Comparison

Caffeine App vs Simple Caffeine

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Caffeine App

Track your caffeine intake from various beverages and monitor your hydration levels. Visualize your caffeine curve over 24 hours and receive notifications for your optimal sleep time. Integrates with Apple Health and Apple Watch for seamless logging and data syncing.

Highlights
  • Log caffeine from coffee, tea, and energy drinks
  • Visualize 24-hour caffeine curve
  • Calculate optimal sleep time
  • Track daily water intake
  • Apple Watch logging and complications
  • Apple Health integration
  • iCloud sync
Features
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How much caffeine is still in your body? When can you fall asleep? Are you drinking enough water? Caffeine App gives you the answers — at a glance. Caffeine Tracking • Log every coffee, tea, espresso, energy drink, or mate • Scrollable 24-hour timeline shows your caffeine curve • See how much caffeine is currently in your system • Create custom drinks with individual caffeine amounts Optimal Sleep Time • Caffeine App calculates when you're ready to sleep • Get notified when your sleep time is reached • Set your personal caffeine limit and desired sleep time Water Tracking • Track your daily water intake with personalized goals • Customizable reminders to stay hydrated • Beautiful charts for caffeine and water consumption Apple Watch • Log caffeine and water right from your wrist • Daily charts for caffeine and water • Complication shows your optimal sleep time More Features • Apple Health integration — caffeine and water entries stay in sync • iCloud sync across all your devices • Dynamic Type for optimal readability • URL scheme support

About

Simple Caffeine

Easily track your caffeine intake with a simple interface. This app saves your caffeine consumption data directly to Apple Health, requiring access to your health data.

Highlights
  • Simple caffeine logging
  • Apple Health integration
  • Track intake history
  • Minimalist design
Features
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カフェイン摂取量が気になるが、あまり細かく摂取量を記録できない方に、シンプルな操作で記録できるようにするアプリです。 iPhone のヘルスケアにカフェイン摂取量を保存するのでヘルスケアへのアクセスが必要になります。

Screenshots

Caffeine App4 screens
Simple Caffeine3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Caffeine App at Free against Simple Caffeine's $0.99. Caffeine App also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 8 months). Simple Caffeine's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On review sentiment, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Caffeine App is free to download; Simple Caffeine costs $0.99 up front. Caffeine App sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Simple Caffeine asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Caffeine App ships an update monthly, Simple Caffeine every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on August 28, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Caffeine App versus Simple Caffeine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCaffeine AppSimple Caffeine
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.6 (340 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings340 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch, Vision ProiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOleg Muellerfeb19

Customer experience

Caffeine App

All ratings340 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral5.9%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews76 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral14.5%
Negative11.8%

Simple Caffeine

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

Caffeine App

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Sleep ready time displays current time instead of predicted sleep time
  • Cannot rename custom amounts until after adding them
  • Newly added custom amounts appear at bottom of list
  • Health app data from third-party apps not syncing
  • All presets missing in some versions
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  • HealthKit integration broken in certain versions
  • Shift work time differential not processed correctly
  • Outdated caffeine data for Dunkin Donuts beverages
  • Graphics update delays causing app unresponsiveness
  • Watch app loading issues on initial launch

Requested features

20 requests
  • Toggle option to disable bar chart visualization
  • Taller graph display area with scrolling capability
  • Personalization based on body weight and metabolism
  • Ounce-based measurement options for drinks
  • Multi-day and historical trend analysis
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  • Siri Shortcuts integration for automated logging
  • Today widget for quick access
  • Mood and energy level tracking
  • More granular unit adjustments (fractions of shots)
  • Expanded beverage library (Monster Java, Sheetz coffee, K-cups, etc.)
  • Custom coffee group creation without preset requirements
  • Apple Watch complications showing current caffeine levels
  • Watch app graph visualization
  • Headache threshold level tracking
  • Future-looking graph projections
  • Water consumption tracking integration
  • Ability to rename custom amounts before adding
  • Custom amounts appearing at top of list instead of bottom
  • Shift work schedule support
  • Average daily caffeine statistics

Simple Caffeine

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Caffeine App

One-time1
  • Unlock Pro$4.99
None

Simple Caffeine

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Caffeine App free?
Caffeine App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Caffeine free?
Simple Caffeine costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Caffeine App or Simple Caffeine have ads?
Neither Caffeine App nor Simple Caffeine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Caffeine App or Simple Caffeine?
Caffeine App ships an update monthly, and Simple Caffeine every 8 months. Most recently, Caffeine App was updated on August 28, 2026 and Simple Caffeine on September 13, 2026.

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