Comparison

BrewRatio vs Cold Brew Studio

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

Head to head
About

BrewRatio

Features
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Brew better coffee with a calculator that becomes a complete brewing companion. BrewRatio calculates coffee, water, or ratio from any two values, then guides your brew with clear phases, tactile progress, and a timer designed for the method in your hands. Save what worked, rate the cup, and use each session to improve the next one. QUICK, PRECISE CALCULATIONS โ€ข Calculate coffee, water, and ratio instantly โ€ข Start from pour-over, French press, AeroPress, moka pot, cold brew, and other method presets โ€ข Work in grams, ounces, milliliters, fluid ounces, or cups GUIDED BREWING โ€ข Follow phase-aware timing for bloom, pours, steeping, and drawdown โ€ข End a brew early without losing its completion details โ€ข Record ratings, flavor notes, and observations MADE FOR EACH APPLE DEVICE โ€ข Use a tactile Pour Choreography Table designed specifically for iPad โ€ข Calculate quickly on Apple Watch โ€ข With Pro, control and rate an active brew from your wrist โ€ข See brew information in widgets and supported Live Activities BREWRATIO PRO โ€ข Unlimited recipes, beans, and brew history โ€ข Recipe Studio with custom phase choreography โ€ข Grinder profiles and a deterministic, on-device Dial-In Coach โ€ข Taste trends and JSON or CSV export โ€ข Widgets, Live Activity, App Intents, and active Apple Watch controls Your brewing data stays local. BrewRatio requires no account. Optional rewarded videos are available only when you choose them; requests use non-personalized treatment. Monthly and annual plans renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. A lifetime option may also be available. Prices and availability vary by storefront. Privacy Policy: https://nexlevel.com.br/brewratio/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ OPTIONAL RECIPE REWARDS Free includes three saved recipes. When your library is full, you can choose a video to unlock one permanent extra recipe slot on this device, subject to availability. Up to one video per day. Your saved recipes, calculator and basic timers remain available without ads or an account. Pro keeps unlimited recipes without rewarded videos. Ad privacy choices are available in Settings after you first choose a video.

About

Cold Brew Studio

Features
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Cold brew is forgiving right up until it isn't. A setting that tastes great on one grinder turns to sludge on another, and the batch you nailed last month is a guess by the time you open a new bag. Cold Brew Studio is a digital studio for the gear on your counter. Tell it what you grind with and what you brew in, and it works out the recipe for your exact setup. Then it helps you dial in every bean you buy. YOUR SETUP ON ONE SCREEN Brew shows your grinder's dial with the setting marked, the grams of coffee and milliliters of water for your batch, how many cups it makes, and your bag of beans standing next to your brewer. Tap the dial, the bag or the brewer to change it. When it looks right, hit Start steeping. 80+ GRINDERS, RESEARCHED AND CREATED More than 80 of the most popular grinders were researched and created, giving you a full digital studio for your gear. Each one wears its real dial, whether yours has a knob that turns or a numbered ring that rotates past a mark. The cold brew setting starts from the manufacturer's guidance and what the coffee community has worked out. Found your own sweet spot? Drag the dial to where you actually dialed in and the recipe follows. Using something rarer? Add it as your own grinder. SIZED TO WHAT YOU BREW IN Nineteen brewers are built in, from a quart mason jar up to a gallon dispenser, and you can add your own by its capacity. Every batch is sized to what your brewer actually holds. Pick a strength: Everyday, Strong, Jet fuel or Concentrate. If your brewer came with its own recipe, that's on the list too. ANY BEAN, READY TO GO Search more than 300 beans from specialty roasters, or scan the label on your bag and the app fills in the bean for you. KNOW WHEN IT'S READY Start steeping and watch your brewer darken hour by hour. The batch lives on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, with a notification when it's ready to taste and another before it steeps too long. Ask Siri what's steeping, or start a batch by voice. DIAL IN EVERY BEAN Rate each batch and tap what was off, like too weak or too bitter, and the next recipe adjusts. Every bean you brew gets a bag on your shelf, with your rating on the plank below it. Tap a bag for its field notes: your tasting notes next to what the bag promised, with every brew of that bean underneath. Once a bean is dialed in, its best recipe is one tap from brewing again. YOURS Your journal lives on your device, and you never need an account. If you want one, it syncs your journal between your iPhone and the web app at coldbrew.studio. There are no ads or trackers, and your data is never sold. Brew something worth waiting for.

Screenshots

BrewRatio4 screens
Cold Brew Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cold Brew Studio at none against BrewRatio's 4. Cold Brew Studio also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). BrewRatio's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price 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. BrewRatio sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Cold Brew Studio asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BrewRatio ships an update every 2 months, Cold Brew Studio every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences ยท 1 level
BrewRatio versus Cold Brew Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrewRatioCold Brew Studio
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 8 days โ€” better
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size54 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlisson BentoKineema Labs LLC

In-app purchases

4 purchases

BrewRatio

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time2
  • BrewRatio Pro Lifetime$5.99
  • BrewRatio Pro Lifetime$19.99
None

Cold Brew Studio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BrewRatio free?
BrewRatio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cold Brew Studio free?
Cold Brew Studio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BrewRatio or Cold Brew Studio have ads?
BrewRatio shows ads; Cold Brew Studio does not.
Which is updated more often, BrewRatio or Cold Brew Studio?
BrewRatio ships an update every 2 months, and Cold Brew Studio every 8 days. Most recently, BrewRatio was updated on October 25, 2026 and Cold Brew Studio on October 31, 2026.

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