Brew Pilot: Brew Better Beer

Complete Brew Day Assistant

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

Simple Yet Powerful Home Brew Assistant with No Subscription! Brew Pilot is the brewing companion that lives in your pocket and on your wrist. Design recipes on your phone, share them with a single QR code, and execute flawlessly on brew day with cascading timers and real-time calculations...all without internet, without accounts, without monthly subscriptions. BREW DAY FEATURES • Cascading equipment-aware timers for steep, mash, boil, and fermentation • Real-time mash pH calculator with water chemistry adjustments • Integrated brew log with one-tap step completion • Souring, fermentation, and aging phase tracking with editable start time...see exactly how many days into each phase you are • Auto-filled rack, keg, and bottle dates when you check off the matching step • Per-brew-day Live Activities & Dynamic Island timer...run multiple batches at once without losing your place • Apple Watch Companion (watchOS + iPhone 15+) RECIPE DESIGN • Complete all-grain, extract, partial mash, kettle sour, and mixed fermentation recipes • 109 BJCP style profiles with gravity ranges and characteristics • Group recipes by broad style...every IPA, Stout, Lager, or Sour in your library in one glance • Live ingredient library...tweak a grain's PPG, a yeast's notes, or a water profile, and every recipe that uses it picks up the change • Searchable ingredient libraries...find the grain, hop, yeast, or adjunct you need in seconds • BeerXML import/export (compatible with Brewfather, BeerSmith, Brewer's Friend) • Unlimited recipes in free tier RECIPE SHARING • QR codes - share a complete recipe by scan or photo; no account, no login, no link to click • Universal Links - recipients without the app see a styled web preview at share.brewpilotapp.com • Custom ingredients travel with the recipe - your custom grains, hops, and yeast auto-populate the recipient's library on scan • Universal stats - every shared card uses a standard efficiency so the numbers represent the recipe, not your specific brewery • Long-press the QR on a saved image to open it directly, no second device needed WHY BREW PILOT WINS • Offline-first: No internet required, no data harvesting • No account needed: Your recipes stay on your phone • Free forever: Full recipe design + brew logs, zero paywalls • One-time Pro ($24.99): Advanced water chemistry, BJCP profiles, multiple equipment setups, iCloud sync • watchOS + Dynamic Island: Brew day timer on your wrist - no phone needed • Cascading timers: All timers sync, reset, and pause together MADE FOR HOMEBREWERS WHO VALUE SIMPLICITY Built by someone who got tired of paying subscriptions for software that didn't work when you needed it most. No email harvesting. No monthly charges. Just a tool that disappears into your brew day and gets out of the way. FREE FOREVER. PREMIUM ONCE. • Brew Pilot is free with unlimited recipes, QR recipe sharing, BeerXML / JSON import and export, 1 active brew day, full brew day tracking, and 7 ready-to-brew house recipes. • Brew Pilot Premium unlocks pro calculators, BJCP style compliance, stepped mash, multiple equipment setups, water chemistry, cost tracking, iCloud sync, PDF brew sheets, Apple Watch companion, SG tracking, Tilt Hydrometer compatibility and cross-batch insights with a single one-time purchase. • No subscription. No recurring fees. Ever.

  • 5.0
    out of 5
    8 Ratings

1.7.2 - CACL2 noted as dihydrate - AA now forces 1 decimal point to remove rounding confusion 1.7.1: - Fixed bug where salt PPM was calculated on final volume instead of total volume - Added a "No Sparge, Full Volume Mash" option to equipment settings New in 1.7: Tilt Hydrometer Support (Premium) Drop your Tilt in the fermenter and Brew Pilot picks it up automatically. See live gravity and temperature on your brew day, log readings with one tap, and watch fermentation on a chart against your expected final gravity. Live ABV and attenuation update with every reading. Per-Tilt calibration lives in Setup › Equipment, with a live raw-vs-calibrated readout. Works with Tilt and Tilt Pro. Fermentation Log for Everyone No Tilt? Log hydrometer or refractometer readings by hand into the same chart and log, with ABV and attenuation on every entry. Readings sync through iCloud and backups. iPhone Duo Support Many minor bug fixes

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    Seller
    • Benjamin Holder
    Size
    • 22.2 MB
    Category
    • Food & Drink
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
    • Apple Watch
      Requires watchOS 26.0 or later.
    Languages
    • English
    Age Rating
    18+
    • 18+
    • Frequent
      Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    Copyright
    • © 2026 Benjamin Holder