Comparison

Brewmaster vs SnapDial

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

SnapDial

Features
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Stop wasting your first six shots. Snap the bag, get your starting numbers, be dialed in by shot two. And when the bag runs out, find the roaster again. SnapDial reads any coffee bag label (roaster, origin, process, roast) and turns it into a concrete grind, dose, and yield recipe for your exact machine and grinder. No generic 1:2 advice: real numbers in your grinder's own units. NEW IN 2.0 • Roaster finder: hundreds of independent roasters in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Search by city, postcode or roaster name and see how far away each one is. Nothing nearby? SnapDial shows the nearest roaster and who ships to you. • Buy it again: once a coffee is dialed in, the recipe shows where to get it again, one tap to the roaster's shop. • Household: everyone who shares the machine gets their own corrections and taste. Free, no limit. • Share card: send your dial-in as a picture. • Near me and map view of all roasters (Pro). Your location stays on your iPhone. WHAT YOU GET • Photograph a bag, get a starting recipe in seconds • One-question feedback loop: taste + flow → exactly one change • Grinder calibration that narrows in on your setup over time (Pro) • Add bags manually without a photo (Pro) • Multiple equipment setups: home and office (Pro) • Community starting points from other owners of your grinder (Pro) • Shot history: last 3 free; full timeline and dial-in stats (Pro) • Coffee school: process and roast basics free; flavour deepening (Pro) • Works in German and English SnapDial is free to use: limited bag scans per month, one equipment setup, last-3 shot history, roaster finder with search and distances, household profiles, basics education, full recipe engine and feedback loop. SnapDial Pro removes the limits and adds calibration, taste profile, manual add, community starts, multi-setup, full history and stats, near me and map in the finder, and the full education library. Purchases restore via Restore purchases on the Pro screen (same Apple ID). Your recipes, shots and equipment stay on your device. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Brewmaster4 screens
SnapDial4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Brewmaster at none against SnapDial's 3. On price, update cadence, ads 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

Both are free to download. SnapDial sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Brewmaster asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brewmaster ships an update monthly, SnapDial every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Brewmaster versus SnapDial: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrewmasterSnapDial
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.7 (18 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews17.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperacaiaBoris Fruendt

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

SnapDial

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Brewmaster

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

SnapDial

Subscriptions2
  • SnapDial Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • SnapDial Pro Annual7 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • SnapDial Pro Lifetime$44.99

Questions

Is Brewmaster free?
Brewmaster is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SnapDial free?
SnapDial is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Brewmaster or SnapDial have ads?
Neither Brewmaster nor SnapDial shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brewmaster or SnapDial?
Brewmaster ships an update monthly, and SnapDial every 2 months. Most recently, Brewmaster was updated on October 29, 2026 and SnapDial on October 31, 2026.

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