Comparison

OLLA Brew Lab vs BrewLab

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

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OLLA Brew Lab

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OLLA Brew Lab is a coffee workbench for iPhone and iPad that keeps roast curves, brew logs and cupping records in one place. It is made for home roasters, specialty coffee enthusiasts and small roasters. Bean cards, brew logs and cuppings are free. Roast to Cup, the roastery workbench for curves, roast profiles and inventory, is part of OLLA Pro. ROAST CURVES (OLLA PRO) Log a roast live with large buttons for charge, yellowing, first crack and drop; development ratio and weight loss follow from what you record. Replay any curve, compare batches, and set a batch as your baseline. Import curve files in 11 formats; the source is detected from the file itself. ROAST PROFILES: DESIGN BEFORE YOU CHARGE (OLLA PRO) Set targets for first crack, drop and development ratio, and see the first-crack window, drop window and weight loss projected on the spot. No machine connection is needed. Save a design to the curve library, or export it as .alog, JSON or CSV. YOUR BEAN LIBRARY One card per bag: origin, variety, process, estate, altitude, roast level, roast date, purchase details and your own notes. Resting and drinking windows count down on their own; a Home Screen widget shows a pinned bean. Photograph a label, a bean list or a cafe menu and OLLA reads it on device, showing the words each field came from; nothing is saved until you confirm. On supported devices, Apple Intelligence fills gaps, corrects misreadings and adds explanations and translation in three languages, all on device. The Coffee Codex holds 2,000+ cross-linked entries, from origins and varieties to processing and brewing. BREW LOG Record dose, grind, water temperature, ratio, TDS, extraction yield, timing and sensory impressions. The Tools tab sits alongside, with a step-recipe brew timer, an extraction-yield calculator and brewing-water recipes. CUPPING Score on a classic ten-attribute sheet, or use sensory scoring: cup profile, quality impression and five-cup consistency. Describe flavor with 16 everyday words or the full flavor wheel, and export a cupping sheet as a PDF. For professional sessions, OLLA Pro adds blind-coded assessment with cup-by-cup records and a five-class verdict from L5 to L1. FIELD GUIDE City coffee guides, one volume per city, readable offline. Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Fukuoka are published; the other cities on the city bar are still being curated. Each list is selected from public data by OLLA's own scoring. COFFEE JOURNAL Beans, brews, cuppings and roasts stay linked, gathered in one archive with search, filters and yearly stats. HOW PEOPLE USE OLLA · A home roaster designs the next batch, logs it, and cups it a few days later on the same bean card. · A specialty coffee drinker scans a new bag, watches its resting window and dials in a pour over. · A small roaster keeps green and roasted stock, lot codes and labels in one ledger with OLLA Pro. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No sign-up is required. No tracking, no ads, no third-party analytics. Your records stay on your device, and in your own iCloud if you turn on sync. Camera access is requested only when you scan and photo access only when you pick a photo; recognition runs on device. OLLA works in English, Simplified Chinese and Japanese. OLLA PRO OLLA Pro includes Roast to Cup (roast curves, pre-roast design, inventory, labels and assessment sessions), iCloud sync across devices, PDF reports with your shop name, and advanced widgets. Roast and inventory records from before 1.3.0 stay viewable. OLLA Pro is a monthly or annual auto-renewing subscription, or a one-time purchase; the annual plan includes a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. A subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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BrewLab

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コーヒーを、科学する。 BrewLabは、学術論文に基づいたアルゴリズムで、あなたのコーヒー豆に最適なレシピを生成するアプリです。勘や経験に頼らず、科学的な根拠から「なぜこの湯温・粉量・注ぎ方が良いのか」を提示します。 ■ AIパッケージ解析 コーヒー豆のパッケージを撮影するだけで、産地・焙煎度・精製方法を自動認識。豆の写真でさらに精度を高めます。 ■ Elegance Protocol 24本の抽出論文を統合した独自アルゴリズム「Elegance Protocol」が、湯温・粉量・湯量・注ぎ回数・蒸らし時間を計算します。さらにBalance(バランス重視)、Light Touch(明るい酸味)、Full Extraction(コク重視)の3スタイルから選べます。 ■ 対応ドリッパー(20種以上) Hario V60、Kalita Wave 185、Origami ドリッパーSをはじめ、多様なドリッパーに対応。ドリッパーの形状・リブ構造の違いもレシピに反映されます。 ■ シンプルな操作フロー ① 豆のパッケージを撮影 → ② 豆の写真を撮影(任意)→ ③ ドリッパー・粉量を選択 → ④ レシピ生成 【料金プラン】 • Free(無料)月5回 / 基本3種ドリッパー • Light(¥1000/月)月10回 / 全ドリッパー20種以上 • Pro(¥2,300/月)月25回 / 全機能 BrewLab Inc. は抽出品質の向上に関する科学的知見を継続的に取り込みます。 利用規約(EULA): https://website-cyan-iota-69.vercel.app/terms プライバシーポリシー: https://website-cyan-iota-69.vercel.app/privacy

Screenshots

OLLA Brew Lab4 screens
BrewLab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OLLA Brew Lab at none against BrewLab's 10. OLLA Brew Lab also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. BrewLab sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. OLLA Brew Lab asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OLLA Brew Lab ships an update weekly, BrewLab every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
OLLA Brew Lab versus BrewLab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOLLA Brew LabBrewLab
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size169 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHU JIANHUAKota Yamamoto

In-app purchases

None

OLLA Brew Lab

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

BrewLab

One-time10
  • 80 Gems$0.99
  • 240 Gems$1.99
  • レシピ生成 3回分$3.99
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  • 480 Gems$4.99
  • 1,000 Gems$6.99
  • レシピ生成 10回分$11.99
  • 2,700 Gems$19.99
  • レシピ生成 30回分$34.99
  • 5,800 Gems$39.99
  • 10,000 Gems$49.99

Questions

Is OLLA Brew Lab free?
OLLA Brew Lab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BrewLab free?
BrewLab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do OLLA Brew Lab or BrewLab have ads?
BrewLab shows ads; OLLA Brew Lab does not.
Which is updated more often, OLLA Brew Lab or BrewLab?
OLLA Brew Lab ships an update weekly, and BrewLab every 10 days. Most recently, OLLA Brew Lab was updated on October 9, 2026 and BrewLab on October 8, 2026.

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