Brote vs BrewPrint
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brote
This app helps coffee enthusiasts log and track their brewing recipes, bean details, and equipment. It allows users to record every aspect of their brew, rate cups, and organize their coffee setup for consistent, delicious results.
- Log brew details (dose, water, temp, grind, time)
- Rate cups and add tasting notes
- Attach photos to brews
- Build and manage bean library
- Organize grinders and brew methods
- Track brewing history and average ratings
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Brote - Coffee Brew Journal Brote is a native iOS app built for specialty coffee enthusiasts who want to brew better, one cup at a time. No accounts, no cloud — just a clean, focused journal that lives entirely on your device. Track Every Brew Log dose, water, temperature, grind size, and brew time with ratios calculated automatically. Rate each cup, add tasting notes, and attach photos so you always know what worked. Build Your Bean Library Keep a complete record of every bean you buy. Store roaster, origin, region, producer, roast level, processing method, and roast date — everything you need to brew it right next time. Organize Your Setup Save your grinders and brew methods so logging stays fast. Build custom methods for any setup, from pourover to espresso to whatever you've rigged up. Dial In Over Time Browse your brew history grouped by date, track average ratings per bean, and revisit past recipes to repeat your best cups. Built for Apple Devices Fully native, designed for iPhone. Built for iOS 26 with Liquid Glass. No feature bloat, no compromises — just an app that feels like it belongs on your device. Dark and light mode supported. Brote Premium Unlock all features with an optional subscription: • Monthly: $1.99/month • Annual: $19.99/year Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your App Store account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://brote.coffee/privacy Terms of Use: https://brote.coffee/terms
BrewPrint
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Better coffee by design. BrewPrint is a precision brewing calculator for people who grind and brew their own coffee. Set your ratio and BrewPrint does the math, keeping water, coffee, and ratio in balance. Then brew along to a timer built for your method: a simple count-up timer free, or a full guided staged timer with Pro. THE RATIO CALCULATOR (free) • Water, coffee, and ratio as one connected equation. Adjust any value and the other two update instantly. • A precise drag-to-adjust scale with haptic ticks, or tap to type an exact number. • Sensible ranges for real brewing: water 50–2000g, coffee 5–200g, ratios from 1:2 espresso to 1:20. • Weights are always in grams to match your coffee scale; switch temperature between Celsius and Fahrenheit any time. BREW METHODS (free) • Curated, ready-to-brew recipes for V60, Chemex, AeroPress, French Press, Espresso, Moka Pot, and Cold Brew — each with a sensible default ratio and stage timings. • An on-demand prep guide for each method: what gear you need and how to set up, step by step. THE BREW TIMER • Free: a clean count-up timer for any brew. • Pro: a full staged timer driven by your recipe. Each step — bloom, pour, wait, drain — shows as a proportional arc on the ring, with the target weight and instruction for that stage, and a water-level gauge that rises and draws down as you go. BLUEPRINTS (Pro) • Save any recipe as a named Blueprint: method, ratio, water, coffee, grind size, water temperature, timed steps, notes, and a star rating. • Load a Blueprint to set everything at once. Pin one as the default for its method so it's ready the moment you open it. THE PANTRY (Pro) • Track the coffees you brew: roaster, roast level, roast date, taste notes, and a star rating. Only the name is required, so adding a bag takes seconds. • Roast-aware freshness tells you when a bag is resting, at its peak, or going stale, so you know what to reach for and when to reorder. • Attach a coffee to any brew to build a per-bean history, and filter your Brew Log by coffee or roaster. BREW LOG (Pro) • Keep a history of the brews you've made, so you can repeat the good ones and learn from the rest. ICLOUD SYNC • Your Blueprints, brew log, and settings sync privately across your iPhones through your own iCloud account. No BrewPrint account, ever — and we never see your data. BREWPRINT PRO • A single one-time purchase unlocks the full staged timer, unlimited custom Blueprints, the Brew Log, the Pantry, and custom app icons. Try the staged timer free before you buy. Designed to feel like a technical drawing — blueprint grid, monospaced readouts, nothing you don't need. No account, no ads, and it works completely offline. Your morning brew isn't a good time to load a spinner. Better Coffee By Design.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BrewPrint at every 5 days against Brote's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Brote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and BrewPrint sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Brote ships an update fortnightly, BrewPrint every 5 days. Both last shipped on September 8, 2026.
| Parameter | Brote | BrewPrint |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Soo Hwan Kim | STEPHEN P JOHNSTON |
In-app purchases
Brote
- Brote Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
- Brote Premium Annual$19.991 Year
BrewPrint
- BrewPrint Pro$4.99









