Beer Styles vs Fermentis
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beer Styles
Access comprehensive beer style guidelines with vital statistics like gravity, bitterness, color, and alcohol content. Visual representations of key stats help users easily understand differences between styles.
- BJCP Style Guidelines
- Vital stats (OG, FG, IBU, SRM, ABV)
- Aroma, appearance, flavor, mouthfeel descriptions
- Visual representation of stats
- Easy comparison of beer styles
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The guidelines include vital stats such as OG (original gravity), FG (final gravity), IBU (bitterness), SRM (colour), and ABV readings as well as descriptions for aroma, appearance, flavour, and mouth feel. In Beer Styles all the vital stats have been given a visual representation to make it easier to fathom the differences in styles.
Fermentis
Explore the world of fermentation with this app. Discover a wide range of fermentation solutions and products. Stay updated on the latest news and launches, and utilize fermentation tools to select the ideal yeast for your projects.
- Discover fermentation solutions
- Find products easily
- Latest news and launches
- Fermentation tools
- Choose the right yeast
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The tasty world of Fermentation is now a click away. Discover our whole range of fermentation solutions. Find our products easily wherever you are. Be aware of our latest news and launches. Enter our fermentation tools to choose the right yeast for your creations. And many more features… Download the Fermentis app. and enter the world of yeasts and fermentation solutions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Beer Styles at 96% against Fermentis's 16%. Beer Styles also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.1). Fermentis's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Beer Styles holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of Beer Styles's written reviews are positive against 16% of Fermentis's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beer Styles | Fermentis |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (29 ratings) — better | 2.1 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 96.3% of reviews — better | 15.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Matias Korhonen | SOCIETE INDUSTRIELLE LESAFFRE |
Customer experience
Beer Styles
Fermentis
In-app purchases
Beer Styles
No in-app purchases
Fermentis
No in-app purchases
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