Grainfather Community

Name: Grainfather Community
Rating: 4 (89 reviews)
Author: BSGi NZ Limited

By: BSGi NZ Limited App

Connect. Brew. Share.

Overview

Version:

5.9.3

Last updated: 2026-04-02

Ranking

#167,196 ▼ 4,643

Overall

Features & Capabilities

Grainfather Community helps homebrewers learn, experiment and optimize beer making. Access recipes, calculators, and step-by-step notifications, plus a feature-rich recipe creator.

The app supports multiple brewing systems, connects to Grainfather G Series controllers, and integrates with fermentation trackers like Tilt, Brewbrain, iSpindel and PLAATO, with multilingual support across 10 languages.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Education Community Data

By:

BSGi NZ Limited

Rating:

4.00

(89)

Version:

5.9.3 Last updated: 2026-04-02

Version code:

883981018

Creation date:

2016-11-01

Compatible devices:

Size:

220.44MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-19

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 167,196 ▼ 4,643

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Developed by:

BSGi NZ Limited

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/grainfather-community/id1169264880

Website:

https://www.grainfather.com/

User Reviews

Users praise the Grainfather Community app for remote brew-day control and strong recipe integration with Grainfather hardware, Tilts/Gcast connectivity, and a feature-rich toolkit. However, feedback centers on instability: crashes on launch or after updates, difficulty starting and logging brew sessions, flaky recipe creation and data loss, and a disliked new UI with navigation/readability issues. Some report reliable operation when connected, but QA and consistency remain concerns. Overall, the app works well when stable, but needs significant reliability and UX improvements to satisfy most users.

Pros

Remote monitoring and control of the brew day from anywhere, including mash temperature adjustments
Strong recipe programming, syncing, and transferring recipes to brew sessions
Good integration with Grainfather hardware and peripherals (G40/G30) and accessories (Gcast, Tilts)
Feature-rich app with calculators, tutorials, and community tools
Reliable operation when a connection to the hardware is established

Cons

Frequent crashes on startup or after updates, causing unusable experience
Difficulties starting a brew session and logging sessions; poor session control
Recipe editing/saving/transfer bugs, including disappearing recipes and duplicates
UI/UX issues with the new interface; poor readability and navigation (especially on iPad)
Data integrity and QA issues around updates; glitches and reliability concerns

Recent reviews

I have a G40 to simplify my brew day. The last time I used this app about 2 months ago it was okay, now I can’t even figure out how to start a brew session.