Skaffee vs Hikaru Brew
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Skaffee
Record and share your coffee brewing process with this app. It offers a convenient learning mode and access to community knowledge. Works with a specific smart scale for precise measurements.
- Record brew process
- Share brewing techniques
- Convenient learning mode
- Community intelligence
- Works with Skale scale
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Learning x Sharing Record your brew process, share your thought Convenient learning mode Community's intelligence and experience By using Skale electrical scale with Skaffee coffee brewing app, experts can share the pour over coffee brewing process and hobbyists can explore the goodies of pour over coffee. Skaffee works with a hardware Skale, which is a precise scale with real-time response. Manual: skale.gitbooks.com Where to Buy: http://www.skale.cc/store/
Hikaru Brew
Control your smart coffee brewer with this app. Monitor brewing status, access a variety of recipes, and create your own custom blends. It also provides guided setup and maintenance support for your coffee machine.
- Real-time machine status monitoring
- Access built-in and master-crafted recipes
- Create and import custom recipes
- Guided setup and maintenance
- Ice drip coffee brewing support
- Share recipes via QR code
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Designed for the Hiroia Hikaru coffee brewer, this app makes consistent, delicious pour-over coffee a one-tap affair. Key features - One-tap brewing: four recipe slots — S, M, L and P — with 9 preset recipes built in, switched anytime - Hiroia Selects: recipes from coffee professionals, ready to brew - Live Brew: adjust the flow rate as you pour, then save it as a recipe - Brew Sequence and Ice Drip: let the machine do the work - Machine status at a glance, plus help with initial setup, machine calibration, descaling and draining Advanced features (login required) - Create and save your own recipes
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hikaru Brew at 3.0 against Skaffee's 2.0. Hikaru Brew also leads on review sentiment (36% vs 0%) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). Skaffee's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.5). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Hikaru Brew holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Skaffee's written reviews are positive against 36% of Hikaru Brew's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Skaffee | Hikaru Brew |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 3.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 36.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Atomax Inc. | HIROIA Communications Pte. Ltd. |
Customer experience
Skaffee
Hikaru Brew
In-app purchases
Skaffee
No in-app purchases
Hikaru Brew
No in-app purchases
