Comparison

Single Origin vs Brewly

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

Head to head
About

Single Origin

This app guides you through brewing coffee with step-by-step recipes and timed pour schedules. Log your tasting notes to refine your perfect cup over time. It supports various brewing methods and offers built-in profiles.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step guided brew recipes
  • Timed pour schedules
  • Weight and temperature guidance
  • Brew log with tasting notes
  • Import and share recipes
  • Over 60 built-in profiles
Features
Currently charting
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Brew better coffee with step-by-step guided recipes and a timed pour schedule for every method. Single Origin walks you through each stage of your brew — from bloom to final pour — with real-time timers, weight targets, and temperature guidance. When you're done, log your tasting notes so you can dial in your perfect cup over time. GUIDED BREW RECIPES Follow timed, multi-step recipes for Aeropress, Chemex, V60, French Press, Kalita Wave, Clever Dripper, and more. Each recipe breaks the brew into precise pour steps, wait periods, and actions like swirling or pressing — so you never have to guess. 60+ BUILT-IN PROFILES Choose from 9 Single Origin recipes, 17 Fellow profiles (including Drops collaborations), and 37 xBloom profiles. Every recipe includes dose, ratio, grind, temperature, and timing. IMPORT & SHARE RECIPES Import recipes from Fellow brew.link share codes or xBloom share links. Create your own custom recipes and share them with a unique code. BREW LOG & TASTING NOTES After each brew, record your dose, grind setting, water temperature, yield, and brew time. Rate your cup with stars and add freeform tasting notes. Search your history to see what worked. TASTING REMINDERS Get a notification after brewing so you can log your tasting notes while the flavor is fresh. SINGLE ORIGIN + Unlock unlimited custom recipes, 500+ community recipes, brew history search, accent colors, and custom app icons with a one-time purchase. Whether you're a home barista dialing in a new bag or a beginner following your first pour-over, Single Origin keeps you on track and helps you brew consistently.

About

Brewly

Master your coffee brewing with guided timers, customizable recipes, and a detailed journal. Track grinder settings, rate your brews, and easily replicate your favorite cups. No ads, subscriptions, or accounts needed.

Highlights
  • Guided brewing timers
  • Editable coffee recipes
  • Grinder setting tracking
  • Brew journal and history
  • Recipe sharing
  • Light and dark modes
Features
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Brew better coffee with guided timers, editable recipes, grinder settings, and a brew journal. Completely free, with no ads or subscriptions. Brewly helps you repeat the cups you love. Follow each brewing stage, adjust coffee and water, remember the exact grinder setting, then rate the result and add tasting notes. No account required. GUIDED BREWING • Step-by-step timers for pour-over, immersion, espresso, and cold brew • Clear pour, wait, bloom, and drawdown stages • Sound and haptic cues so you can focus on brewing • Scale recipes to match your serving size RECIPES YOUR WAY • Start with recipes for V60, Chemex, Kalita Wave, AeroPress, French press, Clever Dripper, espresso, and more • Create, edit, duplicate, search, filter, and sort recipes • Save dose, water, ratio, grind size, temperature, and custom stages • Share recipes as text or scannable QR codes DIAL IN EVERY CUP • Build a collection of your grinders • Save the grinder and exact setting used for each brew • Rate brews, add tasting tags and notes, and restart favorites from history MADE FOR DAILY USE • No ads, subscriptions, or in-app purchases • No account required • Light and dark modes • Celsius and Fahrenheit • Available in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese • Optimized for iPhone and iPad Brewly keeps the workflow simple: choose a recipe, set your dose, follow the timer, and learn from every cup.

Screenshots

Single Origin4 screens
Brewly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Brewly at Free against Single Origin's $0.99. Brewly also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Single Origin's advantage is ratings volume (99 vs 1) and chart position (#66 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Brewly is free to download; Single Origin costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Brewly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Single Origin has 99 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Single Origin ships an update every 10 days, Brewly every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Single Origin versus Brewly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSingle OriginBrewly
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (99 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings99 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#66 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJon SampJerome Sommerfeldt

Customer experience

Single Origin

All ratings99 ratings
Positive86.9%
Neutral4.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral18.2%
Negative15.2%

Brewly

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Single Origin

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Recipes disappeared with latest update
  • Tasting notes field freezes the interface
  • AeroPress ratios are wrong
  • Dial won't go lower than 320 grams but says 270 is typical
  • Last text box when rating coffee inserts a new line
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  • Capresso Infintity grinder has wrong number of settings
  • Video ends with a bright green flash before replaying
  • The timer on French press moves strangely

Requested features

15 requests
  • Explain recipe equation logic
  • Indicator for gram-to-gram target ratio
  • Add custom grinders
  • Switch between brewing by yield vs. input
  • Add custom recipes for existing brewers
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  • Apple Watch support
  • Adjust total extraction time
  • Input type of coffee brewed
  • List of typical flavor notes
  • Coffee log with origin, roast date, etc.
  • Filter through notes
  • Select/move/order notes
  • Easier way to delete notes
  • Add a setting for brew darkness (light/medium/strong)
  • Add both upward and inverted methods for AeroPress

Brewly

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Single Origin

No in-app purchases

None

Brewly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Single Origin free?
Single Origin costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Brewly free?
Brewly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Single Origin or Brewly?
Brewly is rated higher. Single Origin averages 4.5 out of 5 from 99 ratings, while Brewly averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Single Origin or Brewly have ads?
Neither Single Origin nor Brewly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Single Origin or Brewly?
Single Origin ships an update every 10 days, and Brewly every 8 days. Most recently, Single Origin was updated on November 11, 2026 and Brewly on November 4, 2026.

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