Drawdowns Support

What does "2 Coarser" or "1 Finer" mean on a recipe?

Recipes save grind size as an offset from your personal baseline, which you set once in Settings → Standard Grind. A recipe saved as "2 Coarser" displays as your baseline + 2, so the same recipe travels accurately across different grinders.

How do I add a recipe?

Open the Recipes tab and tap the + in the top corner. Choose New Recipe to type the details by hand, or Import Recipe / Scan Recipe to read them from a photo or a shared recipe card. Fill in the coffee's name, roaster, origin, variety, process, dose, ratio, grind offset, temperature, bloom, and pour schedule. Then tap Save.

How do I scan a recipe card?

Tap + then Scan Recipe to open the camera and photograph the card, or + then Import Recipe to pick an existing photo. Drawdowns reads the card on-device using Apple Intelligence (nothing is sent to a server) and pre-fills the recipe form so you can review and save.

Scanning requires a device that supports Apple Intelligence (iPhone 15 Pro or newer; M1 iPad or newer). On other devices the Scan Recipe option won't appear.

How do I share a single recipe?

In the Recipes tab, swipe left on a recipe and tap Share to send a recipe-card image (with a scannable QR) via Messages, Mail, or AirDrop, or tap the QR action to show a code in person. The recipient imports it by saving the image and choosing + then Import Recipe, by using + then Scan QR Code, or by sharing the image straight into Drawdowns from the share sheet.

How do I back up or move all my recipes?

Open Settings → Recipes → Export All Recipes. Drawdowns creates a single file containing every recipe in your library and hands it to iOS. Save it to Files, AirDrop it to another device, or email it to yourself. To restore on the receiving device: open Settings → Recipes → Import Recipes and pick the file. Duplicates are skipped automatically.

Why does the screen sometimes dim during a brew?

Drawdowns asks iOS to keep the screen awake while a brew timer is running. Low Power Mode can override that and dim the screen anyway. Switch Low Power Mode off for the cleanest experience during a pour.

Where is my data stored?

Drawdowns doesn't track you: no accounts, no servers of ours, no telemetry. Your recipes and settings live on your device, and in your personal iCloud account if you have iCloud enabled, so they are on all your devices. Deleting the app removes the on-device copy; the iCloud copy is managed in iOS Settings under your name, then iCloud. For a portable backup, use Settings → Recipes → Export All Recipes.