Comparison

IKAWA Pro vs Brewguide

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

Head to head
About

IKAWA Pro

This app enables precise, repeatable coffee sample roasting with digital control. Design, edit, and share roast profiles, and access a global library for consistent results across teams and locations. It automates heat and airflow for hands-free operation.

Highlights
  • Digital roast profile design and editing
  • Automated heat and airflow control
  • Global roast profile library access
  • Profile sharing with colleagues
  • Hands-free roasting execution
  • Roast data logging and history
Features
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IKAWA’s Sample Roaster is enabling consistent, repeatable roasting by using digital precision. It improves quality, saves time and encourages collaboration and learning through profile sharing. SMARTER SAMPLE ROASTING The IKAWA Sample Roaster will automatically adjust heat and airflow to match your roast profile. This means consistency between your roasts and everyone else on the team, over and over again. Design and edit roast profiles with up to 20 temperature points and 10 fan points, then repeat roasts or fine tune your roast profiles. Edit profiles for the Exhaust Temperature Sensor, Inlet Sensor, and airflow with up to 20 control points on each line. ONLINE ROAST PROFILE LIBRARY IKAWA Sample Roaster profiles are shareable, and you can access our global roast profile library or share your own with your colleagues. HANDS FREE ROASTING WITH DIGITAL PRECISION AND CONTROL The IKAWA Pro App delivers hands free roasting with the incredible precision and control. Set a profile on the app, press go and the roaster will execute that roast with precision. CREATING A COMMON LANGUAGE Not only will you have access to our Roast Profile Library with profiles from around the world, but you can create a company set of roasts. This means from location to location, day to day, the roasts you and your team sample are the same. Save and share profiles and roast history, including; Colour Change, First Crack, Development Time Ratio, Rate of Rise graph, Roast Data CSV, Photos and Notes IKAWA’s patented Sample Rosters and designed and manufactured in our London workshop. To learn more, please visit www.ikawacoffee.com/for-professionals

About

Brewguide

This app helps you set up and personalize your Acaia Pearl S coffee scale. You can also browse, create, and share coffee recipes, and transfer them directly to your scale for guided brewing.

Highlights
  • Scale setup guide
  • Personalize scale messages
  • Browse official recipes
  • Create and share recipes
  • Transfer recipes to scale
  • Guided brewing mode
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Brewguide is the companion App for the Acaia Pearl S Welcome to your new scale! The Acaia Pearl S pairs with all of our apps but this is the one to use to set up the scale. If you don’t have a Pearl S, you can still browse and create recipes. In Brewguide, you can: * Walk through a setup guide to adjust settings like turning on/off modes, changing the weight unit, adjusting the auto-off timer, turning on/off the button sound, and changing the temperature unit. * Personalize your Pearl S with your own loading message * Browse official recipes or create and share your own with a QR code or link * Easily transfer a recipe to your Pearl S - the scale holds one recipe at a time To enter Brewguide mode, where you view the loaded recipe’s prompted steps, hold the Tare button until you see “Brewguide” on the scale.

Screenshots

IKAWA Pro4 screens
Brewguide4 screens

Verdict

The call

IKAWA Pro and Brewguide both sit at 3.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 46% of Brewguide's written reviews are positive against 35% of IKAWA Pro's. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

IKAWA Pro holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 14 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 35% of IKAWA Pro's written reviews are positive against 46% of Brewguide's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IKAWA Pro ships an update every 2 weeks, Brewguide monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
IKAWA Pro versus Brewguide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIKAWA ProBrewguide
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (12 ratings) — better3.1 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews34.8% of reviews46.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1214 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIKAWA ltd.acaia

Customer experience

IKAWA Pro

All ratings12 ratings
Positive58.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive34.8%
Neutral8.7%
Negative56.5%

Brewguide

All ratings14 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral21.4%
Negative35.7%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive46.4%
Neutral21.4%
Negative32.1%

In-app purchases

None

IKAWA Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Brewguide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IKAWA Pro free?
IKAWA Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Brewguide free?
Brewguide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, IKAWA Pro or Brewguide?
IKAWA Pro is rated higher. IKAWA Pro averages 3.3 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Brewguide averages 3.1 from 14 ratings.
Do IKAWA Pro or Brewguide have ads?
Neither IKAWA Pro nor Brewguide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IKAWA Pro or Brewguide?
IKAWA Pro ships an update every 2 weeks, and Brewguide monthly. Most recently, IKAWA Pro was updated on September 22, 2026 and Brewguide on October 5, 2026.

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