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.
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
The developer, Benjamin Holder, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- 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.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
18+
- 18+
- Frequent
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Brew Pilot Premium $24.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Benjamin Holder
