Currently buggy but has potential

Based on reviews of the iOS version of the app I picked this up. Did not realize the extent to which the current UI is buggy. My recipes appear and disappear from the UI in ways I cannot predict. Values set on combo boxes and pulldowns are often reset when tabbing out or entering data in text fields. Adding fermetables or other items not in the default data set can take a few open/close cycles on various screens before appearing or being available for use in recipes. Characters that appear in the default data set cannot be used when adding items. Most frustrating: the apostraphe in Muntons will kill an entry. Flipping value denominators (say between lbs and ounces) does not compute the equivalent measure for you. For example, entering 2lbs for a fermentable, then flipping to ounces will not change it to 32. Further, if the field is set to ounces and you set the value as 32, it will be treated as 32lbs, not 32oz. For these sorts of reasons, Im really loathe to go with any of the auto-calculated values or the scaling functions. Also fair warning: it does not play well with exporting BeerXML if that kind of thing is important to you.

Until these things are fixed and some degree of track record is established, Id not recommend this app to anyone at this time. I will continue to follow the upgrades and hopefully this app reaches its potential. At that time it will be well worth the $19.99 purchase price.

Likes:
* Configuring your equipment set is simpler than other apps I have tried.
* Interface is native Carbon, not a port
* Workflow looks like it will be great once the UI bugs are fixed
* Calendar/reminders is great
* Staff has been very receptive to email and seems committed to putting out a quality product. Needless to say, I wish theyd done a bit more QA upfront instead of rushing this out the door and scream testing it as the app really isnt all that useful at this time.

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