Fermentis vs RAPT Brew
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fermentis
Explore the world of fermentation with this app. Discover a wide range of fermentation solutions and products. Stay updated on the latest news and launches, and utilize fermentation tools to select the ideal yeast for your projects.
- Discover fermentation solutions
- Find products easily
- Latest news and launches
- Fermentation tools
- Choose the right yeast
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The tasty world of Fermentation is now a click away. Discover our whole range of fermentation solutions. Find our products easily wherever you are. Be aware of our latest news and launches. Enter our fermentation tools to choose the right yeast for your creations. And many more features… Download the Fermentis app. and enter the world of yeasts and fermentation solutions.
RAPT Brew
Control and automate your entire brewing process remotely from your phone. Monitor, adjust, and automate everything from grain to glass, with features for both homebrewers and professionals. Scale your brewing operations with smart controllers and intelligent logic.
- Remote brewery control
- Monitor and automate brewing process
- Customizable brewing profiles
- Real-time telemetry and control logic
- Automated temperature ramping
- Notifications and detailed logs
- Warehouse & stock management
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RAPT - Automate. Monitor. Brew! A truly native experience! Control your entire home and commercial brewery with a few clicks remotely from your phone! For Homebrewers. For Professionals. For You! Mashing in the shed? Fermenting in the basement? Serving in the living room? With the RAPT app you have one central place to monitor, control and automate your entire brewing process from grain to glass! Let our smart controllers and wizards help you to make your brew day easier than ever before! Sometime feeling like ready to go Pro? No worries, RAPT got you covered! You can bypass the suggested defaults and customise your brewing process every step of the way! Including license compliant warehouse & stock management, and even exports to assist with excise tax! Using real-time telemetry and intelligent control logic, RAPT lets you design complex mash and fermentation profiles that adapt dynamically - ramping temperatures, triggering automated diacetyl rests, cold crashing, dry hop schedules - all based on real data, not hunches. Success guaranteed! Leave your setup to RAPT while you focus on the creative & fun side. Get instant notifications when a step finishes, tap into detailed logs and history, or tweak profiles on the fly from your phone. RAPT is compatible with all RAPT products and even gives you the tools to integrate third party products and hardware Homebrew, nano, or full commercial scale - RAPT is built to scale with you. Brewing good and consistent has never been easier!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: RAPT Brew at fortnightly against Fermentis's every 6 weeks. Fermentis's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.1 for Fermentis against 2.2 for RAPT Brew. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 14 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 16% and 17% positive.
Fermentis ships an update every 6 weeks, RAPT Brew fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fermentis | RAPT Brew |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (14 ratings) | 2.2 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.8% of reviews | 16.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 172 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | SOCIETE INDUSTRIELLE LESAFFRE | Kegland Distribution Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Fermentis
RAPT Brew
In-app purchases
Fermentis
No in-app purchases
RAPT Brew
No in-app purchases









