Comparison

BeerCrafter vs Brew Kettle

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

Head to head
About

BeerCrafter

This app serves as a comprehensive guide for home brewers, offering detailed information on beer styles, brewing techniques, and over 50 popular beer recipes. It also includes a brewer's diary feature that can be synced across Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Detailed beer style information
  • Brewing theory and methods
  • Over 50 popular beer recipes
  • Brewer's diary
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
Features
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The Beer Crafter app is created as a home brewer's assistant. Here you will find detailed information about beer styles, brewing theory, methods of its preparation, as well as more than 50 recipes for popular beers. You can also keep a brewer's diary and sync it with other Apple devices using iCloud.

About

Brew Kettle

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Homebrewing beer can be a tricky business. Boiling your wort for the desired amount of time for your hop schedule, and also ending up at the correct specific gravity can be difficult. Most homebrewers don't worry about it, and usually end up compromising on their post-boil gravity or volume. Brew Kettle lets you hit your numbers every time. Brew Kettle tracks your actively boiling wort in real-time. It knows what is going on in your kettle simply by tracking the boil time and getting updated volume measurements from the brewer. If your kettle does not have a sight-glass, a calibrated mash paddle or spoon is enough to get an accurate volume during the boil. Once you start taking volume measurements, the app is able to tell you valuable information in real-time, like: current gravity; current volume; expected ETA to reach your desired final gravity; what your final gravity will actually be if you continue boiling for the desired boil time With this information at hand and updated in real-time, you can decide turn the heat up or down to ensure you boil for the right amount of time, and end up at the correct gravity and volume.

Screenshots

BeerCrafter4 screens
Brew Kettle3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Brew Kettle at none against BeerCrafter's 5. BeerCrafter's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.2). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. BeerCrafter sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Brew Kettle asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 6 level
BeerCrafter versus Brew Kettle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeerCrafterBrew Kettle
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews57.1% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 โ€” better16.2
Further details โ€” not scored
Size11 MB2 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperVladimir KostinJustin Berstler

In-app purchases

5 purchases

BeerCrafter

One-time5
  • Small Donation$0.99
  • Medium Donation$1.99
  • Large Donation$4.99
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  • Royal Donation$9.99
  • Divine Donation$99.99
None

Brew Kettle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BeerCrafter free?
BeerCrafter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Brew Kettle free?
Brew Kettle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BeerCrafter or Brew Kettle have ads?
Neither BeerCrafter nor Brew Kettle shows ads.

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