Caffeine App vs New Brew
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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 • Caffeine calculator for drinks with unusual sizes 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 • Save your favorite glass and bottle sizes • Customizable reminders to stay hydrated Statistics • Daily caffeine and water charts across your full history • See which drinks make up most of your caffeine • Compare your water intake against your daily goal Widgets • Caffeine Now: current caffeine level and 30-day history • Water Intake: today's progress towards your goal • Quick Log: log your favorite drink with one tap • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets Apple Watch • Log caffeine and water right from your wrist • Daily charts for caffeine and water • Complications show 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
New Brew
Track your daily caffeine intake to understand your habits and optimize your energy levels. Gain insights into your consumption patterns to make informed choices about your caffeine consumption.
- Caffeine intake tracking
- Energy level optimization
- Habit analysis
- Informed consumption choices
- Data visualization
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Whether you're cutting back on caffeine, optimizing your energy, or just curious about your habits—New Brew gives you the clarity to make better choices. View the Terms of Use here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ View the Privacy Policy here: https://www.sudo-solution.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: New Brew at 5.0 against Caffeine App's 4.6. New Brew also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Caffeine App's advantage is ratings volume (341 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Caffeine App sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and New Brew sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
New Brew holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Caffeine App has 341 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Caffeine App ships an update monthly, New Brew every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Caffeine App | New Brew |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (341 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 341 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oleg Mueller | Jaylen James |
Customer experience
Caffeine App
New Brew
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
New Brew
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Caffeine App
- Unlock Pro$4.99
New Brew
- Premium Brew$4.991 Month
- Premium Brew Lifetime$29.99
Questions
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