Beer Styles vs Mead Corner
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.
Mead Corner
This app helps mead makers track their brewing process, log details, and plan recipes. It offers tools for ingredient management, fermentation insights, and community recipe sharing to improve your mead-making craft.
- Batch management
- Detailed logging
- Recipe planning
- Ingredient management
- Fermentation insights
- Community recipes
- Label support
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Craft better mead with the all-in-one companion built by meadmakers, for meadmakers. Whether you’re starting your first batch or perfecting a show-winning tradition, Mead Corner helps you stay organized, track every detail, and learn from your craft. What’s New & Improved • Public Recipes – Browse community creations, share your own, and discover inspiration from other brewers. • Revamped Batch Detail View – A clean three-tab layout (Overview, Journal, Insights) makes it easier than ever to understand your batch at a glance. • Journal Feed – Log actions with photos, notes, measurements, and timestamps in a chronological feed. • Insights & Charts – Track gravity progression, fermentation duration, ABV calculations, and trend lines with visual clarity. • Ingredient & Additive Management – Reuse ingredients across batches, build consistent profiles, and speed up future planning. • Label Support (Early Access) – Attach artwork to your batches and prepare for future label printing and sharing. • Improved Image Support – Add photos to batches and log entries for better storytelling and documentation. Core Features • Batch Management – Everything you brew stays organized in one simple hub. • Detailed Logging – Track readings, tasting notes, additions, racking steps, and more. • Recipe Planning – Capture every planned ingredient, nutrient schedule, and target profile. • Built-in Tools & References – Handy calculators and guides created specifically for meadmaking. Whether you’re experimenting, leveling up your process, or chronicling a masterpiece, Mead Corner helps you focus on what matters most: making incredible mead.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Beer Styles at none against Mead Corner's 2. Beer Styles also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 80%). Mead Corner's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.7) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. Mead Corner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Beer Styles asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mead Corner holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 23 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 96% of Beer Styles's written reviews are positive against 80% of Mead Corner's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Beer Styles ships an update every 6 weeks, Mead Corner fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beer Styles | Mead Corner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (29 ratings) | 4.9 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 96.3% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Matias Korhonen | Connor McElroy |
Customer experience
Beer Styles
Mead Corner
In-app purchases
Beer Styles
No in-app purchases
Mead Corner
- Mead Corner Pro$2.991 Month
- Mead Corner Pro$24.991 Year









