Comparison

Brewmaster vs La Marzocco

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

Head to head
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.

About

La Marzocco

This app offers advanced control and monitoring for espresso machines, catering to both home baristas and professionals. It allows for remote adjustments of brewing parameters, real-time insights into shot statistics, and seamless integration with compatible equipment for precise coffee preparation.

Highlights
  • Advanced brewing parameter adjustment
  • Real-time shot monitoring and statistics
  • Brew-by-Weight and Grind-by-Weight integration
  • Remote machine control and scheduling
  • Equipment sharing and access control
  • Unified coffee ecosystem management
Features
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La Marzocco For Home & Professional Baristas The La Marzocco app gives you complete control over your espresso workflow, whether you’re brewing at home or managing a busy café. Designed to work seamlessly with La Marzocco machines, it provides advanced brewing controls, real-time monitoring, and detailed shot statistics. Key Features Machine Control – Adjust brewing parameters, temperature, pressure, pre-brew & pre-infusion, schedule power on/off, auto-backflush, and monitor performance from anywhere. Coffee Station – Connect multiple La Marzocco machines and accessories for a cohesive coffee ecosystem. Brew-by-Weight & Grind-by-Weight – Pair your Linea Mini, Pico, or Swan grinder with a connected scale for café-level precision. Equipment Sharing – Grant machine access to others—perfect for home setups, shared spaces, and professional environments. Real-Time Insights – Track usage, see shot history, monitor performance, and refine your coffee routine with data-driven precision. What’s New? This new and improved La Marzocco app replaces both the previous La Marzocco Home App and La Marzocco Pro App, bringing a redesigned interface, expanded features, and more intuitive, responsive control over your equipment’s internal features and variables.

Screenshots

Brewmaster4 screens
La Marzocco3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: La Marzocco at 3.7 against Brewmaster's 1.7. La Marzocco also leads on review sentiment (30% vs 17%) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

La Marzocco holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Brewmaster's written reviews are positive against 30% of La Marzocco's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Brewmaster versus La Marzocco: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrewmasterLa Marzocco
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.7 (18 ratings)3.7 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews17.5% of reviews30.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1818
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB103 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperacaiaLa Marzocco s.r.l.

Customer experience

Brewmaster

All ratings18 ratings
Positive11.1%
Neutral5.6%
Negative83.3%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive17.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative76.2%

La Marzocco

All ratings18 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews269 reviews
Positive30.5%
Neutral9.7%
Negative59.9%

User reviews

Brewmaster

From 18 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💯 Scale accuracy and quality
  • ☕️ Useful for tracking brews
  • 🔄 Replicating favorite brews
  • 📊 Real-time flow rate monitoring
  • 💡 Potential for pour over training

Room to improve

  • 📱 Poor app quality/effort
  • 📉 Unstable and crashes often
  • 🔗 Bluetooth connectivity issues
  • 🗑 Data loss and deletion
  • ⏳ Inaccurate timer function

La Marzocco

From 18 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Much improved interface, functionality, and reliability
  • 👍 Painless set-up and firmware update process
  • 👍 Includes ability to invite other users to control the machine
  • 👍 Includes settings for pre-brew without plumb-in and shows brew time stats
  • 👍 Specific machine color now shown

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Firmware update fails, machine turns on randomly
  • 🐛 Unable to log into their own network to authenticate logins
  • 👎 Tiny, hard-to-read shot timer, disappears after shot
  • 👎 Celsius temperature only, difficult to adjust
  • 👎 Busy, crowded, and hard to read interface

Bugs and requests

Brewmaster

Reported bugs

24 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • Bluetooth connection unreliable
  • Saved images not showing
  • Data not saved or deleted randomly
  • Timer skips seconds or is inaccurate
Show 19 more
  • App crashes when accessing specific features (e.g., kettle settings)
  • Cannot edit water or update profile picture
  • CSV output incomplete
  • App crashes on startup
  • Cannot pair with scale
  • Lost data after crash
  • Saving photos not working
  • Connectivity broken after updates
  • Auto-start has significant lag
  • Background process drains phone battery
  • Flow rate measurement changed/inaccurate
  • Cannot measure to a tenth of a gram
  • Timer only begins when espresso lands in cup, not when start is pressed
  • App adds extra seconds to total brew time
  • Average flow rate not calculated or displayed
  • Information from other apps not retrieved
  • Cannot save brew curves after update
  • Automatic transfer of notes from one shot to the next
  • Timer on scale doesn't run if app is running

Requested features

18 requests
  • Hire a better software team
  • Improve app stability and maintenance
  • Update UI to be more modern
  • Allow manual data input
  • Add dark mode
Show 13 more
  • Improve graph readability
  • Add flow rate calculator
  • Sync scale timer and app timer
  • Allow 0.1g accuracy in timer mode
  • Auto-stop feature
  • Search functionality for previous brews
  • Comparison of brew charts side-by-side
  • Recommendations for brew ratios by coffee type
  • Fix display on iPhone 6+
  • Allow editing of profile name
  • Change 'Tribe' to 'Brew Method'
  • API documentation for third-party apps
  • One unified app instead of multiple

La Marzocco

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Firmware update timeouts
  • Connectivity issues, unable to pair with machine
  • App turns machine on randomly when losing WiFi
  • Home assistant integration broken after update

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add shot timer that takes up the entire screen
  • Add option to display temperature in Fahrenheit
  • Improve accessibility with larger fonts and better contrast
  • Add dark mode option
  • Integrate with voice assistants like Siri for voice commands

In-app purchases

None

Brewmaster

No in-app purchases

None

La Marzocco

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Brewmaster free?
Brewmaster is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is La Marzocco free?
La Marzocco is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Brewmaster or La Marzocco?
La Marzocco is rated higher. Brewmaster averages 1.7 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while La Marzocco averages 3.7 from 18 ratings.
Do Brewmaster or La Marzocco have ads?
Neither Brewmaster nor La Marzocco shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brewmaster or La Marzocco?
Brewmaster ships an update monthly, and La Marzocco monthly. Most recently, Brewmaster was updated on November 5, 2026 and La Marzocco on November 5, 2026.

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