BrewSmart vs Sipper AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BrewSmart
This app helps you calculate coffee ratios, guides you through brewing, and logs your results. It offers precise measurements and personalized adjustments for your next brew. Enjoy a seamless coffee preparation experience with its intuitive interface and helpful features.
- Instant ratio calculation
- Guided pour-over timer
- Brew journal with ratings
- Dial-in assistant for taste adjustments
- Apple Watch brew coach
- Home screen widgets
- Lock screen live activity
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BrewSmart is your complete coffee brewing companion. Calculate the ratio, get coached through every pour, log the cup, then dial in the next one. Share the winner as a link that opens right in a friend's BrewSmart. All in one fast, focused app. No ads. No subscriptions. Adjust water, coffee, or ratio and the other two update instantly. Perfect for pour over (V60, Chemex, Kalita), AeroPress, French press, moka pot, drip, and espresso, whether you're dialing in a new single-origin or scaling up a batch. THE BREWING LOOP 1. Calculate. Tap or swipe water, coffee, or ratio; the others recalculate instantly. No keyboard, no guessing. Precise to 0.1 g. 2. Brew. Turn any recipe into a guided, step-by-step pour with target weights, timing cues, and a live countdown to your next pour. 3. Log. Save every brew to your journal with a rating, notes, grind, and temperature. Edit any detail later. 4. Dial in. Tell BrewSmart how the cup tasted (too sour or bitter, weak or strong) and get a specific adjustment for your next brew. FEATURES Brew Calculator Tap or swipe water, coffee, or ratio; the other two recalculate instantly. Pour Guide Turn any recipe into a step-by-step guided brew with target weights and timing cues. Start from the built-in pour schedule, or build your own pours with a bloom and custom targets. A live countdown ticks down to your next pour. Or keep it simple with the plain timer. Clip Recipes from the Web Found a brew guide online? Paste the link and BrewSmart reads the recipe off the page: coffee, water, temperature, and every pour. Review it before anything is saved. A daily limit applies. Share Recipes by Link Send any recipe as a link. It unfurls with a preview in the chat, and whoever taps it sees the pour schedule, grind, and temperature, then saves and brews it. An attached coffee travels with it, so they can make your exact cup. No BrewSmart? The link opens as a web page. Coffees share the same way, alone or with their recipes. Prefer a picture? Any recipe or brew log becomes a clean, themed card. Coffee Library Keep every coffee you brew: roaster, origin, process, varietals, roast level and roast date, plus your own tasting notes. Attach a coffee to recipes and logged brews, then look back at every cup you made with it. Dial-In Assistant Brewed something off? Mark the taste (sour, bitter, weak, or strong) and BrewSmart recommends exactly what to change next time: grind, dose, ratio, temperature, or time. Apply it with one tap. Brew Journal Log every cup with a rating, tasting notes, grind, water temperature, and the coffee you brewed with. Add brews by hand or straight from the timer, and edit any detail later. Recipe Collection Browse a hand-picked collection of recipes (classics like the 4:6 Method, hot and iced) right from the recipes screen, and save any of them into your app. Apple Watch Brew Coach Start a guided brew from your wrist and follow the pour coach with haptic cues for every pour. No need to touch your phone mid-brew. Real-time sync keeps your watch and iPhone together. Home Screen Widgets Jump straight to your ratio or timer. Lock Screen Live Activity Keep your pour timer and next-pour countdown on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Siri & Shortcuts Ask Siri to calculate your ratio or start a brew timer hands-free. Recipe Management Save your favorite water, coffee, and ratio combinations, plus grind and temperature, as named recipes. Attach a coffee, load any setup with one tap, then edit, rename, or delete anytime. Grams or Ounces, °C or °F Switch weight between grams and ounces and temperature between °C and °F, across the app, widgets, and Apple Watch. Clean & Focused No ads. No subscriptions. Light and dark mode. Optimized for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Whether you're calibrating your V60, dialing in espresso, or just making a better cup every morning, BrewSmart takes you from ratio to perfect brew, and remembers what worked.
Sipper AI
Recreate your favorite coffee shop drinks at home with AI-generated recipes. Get exact ingredients, step-by-step instructions, and track your savings. Offers smart ingredient sourcing options for various shopping preferences.
- AI-generated drink recipes
- Exact ingredients and measurements
- Step-by-step instructions
- Ingredient sourcing guidance
- Cost comparison and savings tracking
- Personalized savings goals
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Stop overpaying for expensive coffee shop drinks. Sipper AI uses artificial intelligence to recreate your favorite coffee shop beverages at home for a fraction of the cost. Simply describe any coffee drink - from Starbucks lattes to specialty cafe creations - and get an instant recipe with: Exact ingredients with measurements - Step-by-step instructions - Where to buy each ingredient - Cost comparison (coffee shop vs homemade) - Personalized savings tracking SMART INGREDIENT SOURCING Choose how you prefer to shop: • Grocery Store Mode - Find everything at Walmart, Target, etc. •Online Order Mode - Specialty items from Amazon • Specialty Shops Mode - Premium ingredients from Whole Foods • Budget Saver Mode - Maximum savings with store brands PREMIUM FEATURES • Unlimited recipe searches • Save recipes to your collection • Share recipes with friends • Track your total savings • Milestone rewards • No ads Whether you're craving an iced matcha latte, caramel macchiato, or pink drink - Sipper AI helps you make it at home and shows you exactly how much money you're saving. Stop wasting money on overpriced coffee. Start saving today. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sipper AI at 5.0 against BrewSmart's 4.0. Sipper AI also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). BrewSmart's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and monetization model (free vs freemium). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. BrewSmart sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Sipper AI sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sipper AI holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
BrewSmart ships an update every 5 days, Sipper AI every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | BrewSmart | Sipper AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KEN TOMINAGA | Griffin Hayward |
In-app purchases
BrewSmart
- Small Tip$1.99
- Medium Tip$4.99
- Large Tip$9.99
Sipper AI
- Sipper AI Premium$9.991 Month
- Sipper AI Premium3 Days trial$69.991 Year









