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BeerSmith Lite app for iPhone and iPad


4.0 ( 7280 ratings )
Lifestyle Food & Drink
Developer: BeerSmith LLC
3.99 USD
Current version: 2.3.6, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 18 Oct 2012
App size: 12.91 Mb

BeerSmith 2, the top selling home brewing software, comes to iPhone and iPad! The Lite version lets you view, time, and carry your recipes on the go (no editing). BeerSmith Lite lets you search from thousands of beer recipes on our BeerSmithRecipes database, and download and view them on your phone or tablet. The app is also tightly integrated with our desktop software and cloud recipe service, making it a snap to view your recipes on the go. An integrated brew day timer with notifications shows you step by step instructions for your recipes and plays an alarm as each completes. A beer style guide, ingredient reference, set of 7 brewing calculators and unit converters rounds out this great app!

The ultimate companion app for BeerSmith users - create a recipe at your desktop cloud folder, walk in the garage, and run the brew-day timer from your mobile device!

NOTE: The Lite version does not allow you to create or alter recipes - you need a desktop copy of BeerSmith or our full app to create/edit.

Features:
- Search, view and select from thousands of shared BeerSmith Recipes
- Brew-day timer for steep, mash and boil with notifications and alarms
- Ability to store recipes you find locally or to your cloud account
- Full integration with the desktop version of BeerSmith via your cloud folder
- Any recipe you move to your desktop cloud folder can be used in the app!
- Full beer style guide in app for reference
- Ingredient reference including hundreds of brewing grains, hops, yeasts, water, misc
- Seven calculators including: hydrometer adjust, infusions, alcohol/attenuation, mash adjust, weight/volume, refractometer and carbonation
- Five unit converters: temperature, gravity, weight, volume, pressure

Pros and cons of BeerSmith Lite app for iPhone and iPad

BeerSmith Lite app good for

Good initial release, very functional. Now Id like to calculate gravity for two hydrometers calibrated at different temps (60 & 68). Also need to be able to display volumes and weights in metric, along with temps in degrees Fahrenheit. Browse recipe database by style would also be a nice improvement.
Prepare to wait minutes to search for recipes, then when you save one locally the OK button does not take you back. When viewing recipe, and looking at one of the ingredients, that Back button take you all the way out to the main menu. If usability and money are no concern to you, then this app is for you.

Some bad moments

Freezes non stop. Wish I could get my money back. Doesnt work at all as it freezes and has to be restarted. Cannot create a recipe. Waste of money. Avoid as it does not work.
Navigating through the app is impossible which makes using it a chore. Every time you want to edit an ingredient in a recipe the back or save buttons dont work and you have to restart it.. Meaning the edits dont save. Please fix this issue or the app is useless and a waste of money!!
Love being able to view my recipes on the go. Transferring them via the cloud is simple. Would like to see it expanded for the iPhone 5 screen in the next update. Great app Brad!
Works great so far that I can tell. BeerSmith has always been on the ball with their PC product, I dont expect any less with the mobile version.
I have been using beersmith 2 for a while now and this is just what Ive been looking for. I can pull up my cloud recipes anywhere without needing a computer and the brew day timer means I dont have to leave my laptop near my brewing equipment!
I like the idea of the app and not necessarily having to drag out my laptop to utilize just a few tools and make adjustments during my brew session. The hydrometer adjust, refractomer % attenuation are fantastic to have at my finger tips.The reference tool along with all its ingredients and data is also very helpful as well as the unit conversion tool. However, I would like to have a few more of the BeerSmith tools at my fingertips like the yeast starter, hop bitterness, boil off and dilution tools included with PC version. This is a great start and great software to make your brewday a lot easier and keep you on track. Keep up the good work and Ill be looking forward to the next release!