Brewfather
All-in-One Brewing App·brewfather.app
$2.5–$4.17/mo · Free plan See pricing ↓
Brewfather is a brewing app for recipe design, batch tracking, guided brew days, live fermentation monitoring and inventory management. It runs as a web app plus native iOS and Android apps, syncing one account across every device in real time, online or offline. It is used by both homebrewers and commercial breweries, with traceability features for the latter.
What it's for
Features 20
- 20+ device and service integrations
- Batch traceability features (lot numbers, best-before dates, brewer field) for commercial breweries
- BeerXML and BeerJSON import/export
- BJCP and custom style guidelines with in-range indicators
- Brewfather AI assistant for recipe creation, modification and inventory analysis (Premium Plus)
- Configurable fermentation notifications
- Cross-device alarm sync during brew day
- Fermentation profiles with scheduled temperature steps
- Free brewing calculators (ABV, IBU, carbonation, strike water, yeast pitch rate, hydrometer/refractometer correction)
- Full REST API v2 with webhooks and Connected Apps
- Guided brew day with auto-generated step timers
- Inventory tracking with stock levels and cost per batch
- Live fermentation monitoring via wireless hydrometers
- Multiple IBU formulas (Tinseth, Rager, Noonan, Garetz)
- PDF printing of recipes and batches
- Printable inventory stock and shopping lists
- Public recipe library with search by style/ingredient
- Recipe designer with live OG, FG, ABV, IBU and color calculation
- Recipe scaling to any batch size and version history
- Water chemistry profiles with salt additions and pH estimation engines
At a glance
Integrations
Pricing
Premium is around $29.99/€29.99/£24.99 per year and Premium Plus around $49.99/year; prices vary slightly by region and tax. Monthly billing is also available but no specific monthly amount is stated. 14-day money-back guarantee; cancel anytime.
Free forever.
Up to 25 recipes & 25 batches
Around $29.99/year (also stated as €29.99/£24.99, varies by region and tax); monthly billing also available but no specific monthly figure stated. 30-day free trial, 14-day money-back guarantee.
Unlimited recipes & batches
Around $49.99/year, varies by region and tax.
Everything in Premium, plus 500 AI credits/month and 5 GB storage
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