Comparison

Coffee Hero vs Brewmaster

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

Head to head
About

Coffee Hero

This app helps you brew the perfect cup of coffee every time. It offers a brew-by-mass calculator and a comprehensive timer, allowing full control over customizable recipes for consistent results. Save and share your brewing creations with confidence.

Highlights
  • Brew by mass calculator
  • Comprehensive brewing timer
  • Customizable recipes
  • Repeatable consistency
  • Save and share recipes
  • Adjust recipes for different brew methods
Features
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Coffee Hero is a Barista brewing calculator that gives full control over each cup of coffee made with customizable recipes and repeatable consistency. Through use of a brew by mass calculator (brewing on a kitchen/gram scale) and a comprehensive brewing timer, Coffee Hero gives anyone the ability to brew the perfect cup anytime, every time. Never again will you be required to guess how much coffee to use when brewing, how much water you’ll need to brew an exact amount, or how much coffee you can make with a limited amount of beans. Coffee Hero allows you to brew a super cup consistently & repeatedly with full control over the entire spectrum of variables in coffee brewing, regardless of the situation. Want to modify your favorite Chemex recipe to French Press? No problem! Need to know how strong your coffee will actually brew? Done! With Coffee Hero, you have the power to create, save & share your results with confidence, whether you are at home, behind the bar, or on the go.

About

Brewmaster

This app logs your coffee brewing process, visualizing data in real-time with a connected scale. It helps you understand extraction, ratios, and share your brewing moments.

Highlights
  • Log brewing process, methods, notes, and flavors
  • Real-time visualized brewing charts
  • Monitor extraction amount and duration
  • Coffee ratio converter
  • Share brewing print cards
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Introducing “Brewmaster” Log your coffee brewing moment with Brewmaster. Using the acaia scale with the Brewmaster to create beautiful and informative visualized coffee brewing data which helps you to know your brewing better. A coffee log that does a live recording of your coffee brewing process, using acaia’s precise weighing technology, when you brew your coffee on the acaia coffee scale, whether it’s pourover or espresso, you can easily monitor the amount and the duration of coffee extraction. Features: Log-a-brew: Log your brewing process, methods, notes, and coffee flavors, brew better coffee with the acaia coffee scale. Real-time Visualize Brewing Print : improve coffee brewing with the real-time flow charts that reflects your pouring speed, flow rate, learn the way of coffee extraction and brew a mind-blowing cup of coffee with great flavor. And… Coffee Ratio Converter: Easy calculation of water to bean, or bean to water ratio. Celebrate The Moment: Share your brewing print cards with friends, remember the great times and great tastes.

Screenshots

Coffee Hero2 screens
Brewmaster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Brewmaster at Free against Coffee Hero's $4.99. Brewmaster also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 39 months) and ratings volume (18 vs 1). Coffee Hero's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 1.7). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Brewmaster is free to download; Coffee Hero costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Coffee Hero holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brewmaster has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Coffee Hero ships an update every 39 months, Brewmaster monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Coffee Hero versus Brewmaster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoffee HeroBrewmaster
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better1.7 (18 ratings)
Positive reviews—16.4% of reviews
Number of ratings118 — better
Update frequencyEvery 39 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRocket Science Heavy Industriesacaia

Customer experience

Coffee Hero

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Brewmaster

All ratings18 ratings
Positive11.1%
Neutral5.6%
Negative83.3%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive16.4%
Neutral6.6%
Negative77.0%

In-app purchases

None

Coffee Hero

No in-app purchases

None

Brewmaster

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Coffee Hero free?
Coffee Hero costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Brewmaster free?
Brewmaster is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Coffee Hero or Brewmaster?
Coffee Hero is rated higher. Coffee Hero averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Brewmaster averages 1.7 from 18 ratings.
Do Coffee Hero or Brewmaster have ads?
Neither Coffee Hero nor Brewmaster shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Coffee Hero or Brewmaster?
Coffee Hero ships an update every 39 months, and Brewmaster monthly. Most recently, Coffee Hero was updated on September 26, 2026 and Brewmaster on October 5, 2026.

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