Beer Styles vs BrewBuddy
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.
BrewBuddy
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Simple tools for homebrewers: Effortlessly correct your hydrometer readings for temperature variations, calculate the perfect amount of priming sugar for carbonation, make quick specific gravity (SG) adjustments mid-brew to stay on track, or estimate your final alcohol by volume (ABV) with precision. Whether you're a beginner crafting your first batch or a seasoned brewer fine-tuning recipes, this app streamlines the math so you can focus on the fun of fermentation. All calculations are done offline, with no data saved whatsoever. No tracking, 3rd party libraries or any other nonsense used. It does exactly what it says on the tin, and nothing more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Beer Styles at every 6 weeks against BrewBuddy's every 6 months. Beer Styles also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Beer Styles ships an update every 6 weeks, BrewBuddy every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beer Styles | BrewBuddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (29 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 96.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Matias Korhonen | Erik Terwan |
In-app purchases
Beer Styles
No in-app purchases
BrewBuddy
No in-app purchases
