Brewer's Friend

Wow…the old app screamed iOS4. After years, here’s a update! Yay! Looks clean. Loads fast. A few layout issues where text fields overlap in portrait mode. But hey - if they keep fixing things it will get better! Hope they don’t go into cold storage with this new app.

I love Brewer's Friend, but the new app is so glitchy that is is unusable. There are no timers anymore, or they don't work. I had to exit the app in the middle of brewday, and the brew session I had started is completely missing. I deleted the app thinking there was a problem with install, and now nothing is available. No recipes, brew sessions, or anything else. I can view all of my info from my laptop, but this app is currently useless.

Issue with fermentables menu instantly crashing.

Items added to inventory don’t appear right away which is confusing. The app frequently closes recipes for no reason losing unsaved data. It gets stuck in a loop pestering you for a premium upgrade that won’t go away. When adding ingredients to a recipe, the ingredient screen will disappear mid-addition without saving. Overall a buggy, frustrating, and unusable experience. The legacy app is far more usable and reliable.