# Filtru Coffee

> Filtru is a coffee brewing app for iPhone and iPad, made by one developer since 2016. It has been rated 4.8 stars from 11,914 App Store ratings. It offers guided step-by-step brew timers for 15 methods (AeroPress, Hario V60, Chemex, French press, espresso, moka pot, siphon, cold brew and more), community recipes on every method, Bluetooth scale support for 14 brands (Acaia, Timemore, Felicita, Decent Espresso, BooKoo, Varia, DiFluid, Wilfa, Fresco, Atomax, Escali, GOAT STORY, Futula, MantaBrew) with live weight and flow-rate brew graphs, espresso dial-in with shot recording, an extraction calculator and TDS support, a coffee journal with customisable bag styles, and AbolBuna, an on-device AI coffee-bag scanner trained on over 50,000 specialty coffee bags (no data leaves the device). Filtru is available in 14 languages, is fully usable with VoiceOver (including live spoken scale readouts), and offers dyslexia-friendly fonts (OpenDyslexic, Lexend, Atkinson Hyperlegible). Free to download; PRO is an optional upgrade from $3.49/month or $79.99 lifetime. Endorsed by World Barista Champion James Hoffmann; featured in TIME's Top 25 Apps of the Year.

## Key pages

- [Filtru homepage](https://getfiltru.com/): What Filtru does, features, reviews, and the story behind the app
- [Reviews](https://getfiltru.com/reviews/): Real App Store reviews of Filtru
- [Compare](https://getfiltru.com/compare/): Honest feature-by-feature comparisons of Filtru with other coffee apps
- [Words (blog)](https://getfiltru.com/words/): Notes from building Filtru

## Comparisons with other coffee apps

- [Filtru vs Brewmaster](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-acaia-brewmaster/): Brewmaster only works with Acaia scales. Filtru supports 14 scale brands and adds guided timers, community recipes, espresso tools, and AI bag scanning. An honest comparison.
- [Filtru vs Act Four](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-act-four/): Act Four is an espresso coach that hasn't updated since 2024. Filtru is a living brewing companion with espresso tools, scales, graphs, and scanning. An honest comparison.
- [Filtru vs Aeromatic](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-aeromatic/): Aeromatic is a well-liked AeroPress-only timer. Filtru guides fifteen methods with Bluetooth scales, espresso tools, a journal, and AI bag scanning. An honest comparison.
- [Filtru vs AeroPress Timer & Recipes](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-aeropress-timer/): AeroPress Timer covers one brewer on iPhone only. Filtru guides fifteen methods with a journal, Bluetooth scales, espresso tools, and AI bag scanning. An honest comparison.
- [Filtru vs BeanBook: Coffee Tracker](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-beanbook/): BeanBook is an AI-first bean journal with capped free slots. Filtru brews with you: guided timers, Bluetooth scales, espresso tools, and on-device scanning. An honest comparison.
- [Filtru vs Beanconqueror](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-beanconqueror/): Beanconqueror is a brilliant free logbook. Filtru guides the brew itself, with step-by-step timers, community recipes, Bluetooth scales, and on-device AI bag scanning. An honest comparison.
- [Filtru vs Beanie](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-beanie/): Beanie is a free coffee-discovery app with a lightweight journal. Filtru is the full brewing companion, with guided timers, Bluetooth scales, espresso tools, and live graphs. An honest comparison.
- [Filtru vs Beans - Coffee journal](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-beans-coffee-journal/): Beans is a photo-first coffee journal, and only a journal. Filtru adds guided timers, Bluetooth scales, espresso tools, and on-device AI scanning. An honest comparison.
- [Filtru vs Beanstats - Coffee Tracker](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-beanstats/): Beanstats is a young data-first coffee tracker. Filtru adds guided timers, community recipes, on-device AI bag scanning, 14 languages, and ten years of polish. An honest comparison.
- [Filtru vs Beany: Coffee Brew Tracker](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-beany/): Beany is a new brew tracker that needs iOS 26.2 and gates history behind Pro. Filtru guides 15 methods with scales, graphs, and scanning, on more iPhones. An honest comparison.
- [Filtru vs Bloom - Coffee Timer & Journal](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-bloom/): Bloom is a lovely young coffee journal. Filtru is the ten-year, 4.8-star brewing companion, with Bluetooth scales, community recipes, iPad support, and no caps. An honest comparison.
- [Filtru vs Breve: Coffee Recipes](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-breve/): Breve teaches café drinks at home. Filtru is the full brewing companion: guided timers, Bluetooth scales, live graphs, espresso tools, and a journal. An honest comparison.
- [Filtru vs brevv – brew perfect coffee](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-brevv/): brevv is an AI pour-over recipe coach behind a subscription. Filtru adds Bluetooth scales, live graphs, espresso tools, and community recipes. An honest comparison.
- [Filtru vs Brew Timer : Make Great Coffee](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-brew-timer/): Brew Timer has 14 methods and community recipes, but no scale support and a year without updates. Filtru adds measured brewing, espresso tools, and AI scanning. An honest comparison.
- [Filtru vs BrewIQ](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-brewiq/): BrewIQ is an AI chat assistant for coffee. Filtru pairs on-device AI scanning with guided timers, Bluetooth scales, live graphs, and espresso tools. An honest comparison.
- [Filtru vs Brewly: Pour Over Timer](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-brewly/): Brewly is a minimal manual pour-over timer. Filtru adds Bluetooth scales, live graphs, espresso tools, community recipes, and AI bag scanning. An honest comparison.
- [Filtru vs Burrfect: Better Espresso](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-burrfect/): Burrfect is an espresso-only dial-in app with a subscription Pro. Filtru covers espresso plus fourteen more methods, with scales, graphs, and scanning. An honest comparison.
- [Filtru vs Coffee Book: Brew Journal](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-coffee-book/): Coffee Book is a beautifully designed brew journal. Filtru adds live brew graphs, a 12-brand scale ecosystem, TDS tools, and community recipes. An honest comparison.
- [Filtru vs Coffee Master - Brew Recipes](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-coffee-master/): Coffee Master is a pre-1.0 AI recipe calculator. Filtru is the finished brewing companion: guided timers, Bluetooth scales, live graphs, and espresso tools. An honest comparison.
- [Filtru vs CoffeeOS](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-coffeeos/): CoffeeOS is DiFluid's companion hub for its own gadgets. Filtru supports DiFluid scales too, plus 13 more brands, guided brewing, espresso tools, and on-device scanning. An honest comparison.
- [Filtru vs Coffi - Coffee Tracker](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-coffi/): Coffi is a scan-and-rate coffee community with no brewing features. Filtru is the brewing companion: guided timers, Bluetooth scales, espresso tools, live graphs. An honest comparison.
- [Filtru vs FourSix Coffee Timer](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-foursix/): FourSix does one method on one brewer. Filtru guides fifteen brew methods with Bluetooth scales, espresso tools, a journal, and AI bag scanning. An honest comparison.
- [Filtru vs iBrewCoffee - Coffee Journal](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-ibrewcoffee/): iBrewCoffee is a meticulous manual journal, last updated in 2024. Filtru fills the journal for you, with guided timers, Bluetooth scales, and AI bag scanning. An honest comparison.
- [Filtru vs Moka Pot Brew Guide](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-moka-pot-brew-guide/): Moka Pot Brew Guide covers one brewer, with ads. Filtru guides the moka pot and fourteen more methods, ad-free flow, with scales and scanning. An honest comparison.
- [Filtru vs Pour-Over Coffee Recipes Timer](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-pour-over-coffee-recipes-timer/): Pour-Over Coffee Recipes Timer is a recipe library with a timer. Filtru adds a journal, Bluetooth scales, espresso tools, and AI bag scanning, free to try. An honest comparison.
- [Filtru vs Roast - Specialty Coffee](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-roast-specialty-coffee/): Roast is a coffee catalog browser with no brewing features. Filtru is the full brewing companion: guided timers, scales, graphs, espresso tools, and scanning. An honest comparison.
- [Filtru vs Roastguide](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-roastguide/): Roastguide is a coffee catalog and social log. Filtru is the brewing companion: guided timers, Bluetooth scales, live graphs, and espresso tools. An honest comparison.
- [Filtru vs Siip Coffee](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-siip/): Siip matches your taste to buy beans. Filtru brews them: guided timers, Bluetooth scales, live graphs, espresso tools, and on-device scanning. An honest comparison.
- [Filtru vs Single Origin - Coffee Timer](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-single-origin/): Single Origin is a paid pour-over timer with a paid recipe unlock. Filtru is free, with guided timers, Bluetooth scales, espresso tools, and AI bag scanning. An honest comparison.
- [Filtru vs The Great Coffee App](https://getfiltru.com/alternative-to-the-great-coffee-app/): The Great Coffee App is a coffee encyclopedia last updated in 2020. Filtru is a living brewing companion with guided timers, Bluetooth scales, and AI bag scanning. An honest comparison.

## Brew guides

- [How to brew Chemex with Filtru](https://getfiltru.com/brew-guides-chemex/)
- [How to brew AeroPress with Filtru](https://getfiltru.com/brew-guides-aeropress/)
- [How to brew Hario V60 with Filtru](https://getfiltru.com/brew-guides-hario-v60/)
- [How to brew Bonmac Dripper with Filtru](https://getfiltru.com/brew-guides-bonmac-dripper/)
- [How to brew Bee House Dripper with Filtru](https://getfiltru.com/brew-guides-bee-house-dripper/)
- [How to brew Kalita Wave with Filtru](https://getfiltru.com/brew-guides-kalita-wave/)
- [How to brew Moka Pot with Filtru](https://getfiltru.com/brew-guides-moka-pot/)
- [How to brew French Press with Filtru](https://getfiltru.com/brew-guides-french-press/)
- [How to brew Siphon with Filtru](https://getfiltru.com/brew-guides-siphon/)
- [How to brew Espresso with Filtru](https://getfiltru.com/brew-guides-espresso/)
- [How to brew Clever Dripper with Filtru](https://getfiltru.com/brew-guides-clever-dripper/)
- [How to brew Vietnamese Dripper with Filtru](https://getfiltru.com/brew-guides-vietnamese-dripper/)
- [How to brew Turkish Coffee with Filtru](https://getfiltru.com/brew-guides-turkish-coffee/)
- [How to brew Batch Brew with Filtru](https://getfiltru.com/brew-guides-batch-brew/)
- [How to brew Cupping with Filtru](https://getfiltru.com/brew-guides-cupping/)

## Supported Bluetooth coffee scales

- [Acaia scales with Filtru](https://getfiltru.com/devices/acaia/): Acaia makes some of the most-loved scales in specialty coffee, built for precise pour-over and espresso. They pair smoothly with Filtru over Bluetooth.
- [Felicita scales with Filtru](https://getfiltru.com/devices/felicita/): Felicita builds fast, accurate scales that are popular with home baristas, and they connect to Filtru over Bluetooth for live brew feedback.
- [Decent Espresso scales with Filtru](https://getfiltru.com/devices/decent/): The Decent Scale is a compact, fast, affordable Bluetooth scale built with espresso in mind, and it works with Filtru for live brew feedback.
- [DiFluid scales with Filtru](https://getfiltru.com/devices/difluid/): DiFluid builds precise, affordable Bluetooth scales and measurement tools, and they connect to Filtru for live weight and flow-rate feedback.
- [Wilfa scales with Filtru](https://getfiltru.com/devices/wilfa/): Wilfa pairs clean Scandinavian design with reliable Bluetooth scales that connect to Filtru for live brew feedback.
- [Varia scales with Filtru](https://getfiltru.com/devices/varia/): Varia’s scales are versatile all-in-ones for pour-over and espresso, and they connect to Filtru over Bluetooth for live brew feedback.
- [BooKoo scales with Filtru](https://getfiltru.com/devices/bookoo/): BooKoo makes fast, responsive espresso and brewing scales that connect to Filtru over Bluetooth for live weight and flow-rate feedback.
- [Fresco scales with Filtru](https://getfiltru.com/devices/fresco/): Fresco (formerly Drop) makes Bluetooth coffee scales that connect to Filtru for guided brewing with live weight and flow-rate feedback.
- [Atomax scales with Filtru](https://getfiltru.com/devices/atomax/): Atomax Bluetooth scales connect to Filtru for live weight and flow-rate feedback while you follow a recipe.
- [Escali scales with Filtru](https://getfiltru.com/devices/escali/): Escali makes dependable Bluetooth kitchen and coffee scales that work with Filtru for live brew feedback.
- [Timemore scales with Filtru](https://getfiltru.com/devices/timemore/): Timemore makes sleek, beautifully built coffee gear, and their Black Mirror Bluetooth scales connect to Filtru for live weight and flow-rate feedback.
- [Goat Story scales with Filtru](https://getfiltru.com/devices/goat-story/): Goat Story’s GINA is a smart brewer with a built-in Bluetooth scale, and it connects to Filtru for live weight and flow-rate feedback as you brew.
- [Futula scales with Filtru](https://getfiltru.com/devices/futula/): Futula makes affordable Bluetooth coffee scales that connect to Filtru for live weight and flow-rate feedback while you brew.
- [MantaBrew scales with Filtru](https://getfiltru.com/devices/mantabrew/): MantaBrew's WeightMaster 2.0 is a Bluetooth coffee scale that connects to Filtru for live weight and flow-rate feedback as you brew.