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Beersmith Lite for Android

Post by mr x » Fri Jan 11, 2013 7:51 am

Who's using it? Can you get around the beesmith cloud service?

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Re: Beersmith Lite for Android

Post by Jimmy » Fri Jan 11, 2013 8:04 am

I use it and like it. What do you mean by get around it?

They plan on releasing a full version that allows you to create a recipe directly on your device..

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Re: Beersmith Lite for Android

Post by RubberToe » Fri Jan 11, 2013 8:14 am

Have you tried using dropbox as your "cloud service"?
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Re: Beersmith Lite for Android

Post by mr x » Fri Jan 11, 2013 8:29 am

So that works? How do you move files around on your android?
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Re: Beersmith Lite for Android

Post by RubberToe » Fri Jan 11, 2013 8:56 am

I'm not sure if it just shows up as another folder or not but on the desktop it's like that. I know some apps support dropbox directly so I'm not sure. There's another recipe app for android that supports beersmith or beer xml and dropbox so people just save their recipes from Beersmith into their dropbox and open them up on the phone. I haven't tried this with the Beersmith app though (I don't have it).
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Re: Beersmith Lite for Android

Post by mr x » Fri Jan 11, 2013 9:17 am

Do you use the dropbox app?
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Post by RubberToe » Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:17 am

Yep, on my phone, tablet, tv, and desktops (work and home). Its pretty convenient.

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Re: Beersmith Lite for Android

Post by mr x » Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:26 am

OK. I installed DB, but when I click on my .bsmx file, it says to download an app that can open it, but I already did that....
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Post by RubberToe » Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:48 am

Can you open bs files from your local filesytem?

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Re: Beersmith Lite for Android

Post by mr x » Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:52 am

This thing is fucked. When I open downloads from my system menu, it says empty, but when I search the filesystem using the usb connection from my computer, I see the .bsmx file i downloaded from dropbox....so basically, I can't tell you until I find the fucking file. grrrrrrrrrr
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Re: Beersmith Lite for Android

Post by mr x » Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:06 am

I just going to burn this fucking phone.
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Re: Beersmith Lite for Android

Post by BigRig » Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:56 am

Yes to be quite honest I didn't care for Beersmith for my droid phone. Not enough functionality built into it. I've been sticking with BrewMate which is a free recipe designer on my computer. Can be found at http://www.brewmate.net/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and is pretty decent, plus they have a really good recipe database.

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Re: Beersmith Lite for Android

Post by mr x » Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:35 pm

It appears this was a waste of 4 dollars and 1 hour. Like a bottled water at dirty nelly's.
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Re: Beersmith Lite for Android

Post by mr x » Sat Jan 12, 2013 8:09 am

Well, it appears that you have to import the beersmith files through their cloud service. I can live with that for now, but not so happy about it.
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Re: Beersmith Lite for Android

Post by TimG » Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:44 am

So if I understand correctly, I can create my recipe in Beersmith as usual, upload to cloud service (for free.. as I already own Beersmith?) and then download a $4 app (or a free 'lite version'?) that will let me view that recipe on my phone? Why wouldn't I just save the recipe as a text file on my phone (or in Dropbox, which is what I do now) to view the recipe on my phone?

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Re: Beersmith Lite for Android

Post by TimG » Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:50 am

Ok, I should have just googled it.. great video describing it here. Seems pretty good to me.


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Re: Beersmith Lite for Android

Post by mr x » Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:54 am

You only get 15 recipes free on the cloud.
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Re: Beersmith Lite for Android

Post by TimG » Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:57 am

Hmm.. it all adds up I guess. I mean can't fault the guy for trying to make a buck, he is putting a fair amount of work into this.

One could always just keep the more recent recipes on the cloud, the ones you want to use while brewing, or bring up when somebody asks what was in a particular recent beer.

The timer does look fairly handy, worth $4 I'm sure.

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Re: Beersmith Lite for Android

Post by mr x » Sat Jan 12, 2013 11:10 am

That's what I will do, upload recipes for brewday.
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Re: Beersmith Lite for Android

Post by Jimmy » Sat Jan 12, 2013 11:34 am

mr x wrote:That's what I will do, upload recipes for brewday.
That's all I've been doing. It takes 10 seconds to add a recipe to the cloud, and I'm never needing to look at more than 15 recipes at once...

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Re: Beersmith Lite for Android

Post by mr x » Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:09 pm

It just pisses me off. Reminds me of Apple's proprietary money grubbing ways..... :horse: :lolno:
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Re: Beersmith Lite for Android

Post by Dirt Chicken » Sun Jan 13, 2013 10:52 am

So beersmith for android costs more money, regardless italy already bought the software for desktop?

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Re: Beersmith Lite for Android

Post by mr x » Sun Jan 13, 2013 11:27 am

$4.

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Re: Beersmith Lite for Android

Post by Jimmy » Wed May 01, 2013 3:15 pm

BeerSmith Mobile Released for Android and Kindle Fire

Need to edit your recipes on the go?

Ever want to tweak your favorite recipe on your Android phone or tablet? Make a few modifications before you start the brew day timer? Need to be able to work on a recipe from your desktop or tablet seamlessly?

I'm happy to say that BeerSmith Mobile is here for Android and Kindle Fire. The new app includes all of the cloud and brew day timer features of BeerSmith Lite, but adds full recipe editing including the ability to modify ingredients, scale recipes, create profiles and new ingredients, record session data, as well as integration with our BeerSmith desktop program.

BeerSmith Mobile gives you the ability to edit and brew your recipes on the go, seamless integration with BeerSmith desktop, along with access to thousands of shared recipes via our BeerSmithRecipes.com cloud service. Its available on sale for $7.99 until the end of June ($9.99 after).

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Re: Beersmith Lite for Android

Post by mr x » Wed May 01, 2013 3:30 pm

So this isn't an upgrade from lite?
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