Comparison

Dial vs BrewCard

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

Head to head
About

Dial

Features
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Every new bag of coffee is a puzzle. You spend the first third of the bag hunting for a grind setting, and by the time it tastes great, it may be almost gone. Dial is built to fix that. Brews on Dial are public, so when you open a new bag you can see how other people have brewed that same coffee: their grinder, grind setting, dose, ratio, recipe, and how it turned out. Start from a brew that worked instead of a guess. And if you're the first, you're the one who saves the next person the hunt. LOG YOUR BREWS Pour over, espresso, immersion: any method, any gear. Log the coffee, brewer, grinder, grind setting, dose, ratio, recipe, brew time, rating, and notes. Track TDS and extraction yield if you measure them, or hide those fields entirely. Use the built-in timer, or skip it. Dial never asks you to make up numbers just to fill a form. Dial remembers your history. Pick a coffee and the form fills itself from your most recent matching brew, down to the recipe. Adjust what changed, log, done. Made something great last week? Rebrew it in one tap. YOUR CELLAR Keep track of every bag you own: days off roast and how much is left, tracked automatically as you brew. Freeze a bag (or split one for the freezer) and Dial tracks freeze and thaw dates so days off roast stays honest. EXPLORE Browse recent brews, coffees, roasters, and people. Every coffee has its own page collecting the community's brews on it, and every page gets more useful as more brews come in. Can't find your coffee? Add it, and the next person who buys that bag starts from your work. PUBLIC BY DESIGN Openness is the point. Your brew logs help the next person dial in the coffee you just finished, and theirs help you. Everything you log is public and searchable from day one. NO NOISE, JUST BREWS No likes, no streaks. Everything Dial does serves the brew. Dial is built by one person who logs every single brew they make. Whether you're chasing a specific extraction or just want tomorrow's cup to be better than today's, Dial gives you a place to keep your brewing memory and a community to borrow from.

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.โ€ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Dial4 screens
BrewCard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dial at none against BrewCard's 2. On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dial ships an update every 3 weeks, BrewCard every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Dial versus BrewCard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDialBrewCard
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS18.0 โ€” better18.4
Further details โ€” not scored
Size43 MB21 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSixteen Grams CorporationIvan Surin

In-app purchases

None

Dial

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

BrewCard

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

Questions

Is Dial free?
Dial is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BrewCard free?
BrewCard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dial or BrewCard have ads?
Neither Dial nor BrewCard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dial or BrewCard?
Dial ships an update every 3 weeks, and BrewCard every 2 weeks. Most recently, Dial was updated on October 24, 2026 and BrewCard on October 24, 2026.

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