Brewguide vs La Marzocco
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
La Marzocco
Control your espresso workflow with advanced brewing, real-time monitoring, and detailed shot statistics. Manage multiple machines, schedule operations, and refine your coffee routine with data-driven insights for home or professional use.
- Advanced brewing parameter control
- Real-time machine monitoring
- Brew-by-Weight and Grind-by-Weight integration
- Remote machine scheduling and management
- Equipment sharing capabilities
- Detailed shot statistics and usage tracking
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La Marzocco For Home & Professional Baristas The La Marzocco app gives you complete control over your espresso workflow, whether you’re brewing at home or managing a busy café. Designed to work seamlessly with La Marzocco machines, it provides advanced brewing controls, real-time monitoring, and detailed shot statistics. Key Features Machine Control – Adjust brewing parameters, temperature, pressure, pre-brew & pre-infusion, schedule power on/off, auto-backflush, and monitor performance from anywhere. Coffee Station – Connect multiple La Marzocco machines and accessories for a cohesive coffee ecosystem. Brew-by-Weight & Grind-by-Weight – Pair your Linea Mini, Pico, or Swan grinder with a connected scale for café-level precision. Equipment Sharing – Grant machine access to others—perfect for home setups, shared spaces, and professional environments. Real-Time Insights – Track usage, see shot history, monitor performance, and refine your coffee routine with data-driven precision. What’s New? This new and improved La Marzocco app replaces both the previous La Marzocco Home App and La Marzocco Pro App, bringing a redesigned interface, expanded features, and more intuitive, responsive control over your equipment’s internal features and variables.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: La Marzocco at 3.9 against Brewguide's 3.1. Brewguide's advantage is review sentiment (46% vs 31%) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
La Marzocco holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 12 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 46% of Brewguide's written reviews are positive against 31% of La Marzocco's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brewguide | La Marzocco |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (14 ratings) | 3.9 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.4% of reviews — better | 30.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | acaia | La Marzocco s.r.l. |
Customer experience
Brewguide
La Marzocco
Bugs and requests
Brewguide
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
La Marzocco
Reported bugs
4 issues- Firmware update timeouts
- Connectivity issues, unable to pair with machine
- App turns machine on randomly when losing WiFi
- Home assistant integration broken after update
Requested features
5 requests- Add shot timer that takes up the entire screen
- Add option to display temperature in Fahrenheit
- Improve accessibility with larger fonts and better contrast
- Add dark mode option
- Integrate with voice assistants like Siri for voice commands
In-app purchases
Brewguide
No in-app purchases
La Marzocco
No in-app purchases
