Comparison

Brewmaster vs Orsa

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

Orsa

Log your espresso shots quickly by reusing previous brew parameters. Filter and rank your favorite coffee pulls by bean or quality. Track your current, next, and finished brews with ease.

Highlights
  • Reusable brew parameters
  • Fast shot logging
  • Filter by bean
  • Rank by quality
  • Track current/next/finished brews
  • Edit past shots
Features
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Orsa is a minimal espresso journal that removes repetitive logging by reusing your brew parameters. Focus on the shot. Orsa remembers the rest. Save brew details once. Orsa reuses them so you can log shots fast; without repeating yourself. Filter by bean. Rank by quality. Filter shots by bean or rating to quickly revisit your best pulls. Adjust when needed. Leave the rest. Edit a shot when something changes. Leave everything else as is. Track what’s brewing, what’s next, and what’s done. Track what you’re brewing now, what’s next, and what’s finished.

Screenshots

Brewmaster4 screens
Orsa4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Orsa at 5.0 against Brewmaster's 1.7. Brewmaster's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (18 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Orsa holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brewmaster has 18 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brewmaster ships an update monthly, Orsa every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Brewmaster versus Orsa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrewmasterOrsa
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.7 (18 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews17.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better2
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperacaiaRoman Denson

Customer experience

Brewmaster

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

Orsa

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
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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

Orsa

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Brewmaster

No in-app purchases

None

Orsa

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Brewmaster free?
Brewmaster is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Orsa free?
Orsa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Brewmaster or Orsa?
Orsa is rated higher. Brewmaster averages 1.7 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Orsa averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Brewmaster or Orsa have ads?
Neither Brewmaster nor Orsa shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brewmaster or Orsa?
Brewmaster ships an update monthly, and Orsa every 3 months. Most recently, Brewmaster was updated on November 5, 2026 and Orsa on October 31, 2026.

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