Brewmaster vs Your CVA Flavor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Your CVA Flavor
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[Your CVA Flavor] is developed by utilize the SCA (Specialty Coffee Association)'s CVA (Coffee Value Assessment) protocol. This app allows users to accurately assess and record the flavors and values of the coffee, while efficiently managing time and scoring during the cupping process. Key Features 1. Intuitive Evaluation System "Your CVA Flavor" provides an interface that allows users to easily record key elements of coffee evaluation such as aroma, aftertaste, acidity, and body. Each category’s intensity can be quickly checked, and scores can be easily entered. The flavor profile is evaluated through a simple method of selecting relevant attributes from a set of approximately 10 checkboxes. This system simplifies the complex cupping process while ensuring precise recording, making it suitable for both beginners and experts. 2. Automatic Scoring and Statistics Once the evaluation is complete, the app automatically calculates the cupping scores based on the entered data. Users can immediately see the scores for individual categories and the overall score, making it easy to analyze and compare the results. Additionally, "Your CVA Flavor" provides beautiful and intuitive graphical statistics based on the evaluation results, helping users to better understand the characteristics and differences between various coffees at a glance. 3. Time-Based Statistics Management "Your CVA Flavor" also offers essential tools such as timers and clocks for the cupping process, where time management is crucial. The app doesn’t just show the end-time results but also allows users to revisit the changes in notes, intensity, and scores during the cupping process, thanks to its intuitive timeline. It’s a powerful tool for observing how the flavors evolve throughout each phase of the cupping process. 4. Cloud-Based Data Storage All evaluation data can be stored in the cloud, allowing users to access their results anytime and anywhere. By signing up for an account, users can securely store and manage their data, making it possible to accumulate coffee evaluation data over time. This feature is particularly useful for users looking to track and analyze their cupping results across different devices. 5. Enhanced User Experience The app offers more than just a tool for coffee evaluation. With its beautiful and intuitive design, it ensures a smooth user experience, allowing anyone from beginners to experts to use it with ease. Attention to detail in the cupping process helps users understand and evaluate the essence of coffee more effectively. With this app, users can identify their coffee preferences more precisely based on the evaluation results, making it an invaluable tool for comparing and analyzing various coffees. [Your CVA Flavor] is essential not only for those in the coffee industry but also for coffee lovers everywhere. Download "Your CVA Flavor" now and experience a new dimension in coffee evaluation!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Your CVA Flavor at fortnightly against Brewmaster's monthly. Your CVA Flavor also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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.
Brewmaster ships an update monthly, Your CVA Flavor fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brewmaster | Your CVA Flavor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (18 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 17.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | acaia | Donghyo KO |
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
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- 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
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- 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
Your CVA Flavor
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Brewmaster
No in-app purchases
Your CVA Flavor
No in-app purchases









