Brewli vs Roast Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brewli
Easily track your cold brew coffee steeps with customizable timers and detailed logging. Receive timely notifications when your brew is ready, and categorize your creations by bean type, temperature, and roast. Save your favorite recipes with ratings and notes.
- Customizable cold brew timers
- Brew completion notifications
- Detailed brew history
- Categorization by bean, temp, roast
- Ratings and notes for steeps
- Unlimited live timers
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Simply create a new brew, add categorization, slide the timer to your desired length, and you're off! You will get notified of when your brew is done so you can take it out at exactly the right time. Features: * Get notifications when your cold brew is done * Keep a history of all of your past brews * Create an unlimited number of live timers * Categorize your brews by bean type, steep temp, roast * Add ratings and notes to your cold brew steeps * No ADs, or timer restrictions Download Brewli today!
Roast Manager
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Roast Manager is a simple app for home coffee roasters. With it you can manage your: • green coffee • roasting profiles • coffee roasts • coffee containers The app is kept relatively simple, but everything has a comment field where additional content can be entered. Data is automatically synced across all your devices via iCloud. Additionally, the app features NDEF-compatible NFC tag support, allowing you to easily identify and manage your coffee storage containers (on devices with NFC support).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Roast Manager at none against Brewli's 3. Brewli's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Brewli sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Roast Manager asks for nothing beyond the download.
Brewli ships an update every 4 days, Roast Manager every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brewli | Roast Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeremy Hernandez | Guido Scheffler |
In-app purchases
Brewli
- Coffee Tip!$0.99
- Cold-Brew tip!$1.99
- Latte Tip!$4.99
Roast Manager
No in-app purchases
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