Reviews of Brew Timer : Make Great Coffee

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List of user reviews and ratings for Brew Timer : Make Great Coffee

Total ratings

4.63 (Rating count: 3,017)

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Review summary

Users broadly praise Brew Timer for its usefulness, clean UI, and flexibility with many brew methods and shareable recipes. The app is considered a strong learning tool that helps achieve repeatable results. Common drawbacks include a clunky start flow that requires multiple taps, unclear or limited grinder settings, and some UX/navigation gaps (editing while brewing, highlighting the current step, and lack of landscape mode). Ads can be intrusive, though there is a paid option to remove them.

Pros

Clear and intuitive UI that makes brewing easy.
Excellent customization and recipe sharing with support for many brew methods.
Strong presets (e.g., James Hoffmann French press, V60) and a library of shared recipes.
A powerful learning tool that helps you brew more accurately and consistently.

Cons

Flow requires multiple taps to start the timer; a one-tap start or quickstart widget would help.
Grinder settings are unclear and limited (e.g., up to 99 steps); requests for clearer unit handling and support for clicks/movement/rotations.
Ads can be intrusive, especially full-screen video ads; though there is a paid option to remove them.
UX/navigation gaps during brewing (editing recipes, current-step visibility, and lack of landscape mode).

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 4.60

All time rating average: 4.63

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6% (4)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-05-19	Ja*****	Edited rating, as I didn't know it would posted and just asking for feedback. Love the app and able to pick up famous recipes. The ads can get annoying due to some tricks Google uses to have you keep clicking. If I dont prep right before timer, amd have to go back to reset, the ad will play again, making you wait just to start timer again. Otherwise it would be 5 star, but thats not a big complaint for a free app. I just dont give 5 stars easily. So far best free coffee app for recipes!
Edited rating, as I didn't know it would posted and just asking for feedback. Love the app and able to pick up famous recipes. The ads can get annoying due to some tricks Google uses to have you keep clicking. If I dont prep right before timer, amd have to go back to reset, the ad will play again, making you wait just to start timer again. Otherwise it would be 5 star, but thats not a big complaint for a free app. I just dont give 5 stars easily. So far best free coffee app for recipes!
2026-03-30	Ha*****	so helpfull and easy to use
so helpfull and easy to use
2026-01-16	Po*****	very useful app
very useful app
2026-01-11	Ab*****	Excellent app! Fun to use!
Excellent app! Fun to use!
2025-12-24	He*****	great
great
2025-12-16	J *****	This has been by far the best brewing app I've used. Clear and intuitive and perfect for a home barista like me. Looking forward to improvements on manual burr settings.
This has been by far the best brewing app I've used. Clear and intuitive and perfect for a home barista like me. Looking forward to improvements on manual burr settings.
2025-10-08	Ti*****	Amazing app! Couldn't recommend this enough.
Amazing app! Couldn't recommend this enough.
2025-09-17	St*****	its okay, but I have to do 5 taps to load my daily recipe. ux not thought out at all.
its okay, but I have to do 5 taps to load my daily recipe. ux not thought out at all.
2025-08-19	Se*****	Excellent customer service 😊😊😊
Excellent customer service 😊😊😊
2025-02-22	Re*****	Love the app, it's almost perfect. The only thing I want is one tap start. Currently you need to go through 5 screens to get to the timer. A quickstart function or widget would be most welcome.
Love the app, it's almost perfect. The only thing I want is one tap start. Currently you need to go through 5 screens to get to the timer. A quickstart function or widget would be most welcome.