The best brevv alternative for better coffee.
brevv scans a bag and writes you a pour-over recipe. Filtru does that and then measures the brew: fourteen scale brands, live graphs, espresso tools, and community recipes.
Available for iPhone and iPad. Free to download.
brevv – brew perfect coffee, on the App Store
First, some honesty.
brevv's pipeline is neat: scan the bag, get a recipe, brew it with timed steps, and the recipes adapt to your feedback.
It's pour-over only, subscription-gated, has no scale support, no live graphs, no espresso tools, no community, English only, and no public rating yet. Filtru covers the same pipeline plus everything brevv leaves out.
Filtru vs brevv,
feature by feature.
Based on each app’s public App Store listing and documentation, as of July 2026.
| Feature | brevv |
 Filtru
★ Recommended
|
|---|---|---|
| Guided step-by-step brew timers | Yes. Timed steps for pours | Yes. Guided timers for 15 methods |
| Brew methods covered | Partial. Pour-over brewers | Yes. 15 methods incl. espresso + moka |
| AI bag scanning | Yes. Smart Bean Recognition | Yes. AbolBuna, on-device, 50,000+ bags |
| Community & shared recipes | No. Not advertised | Yes. Community recipes on every brew method |
| Bluetooth scale support | No. Not advertised | Yes. 14 brands with live weight + flow rate |
| Live brew graphs (weight + flow) | No. Not advertised | Yes. Weight + flow-rate brew print per cup |
| Espresso tools | No. Not advertised | Yes. Dial-in, shot recording, TDS + extraction |
| Coffee journal | Yes. Log, rate, refine | Yes. Tasting notes with customisable bag styles |
| Languages | Partial. English only | Yes. 14 languages |
| Price | Partial. Pro £4.99/mo · £29.99/yr | Yes. Free · optional PRO from $3.49/mo |
| Track record | Partial. Est. 2025 · no public rating yet | Yes. 4.8★ from 11,914 ratings · est. 2016 |
“This is a great app for a beginner. It's helped me get my ratios right for different brewing methods.”— App Store review of Filtru
Why people switch from brevv to Filtru.
A recipe is a guess until you measure it.
brevv writes recipes; Filtru verifies them. Live weight and flow from your scale, a brew print of every cup, and extraction numbers for espresso.
The whole shelf, not just the dripper.
Filtru guides fifteen methods including espresso, moka pot, French press, and siphon. brevv stops at pour-over.
Recipes from people, not just a model.
Every Filtru method carries community recipes from real brewers, including recipes from James Hoffmann, alongside the baselines.
What you get when you switch.
AbolBuna, the on-device bag scanner
Point your camera at any coffee bag and the label becomes a journal entry. No server, no cloud AI, no typing. See the scanner →
Works with serious coffee scales
Acaia, Timemore, Felicita, Decent, BooKoo and more. Live weight and flow-rate feedback with automatic pairing. See supported scales →
Accessibility is a feature, not a checkbox
Filtru works properly with VoiceOver, including live spoken readouts of your scale's measurements while you brew, as often or as rarely as you like. And you can switch the whole app to fonts like OpenDyslexic, Lexend, or Atkinson Hyperlegible.
The answer is YES
Switching from brevv? These all have the same answer:
- Can I scan a bag and get a recipe in Filtru? Yes
- Can I brew espresso in Filtru? Yes
- Can I connect a Bluetooth coffee scale in Filtru? Yes
- Does Filtru work with VoiceOver? Yes
- Is Filtru free to try? Yes
Filtru is free to download and works with the gear you already own. No subscription needed to start brewing.
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brevv is a trademark of its respective owner; Filtru isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by it. Feature and pricing information comes from public listings and documentation as of July 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell me and I’ll fix it.