BeerCrafter vs Build a Beer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Detailed beer style information
- Brewing theory and methods
- Over 50 popular beer recipes
- Brewer's diary
- iCloud sync across Apple devices
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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.
Build a Beer
This AI-powered app assists homebrewers in creating custom beer recipes. It helps generate accurate clone recipes or develop original ones with appropriate ingredients and styles. Explore ingredients and discover new beer styles to brew.
- AI-assisted recipe generation
- Clone brew recipe accuracy
- Custom recipe creation
- Ingredient exploration
- New beer style discovery
- Easy-to-use recipe format
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Expand your beer-brewing creativity with Build-a-Beer. Our AI assistant will guide you to create accurate clone brew recipes, or bring your brewing ideas to life with stylistically accurate recipes with appropriate ingredients. Explore ingredients, play with recipes in an easy-to-use format, and discover new beer styles to brew! Terms of Use: This app uses Apple’s standard End User License Agreement (EULA). https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Build a Beer at every 2 weeks against BeerCrafter's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. BeerCrafter sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Build a Beer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BeerCrafter ships an update every 2 months, Build a Beer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BeerCrafter | Build a Beer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Vladimir Kostin | David Vanfleet |
Customer experience
BeerCrafter
Build a Beer
In-app purchases
BeerCrafter
- Small Donation$0.99
- Medium Donation$1.99
- Large Donation$4.99
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- Royal Donation$9.99
- Divine Donation$99.99
Build a Beer
- Premium (Monthly)$0.991 Month
- Premium (Yearly)$9.991 Year
