Samogon vs AlcoCalculator Offline
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Samogon
This app assists with the complex calculations involved in moonshining. It handles fractional distillation, dilution, mixing, drip rate measurement, and hydrometer corrections.
- Fractional distillation calculations
- Dilution and mixing calculations
- Contraction calculations
- Drip rate measuring
- Hydrometer correction
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Moonshiner's calculator - fractional distillation, dilution and mixing with contraction, drip rate measuring, hydrometer correction. - Privacy Policy: http://rexdev.ru/SamStation/pp.html Terms and Conditions: http://rexdev.ru/SamStation/ua.html
AlcoCalculator Offline
This app provides 25 offline calculators for home distilling, covering everything from preparing washes to diluting final spirits. It offers instant results as you type and works entirely without an internet connection.
- 25 distilling calculators
- Offline functionality
- Instant results
- Temperature correction
- Wash and grain calculations
- Distillation run management
- Light and dark themes
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AlcoCalculator is a set of 25 calculators for home distilling, from mixing the wash to diluting the finished spirit. Results appear as you type, and everything works without an internet connection. Dilution and mixing • Dilute alcohol with water, corrected for temperature • Mix two alcohol-containing liquids • How much spirit and water to take for the volume you need • ABV from mass and volume • Convert litres of glycerin and glycol to kilograms and back Wash • Sugar wash by water ratio, water volume or wash volume, with yeast nutrients • Grain wash from 24 ingredients or your own starch and sugar values • Malt for wort, replacing sugar with glucose or fructose • Alcohol in wash from readings before and after fermentation (Brix or specific gravity) • Chaptalization and optimal wort acidity • Convert OG to Brix and back Distillation • Stripping run to water, heads and hearts collection • Low wines redistillation: heads, post-heads, hearts, pre-tails, tails, boiling point • Reflux ratio, still heating time, alcohol and liquid left in the still • SPP packing volume • Flow rate timer, always one tap away in the bottom bar Measurements • Temperature correction for ASP-3 alcohol meter and AC-3 saccharometer readings Made for everyday use • Results show up instantly, no "Calculate" button • Hints and input checks explain what is wrong with the values you entered • Your inputs are remembered for each calculator • Favorites, search and categories in the catalog • Light and dark theme • Ukrainian, English and Russian
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Samogon at 52% against AlcoCalculator Offline's 0%. Samogon also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 7 months). AlcoCalculator Offline's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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
Both are free to download. Samogon sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. AlcoCalculator Offline asks for nothing beyond the download.
Samogon holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Samogon has 79 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Samogon's written reviews are positive against 0% of AlcoCalculator Offline's.
Samogon ships an update every 5 days, AlcoCalculator Offline every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Samogon | AlcoCalculator Offline |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (79 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 79 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Roman Kolesnichenko | Konstantin Barbin |
Customer experience
Samogon
AlcoCalculator Offline
In-app purchases
Samogon
- Monthly Premium Access$0.991 Month
- Yearly Premium Access$3.991 Year
- Premium Forever$17.99
AlcoCalculator Offline
No in-app purchases







