Comparison

Fermenticus Brew Log vs Samogon

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

Head to head
About

Fermenticus Brew Log

This app is a comprehensive logbook, calculator, and recipe formulator for homebrewers and small craft brewers. It helps you input ingredients, perform calculations for gravity, color, and bitterness, and manage your brewing recipes.

Highlights
  • Recipe formulation and storage
  • Ingredient database
  • Automatic gravity, color, and bitterness calculations
  • Mash rest and sparge calculations
  • Brew-house efficiency and yeast attenuation tracking
  • US & Metric unit support
  • Recipe export via email
Features
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Fermenticus Brew Log is a logbook, calculator, and recipe formulator for homebrewers and small craft brewers alike. • Optimized for both iPhone & iPad. • Clean design - You can quickly input your ingredients and measurements, automatically perform important calculations, and concentrate on the brewing instead of the software! • Suitable for any level of expertise - Brew Log will handle all your extract, steeped grain, partial mash, or all-grain recipes. • Ingredients database - Add your own ingredients or select from lists of common malts, extracts, adjuncts, hops, and commercially available yeasts. • Save your recipes - Recipes are stored on your device for quick access at any time. You can also export your recipes via email in a convenient table format that can be pasted into any spreadsheet or printed out for brew day reference. • Organize your recipes - Sort your recipes with logbooks for organizing and archiving. • As you add grains or hops Brew Log instantly updates estimated gravity, color, and bitterness. Great for building recipes on the go. • Mash Rest & Sparge calculations for simple to complex mashes. Calculates volumes and temperatures for your strike water, infusions, and decoctions. • Built in calculators to determine original and final gravity, alcohol (ABV), bitterness (IBU), color (SRM), efficiency, attenuation, and more. • Choose a standard beer style or make up your own. • Designed to be an efficient brewing companion for quick logging during your brew day (“Do more with fewer clicks”). • US & Metric simultaneously supported. You can combine both US and metric units in your malt bill or hop bill. Recipes can also be converted from US to Metric and vice versa. • Unique date handling, so you can add dates with information about the date. Useful for logging information during fermentation or bottling! • Once you make your own measurement Brew Log will let you know your actual brew-house efficiency (for all-grain) and actual yeast attenuation. • Save your default settings such as typical batch size and if you brew extract/all-grain/steeped. Of course, this information can always be set on a recipe by recipe basis. ••• Important Information Regarding In-App Purchases ••• Brew Log has a limitation on the number of recipes you can store on your device. All users will get 5 empty recipe slots. There is no other limitation on any functions. The free slots are the exact same as paid recipe slots. Brew Log's In-App Purchases are tied to your iTunes account and are permanent. Your purchases on one device will be shared on all your devices. You can refresh to restore your purchases at any time. Upgrades of +10, +25, and unlimited slots are available for less than a beer at the pub. If you reach your maximum recipe limit, you will have to either delete existing recipes (I recommend exporting via Email first!) or purchase an upgrade before adding a new recipe or cloning an existing recipe. Cheers and Happy Brewing!

About

Samogon

This app assists with the complex calculations involved in moonshining. It handles fractional distillation, dilution, mixing, drip rate measurement, and hydrometer corrections.

Highlights
  • Fractional distillation calculations
  • Dilution and mixing calculations
  • Contraction calculations
  • Drip rate measuring
  • Hydrometer correction
Features
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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

Screenshots

Fermenticus Brew Log4 screens
Samogon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Fermenticus Brew Log at none against Samogon's shown. Fermenticus Brew Log also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 52%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). Samogon's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Fermenticus Brew Log sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Samogon sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Fermenticus Brew Log against 4.3 for Samogon. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 46 and 49 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Fermenticus Brew Log's written reviews are positive against 52% of Samogon's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fermenticus Brew Log ships an update every 6 weeks, Samogon every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on June 9, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Fermenticus Brew Log versus Samogon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFermenticus Brew LogSamogon
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (46 ratings)4.3 (49 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.9% of reviews — better52.3% of reviews
Number of ratings4649 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB114 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperMark HamblyRoman Kolesnichenko

Customer experience

Fermenticus Brew Log

All ratings46 ratings
Positive80.4%
Neutral6.5%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive84.9%
Neutral6.8%
Negative8.2%

Samogon

All ratings49 ratings
Positive81.6%
Neutral4.1%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews65 reviews
Positive52.3%
Neutral3.1%
Negative44.6%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Fermenticus Brew Log

One-time8
  • 10 Recipe Slots$2.99
  • 10 Additional Recipe Slots$2.99
  • 10 More Recipe Slots$2.99
Show 5 more
  • 25 Recipe Slots$5.99
  • 25 Additional Recipe Slots$5.99
  • 25 More Recipe Slots$5.99
  • Unlimited Recipe Slots$11.99
  • To Infinity... And Beyond!$11.99
3 purchases

Samogon

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium Access$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium Access$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Forever$17.99

Questions

Is Fermenticus Brew Log free?
Fermenticus Brew Log is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Samogon free?
Samogon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fermenticus Brew Log or Samogon?
Samogon is rated higher. Fermenticus Brew Log averages 4.2 out of 5 from 46 ratings, while Samogon averages 4.3 from 49 ratings.
Do Fermenticus Brew Log or Samogon have ads?
Samogon shows ads; Fermenticus Brew Log does not.
Which is updated more often, Fermenticus Brew Log or Samogon?
Fermenticus Brew Log ships an update every 6 weeks, and Samogon every 5 days. Most recently, Fermenticus Brew Log was updated on June 9, 2026 and Samogon on September 22, 2026.

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