Comparison

Brewise vs BrewCard

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

Head to head
About

Brewise

Discover new coffee brewing techniques and find local cafes with this comprehensive guide. Customize recipes, follow step-by-step instructions, and log your brews to perfect your coffee-making skills.

Highlights
  • Learn new brewing methods
  • Local cafe finder
  • Customizable brewing recipes
  • Step-by-step instructions
  • Coffee brewing log
Features
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Brewise — Your Personal Coffee Companion Brewise is built for coffee lovers who want to brew better, explore more, and get the most out of every bag. Brew Guides Master six brewing methods — French Press, Hario V60, AeroPress, Moka Pot, Espresso, and Chemex — with detailed step-by-step instructions, equipment lists, and ratio breakdowns. Each guide walks you through the process so every brew is intentional. Custom Recipes Create your own brewing recipes and save your perfect ratios, grind settings, temperatures, and notes. Build guides from scratch or start from a recommended template. Share your recipes with other coffee lovers via a simple link, or import guides shared with you. Brew Logs Log every brew you make — method, ratios, grind, temperature, flavor notes, and a photo. Track your progress over time and revisit your best cups. Coffee Bean Tracker Keep a record of the beans you're working with. Log origin, roast level, and tasting notes. Mark what's currently in your grinder so it pre-selects automatically when logging a brew — no setup required each time. Local Café Discovery Find great independent coffee shops near you or anywhere you're headed. Search by location, filter by open now, sort by distance or popularity, and save cafés to your Visited or Want to Visit lists so you never lose track of a great find. Share a café directly with friends from the app. Works Offline Your logs, guides, and saved cafés are available even without a connection. Brewise syncs in the background when you're back online.

About

BrewCard

Features
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BrewCard is a coffee recipe notebook, brew timer, and sharing tool for people who care about consistent cups. Record recipes for V60, AeroPress, Origami, Kalita Wave, Hario Switch, Clever Dripper, espresso, French press, Moka pot, OXO Rapid, and custom methods. Save dose, water, ratio, grind, temperature, brew time, tasting notes, roast details, and step-by-step pours. When it is time to brew, run the recipe as a guided timer. Each step can show the pour amount, timing, and notes, so you can follow the recipe without guessing. And if you get distracted live activities will keep your current pour details at glance. Build a personal library of your brews, group recipes by method, roaster, process, or technique, and come back to the cups that worked. BrewCard also tracks timer brews and helps you understand your taste profile over time. Sharing is built in. Publish a BrewCard link, show a QR code, send it to friends, or post it on social. Anyone can open a shared recipe, save it, remix it, or brew from it. App Clips let shared recipes open quickly even before someone installs the full app. You can also start from community-style techniques inspired by popular brew methods, then adjust them for your coffee, grinder, water, and taste. BrewCard is made for home baristas, coffee people, and roasters who want recipes that are easy to save, repeat, and share. BrewCard is free to download. Main functionality is included in the free tier. A BrewCard Premium auto-renewable subscription is required to access Premium features.” Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Brewise4 screens
BrewCard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Brewise at none against BrewCard's 2. Brewise also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.4). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BrewCard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Brewise asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brewise ships an update every 5 days, BrewCard every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Brewise versus BrewCard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrewiseBrewCard
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.4
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAustin HunterIvan Surin

In-app purchases

None

Brewise

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

BrewCard

Subscriptions2
  • BrewCard Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • BrewCard Premium Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Brewise free?
Brewise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BrewCard free?
BrewCard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Brewise or BrewCard have ads?
Neither Brewise nor BrewCard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brewise or BrewCard?
Brewise ships an update every 5 days, and BrewCard every 2 weeks. Most recently, Brewise was updated on October 24, 2026 and BrewCard on October 24, 2026.

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