature unit. * Personalize your Pearl S with your own loading message * Browse official recipes or create and share your own with a QR code or link * Easily transfer a recipe to your Pearl S - the scale holds one recipe at a time To enter Brewguide mode, where you view the loaded recipe’s prompted steps, hold the Tare button until you see “Brewguide” on the scale.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Smart Espresso Profiler at 4.4 against Brewguide's 3.1. Smart Espresso Profiler also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 46%). Brewguide's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Smart Espresso Profiler sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Brewguide asks for nothing beyond the download.
Smart Espresso Profiler holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Smart Espresso Profiler's written reviews are positive against 46% of Brewguide's.
Smart Espresso Profiler ships an update every 2 months, Brewguide monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart Espresso Profiler | Brewguide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (16 ratings) — better | 3.1 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 46.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kavekalmar Kft. | acaia |
Customer experience
Smart Espresso Profiler
Brewguide
In-app purchases
Smart Espresso Profiler
- SEP scale only$7.99
Brewguide
No in-app purchases
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