Reviews for BeerSmith 3 Mobile Homebrewing

Handy but overly complicated to use when compared to the desktop app. One issue tho. I’m unable to enter in the OG value in my recipe. It just won’t save the number.

great app. Just wish I could add a second packaging step and have it calculated based on that per package type.. example- I have a 21L batch but I want to keg 19L at 2.5/volume carbonation.. the other 2L I want to bottle. the amount of CO2 is calculated for the entire batch of 21l […]

I can’t trust this app, recipes or entire folders disappear randomly, ingredient values change periodically. It’s fine for building a recipe but I have to store past recipes elsewhere. I’m looking for an alternative.

Apparently there is no way to export recipe data? Only make a copy within the app that can only be viewed in the app? This lock-in makes me very sad. It’s enough that Apple and Google and Amazon are locking people into their eco systems, sad to see an indie developer doing the same.

Hi Brad, love the desktop version and the mobile app (desktop is better with more resolution for water adjustments). Will there be a future version which integrates desktop and mobile more closely, so a separate purchase is not required for both applications?

Update: BS version 3.0.8 has fixed the Brew Day timers! Not only are they working again, it appears that a paused timer will no longer issue an event notification based on the original unpaused schedule (old BS2 mobile bug). So the requirement to totally rewrite the timer code for Android was worth the wait 🙂 […]

Completely disappointed with the lack of updates and feature. Beta tester without access to cloud. Subscription model instead of lifetime access really sucks. Not worth it anymore. Lots of great alternatives with import functionality.

App just deleted all recipes without rhyme or reason. All historical brews and all future ones too. Don’t trust the app save hard copies if you want them to survive. Otherwise it works as expected but not deleting your users data seems pretty basic of an ask

Some of the worst UX/UI I have ever come across. For example pressing the Save button and then nothing happens. Then having to press Cancel to get back to a previous page. Weird brew day timer issues where I can’t pause or resume properly. And some really basic features are missing. How do I make […]

My recipes are magically deleted. Could never export them anyways because they want you to pay extra for their cloud service. So now they are just gone. The UI is atrocious. Can’t believe I paid for this. This is supposed to be the industry standard and it barely functions. FIX THIS!

Three stars at best from my perspective. My experience has been if you are trying to develop a certain beer recipe from a known recipe it is resistive to doing so. In the past I have been very positive regarding Beersmith products. Not any more, my enthusiasm has sharply diminished. I would look else where […]

Not very clear on how everything adds up and when it came time to figure out how much water to add it made me ruin a batch because I misread it. So kind of my bad but had it been clear I’d have given 5 stars. Still a great app and helps me calculate all […]

The Desktop software is great and the app is useful for some situations. The problem is that there isnt seamless cloud integration. you have to physically move your desktop files into a cloud folder. It would br great if they entirety of your data were accessible via cloud.

Was a great app. BUT updates broke it. The main use of the app over desktop is the brewday features. The biggest issue is the brewday timer alerts don’t work anymore. The alarm for steps only alerts if you open you phone up. If you screen is off, it won’t alarm. Kinda defeats the purpose […]

Stupid to use. Can’t actually edit half the things you want to on your phone(even though you PAY for the app), you can’t collaborate with anyone, and best thing is after you pay for the app you can only store 15 recipes on the cloud. really beersmith? Really wanted to like the app but I […]

Although the app is very good for building your recipes it is terrible at doing calculations if things change. I use it for building the recipe bit that is all. Half of the time my mash calculations are off, it carries a grain bill weight I have no idea where it gets it from, possibly […]

I’m a long time BeerSmith user, started with version 1.3 I figured it’s high time I moved to using a tablet rather than a bulky laptop. I kinda wish I hadn’t. Clunky slow interface, local search doesn’t work when using nested folders, can’t import BeerXML, can’t import equipment profiles or water profiles, no export, no […]

First of all, I’ve been using the desktop version 2 – never upgraded to version 3. I got a tablet, so I decided that I’d get the Android version. After struggling a bit, I figured I can send profiles and recipes from one to the other using the “Cloud” which allows to share 15 recipes […]

Loses recipes. No import of beer.xml files Lots of tools. Generally a good app, but constantly messes up my recipes lists with duplicates and lost recipes. There are 2 built in tools to try to recover lost recipes so this is a known bug. No way to transfer recipes from one phone to another phone […]

I’ve had this app for three days and have been migrating recipes from another app. In three days I’ve had one folder and two recipes disappear, twice. I was able to recover the recipes by “rebuilding” the recipe list in the options menu, but now I can’t trust the app to store my recipes. Otherwise […]