The Complete Brewing App

Brew day on your wrist. Recipes in your pocket.

Full recipe design, cascading brew day timers, water chemistry, and Apple Watch — everything the big apps charge subscriptions for. Free forever.

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✓ No subscription ✓ Works offline ✓ No account required
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5.0 on the App Store
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BJCP style profiles
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Brew Pilot Recipe List
🧪 Free Tool
Optimize your brew water
in 2 minutes.
Enter your source water, pick a style profile — IPA, stout, lager — and get exact mineral additions: gypsum, calcium chloride, mash pH and more.
Try the Water Calculator free
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All-Grain, Extract & Sour
Full recipe design
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Cascading Timers
Chained, not just countdown
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Offline-First
Your data stays on device
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BeerXML Import
Zero switching cost
What Brewers Say

Straight from the App Store.

5.0 stars. Every brewer who's tried it loves it. Here's what they're saying.

★★★★★

"Finally a homebrewing app that actually works the way brew day works. The cascading timers are brilliant — my mash flows into my boil automatically. And on my Apple Watch? Game changer."

Jake M.
App Store Review · 5 stars
★★★★★

"I was paying $3.49/month for Brewfather and honestly didn't use half the features. Brew Pilot has everything I actually need — recipes, timers, water chemistry — for free. Switched and never looked back."

Ryan D.
App Store Review · 5 stars
★★★★★

"The Dynamic Island timer is something I didn't know I needed until I had it. Brew step always visible, hands covered in grain dust, no fumbling with my phone. This is how brewing apps should work."

Tom K.
App Store Review · 5 stars
Apple Ecosystem

Built for how you actually brew.

Your hands are wet, your grain is mashing, and your phone is across the room. That's why Brew Pilot lives on your wrist, your lock screen, and your home screen.

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Apple Watch App

Full brew day control from your wrist. See active timers, current step, and temperature targets without picking up your phone. Haptic alerts for every transition.

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Dynamic Island & Live Activities

Your current brew step lives at the top of your screen and on your lock screen. Timer countdowns, hop additions, temperature reminders — always visible, never buried.

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Home Screen Widgets

Glanceable brew status right on your home screen. See your next brew, active timers, or recent recipes without opening the app.

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iPhone-Native Design

Not a web wrapper. Not a cross-platform port. Built with SwiftUI for iOS — fast, fluid, and right at home on your iPhone.

Everything You Need

A complete brewing platform. Not just timers.

Recipe design, brew day execution, water chemistry, cost tracking — everything the subscription apps offer, without the subscription.

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Full Recipe Design

All-grain, extract, partial mash, sours. Build recipes from scratch or import via BeerXML. 109 BJCP style profiles with guidelines and targets.

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Cascading Brew Day Timers

Equipment-aware timers that chain together. Your mash flows into your boil. Hop additions fire on schedule. No manual management.

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Water Chemistry & Mash pH

Calculate water adjustments and predict mash pH. Dial in your water profile for any style — no spreadsheets required.

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Grain, Hop, Yeast & Adjunct Databases

Comprehensive ingredient databases with detailed profiles. Search, filter, and add to recipes instantly.

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Recipe Versioning

Iterate on recipes without losing history. Track what changed between batches and why. Every version saved, every tweak recorded.

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Cost Tracking

Know what every batch costs. Ingredient prices, per-batch breakdown, and cost-per-pint calculations for every recipe.

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BeerXML Import & Export

Bring your recipes from Brewfather, BeerSmith, or Brewer's Friend. Export them back if you ever want to leave. Zero lock-in.

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Full Backup & Restore

Complete data backup and restore. Your recipes, brew logs, and settings — all exportable, all recoverable. Your data is yours.

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Offline-First & Private

No account. No cloud sync. No subscription gate. Everything works offline, everything stays on your device. Period.

Questions & Answers

Straight answers. No fine print.

Before you download, here's what you actually want to know.

Why is there no Android version?

We started with iOS because Apple Watch and Dynamic Island required it. Android is genuinely coming — we track demand with a waitlist. If you sign up, you'll be first to know when it ships.

Why one-time pricing instead of a subscription?

Because a tool you own is worth more than a service you rent. Brewfather's annual fee means every year they raise prices, you're on the hook. $24.99 once means the app pays for itself in under 7 months — and after that it's free. We believe sustainable software earns money by being worth it, not by making leaving expensive.

What if I already use Brewfather or BeerSmith?

Switching takes under 30 seconds. Export your recipes from any BeerXML-compatible app, then import into Brew Pilot. That's it — your recipes, your equipment profiles, your water settings, all here. No manual re-entry.

Is my data private? Where does it go?

Offline-first by design. Brew Pilot stores everything on your device and in your personal iCloud. There are no servers, no accounts, no data collection. We don't see your recipes, your brew history, or your email. This isn't a privacy policy — it's architecture.

Will I lose my recipes if Brew Pilot disappears?

Your data is fully portable. Export any recipe as BeerXML anytime — it's a standard format, readable by any app, forever. If you ever want to leave, export everything and go. We built on open standards because lock-in is a business decision, not a technical constraint.

Does it work without internet?

Yes, completely. Brew day timers, recipe design, water chemistry — all of it works offline. No signal needed in the garage, basement, or the middle of nowhere. iCloud sync works when you're back online.

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See It In Action

Screenshots that say more than a thousand features.

This is what you actually get when you open the app.

Brew Day Execution
Step-by-step brew day checklist with active timer
Cascading Mash Timer
Cascading mash timer with stir reminders (60 min mash, 4 stirs)
Recipe Detail
Recipe detail — Alpha Centauri Double IPA with stats & flavor profile
Grain Bill & Hop Schedule
Grain Bill, Hop Schedule & Adjuncts
Water Chemistry Editor
Water Chemistry Editor — full ion profile with SO₄:Cl ratio
Yeast, Water & Brew History
Yeast selection, Water Profile & Brew History
Yeast Starter Calculator
Yeast Starter Calculator — viability, cell count, shortfall
The Honest Comparison

What you get vs. what they charge for.

Brewfather just raised prices 50%. BeerSmith mobile is stuck in 2018. Brewer's Friend Android is broken. Here's how Brew Pilot stacks up.

Feature Brewfather BeerSmith Brew Pilot
Recipe Design ✓ ✓ ✓
Brew Day Timers Basic ✗ Cascading
Apple Watch ✗ ✗ ✓
Dynamic Island ✗ ✗ ✓
Live Activities ✗ ✗ ✓
Home Screen Widgets ✗ ✗ ✓
Water Chemistry ✓ ✓ ✓
BeerXML Import ✓ ✓ ✓
Works Offline ✗ Desktop ✓
No Account Required ✗ ✗ ✓
Pricing $3.49/mo $29.99 Free
Simple Pricing

Pay once. Own it forever.

No trials, no time limits, no feature gates that make the free tier useless. Basic brewers get everything they need at $0.

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Brewfather just raised prices again — now $41.88/year. That's $1,200 over 10 years for features Brew Pilot includes for $24.99, once. We think tools should be owned, not rented.
FREE FOREVER
$0
No account required. No expiration.
  • Full recipe design (all-grain, extract, sour)
  • 109 BJCP style profiles
  • Cascading brew day timers
  • Dynamic Island & Live Activities
  • Home screen widgets
  • BeerXML import & export
  • Grain, hop, yeast & adjunct databases
  • Full backup & restore
  • Offline-first, no account needed
PREMIUM — ONE-TIME
$24.99
One purchase. Yours forever. No subscription.
⚡ Saves $1,200+ over 4 years vs. Brewfather
  • Everything in Free, plus:
  • Run multiple active brews
  • Recipe versioning & archiving
  • PDF recipe export
  • BJCP style compliance checker
  • Water chemistry & ion calculations
  • Refractometer & force carb calculators
  • Mash pH & yeast starter calculators
  • Cross-batch analysis & averages
  • Ingredient, batch & pint cost
  • Stepped mash schedules
  • Apple Watch companion
  • Storage tags
  • Multiple equipment profiles
  • iCloud sync
Brew Pilot Premium Paywall
$24.99 — vs $3.49/month that compounds forever

Stop paying subscriptions to brew beer.

Everything you need to design recipes, nail your brew day, and track your batches. On your phone, on your wrist, on your terms.

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Available on iPhone, iPad & Apple Watch

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