If you get in touch with me at support at kentplacesoftware.com address I'd like to look at the batch that's crashing.http://www.kentplacesoftware.com/products/BeerAlchemyTouch.html
Thanks Kent Place Software!
Just installed it... wireless sync is awesome. It is crashing when I try to access one batch... will need to look into that as it's the batch I plan to brew this week.
In theory yes...but currently there's a few problems with BeerXML import. I have fixed them but I'm now waiting on Apple to approve the 1.0.1 update.
I understand, I'll probably wait till 1.0.1 then. I love your products though and if I had a mac I would use Beer Alchemy, it's pretty slick.
Then go post in the Brewpal thread about it.
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It does it by a built in web server. Both your computer and the device need to be on the same wireless network (this can be a computer-to-computer network without a router). The formats are BeerXML (BeerSmith can use this), .rec (Promash) and BeerAlchemy's native .bar format. On the export side you navigate lists of groups and recipes and click on them to download them in the format you want. For import, you upload your recipes to the iPhone and then click a button to import them.
Currently no. But they're coming. I do still intend to keep selling BrewMath but BeerAlchemy Touch will include that functionality (albeit it will look different). The reason to keep selling BrewMath is that some people may just use the free BeerAlchemy Viewer app (which will do no editing, foreign file format importing etc) and may still want the calculations. The Viewer app is in the approval queue...
Yes, but you can't print them out as the iPhone doesn't have print support. The instructions are viewable on the device. I can't recall if the file export will export the instructions. If not, it's not a big deal to add it so you then could print it off your desktop computer via the browser... but it's far from seamless to have to do it that way
As much as is reasonable practicable, yes. There are considerable constraints imposed by the device. If everyone had an iPhone 3GS then these would ease considerably (much more usable memory) but I don't see that happening for a while.
You don't actually have to back out after each individual change as if you make multiple changes they will all be saved when you back out. The only time this doesn't happen is if you make a bunch of changes then kill the app without going back a screen.
The lager and ale categories are just normal groups like in BA on the Mac and were basically added to break up the example recipes. If you didn't install the examples then you don't get those groups created. I have thought about adding a way of removing the examples but haven't really decided where to put it - probably in the settings I guess.
In a word, no. It breaks the connection with the automatic management of inventory. A tsp of this weighs a different amount to a teaspoon of something else (and often different to another teaspoon of the same stuff) so it wouldn't be possible to automatically adjust the inventory if you had those sorts of measurements. You could create a system where some things are managed and others not - indeed I had a go at it once in a beta but basically I thought it sucked so I killed it.
I'm pleased to say that it's been selling pretty well. I guess it will die down a bit after the initial rush but so far so good.Other than that, I am really liking the app(s). The database isn't slow to access on my iPhone 3G, and things feel like they do in BA, the main reason I went with BA over BeerTools Pro. Keep up the good work, and don't let the $1 app purchasers sway you. You've got a very niche product, and you need to be compensated for your time, and 500 sales won't do that at $1 each.
Yes, I'm here. I do try to reply to emails but some do slip through the net. I do read all of them though. What's your real name and I'll see if I replied to them?
