Comparison

Cuppa vs Tea Timer for You

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

Head to head
About

Cuppa

Easily time your tea steeping with this simple utility. Select your tea type and start brewing, with customizable options and notifications when your tea is ready. Supports up to two simultaneous brews.

Highlights
  • Simple one-tap brewing
  • Customizable brew times
  • Add custom teas
  • Dual tea timers
  • Steeping progress visualization
  • Notifications for completion
Features
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Cuppa for iOS is finally here! Tired of leaving your tea too long, to become bitter and cold, or drinking it too soon and not appreciating its full potential? Then this utility is for you! To make the app so quick and easy that you'll actually use it, we have built it with simplicity in mind. Just open the app and tap the button for the type of tea you're brewing. That's it. No need to navigate through complicated menus to find a particular tea, or fiddle with settings... unless you want to customize brew times or add your own favorite teas. Once you tap, Cuppa will begin timing the brew and you'll see a teabag appear in the cup and gradually darken as the tea steeps. A countdown timer shows the steep time remaining. You can have up to two separate teas brewing at once, each with its own countdown timer. When the tea is done Cuppa will let you know with a notification -- depending on your device settings, this may be accompanied by a sound and/or vibration. We hope you find Cuppa for your mobile device useful!

About

Tea Timer for You

Manage the optimal brewing time and temperature for various teas. This app allows you to register tea information, set custom timers, and add personal notes for each type. It also includes a general-purpose timer for non-tea brewing needs.

Highlights
  • Tea leaf management by type
  • Customizable tea information (image, temp, time)
  • Bookmarking for favorite teas
  • Notepad for tea-specific memos
  • Timers for individual tea leaves
  • General purpose timer
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It's a tea timer packed with useful features! When you're brewing a cup of tea, all that matters is its time and temperature!!! Manage it with this app!!!! A companion for your daily tea time! There are various kinds of tea leaves, and each has a different optimal time and temperature. Register your tea information and manage the best time and temperature for each tea leaves! This app can be used not only as a timer, but also as a tea information management app, which is easy to forget as the number of tea leaves increases. In addition, you can freely write and save information and memos that you want to write down. It also supports teas that can be brewed not only once but many times. You can check the current number of brews and fine-tune the time according to the number of brews. A general purpose timer that can be used without registering tea leaf information is also available. You can use it as needed. Functions of the application - Tea leaf management function You can classify tea leaves by type, such as green tea, black tea, and oolong tea. By default, there are "Green Tea", "Yellow Tea", "White Tea", "Blue Tea/Oolong Tea", "Black Tea", "Dark Tea", "Flower Tea", "Matcha", "Hojicha", "Herb", "Rooibos", and "Other". You can freely add and edit your own tea types and tea leaves in addition to the data that is included from the beginning. You can register the image, temperature, and brewing time information. - Bookmarking function You can register your favorite tea leaves that you drink frequently. You can quickly find the tea you are looking for by adding it to your favorites. - Notepad function You can write down any information that you want to write down for each tea leaf. - Timer function for each tea leaves You can set a timer using the time you have registered as the tea leaves information. The current number of brews is displayed on the timer screen. Use this as a guide when brewing multiple brews of tea. The timer time can also be fine-tuned in 5-second intervals without changing the information of the registered tea leaves. Use this when you need to increase or decrease the time for the second or third brew, etc. - General Purpose Timer This is a timer that is not tied to any tea leaves. You can use this timer freely without registering any information about tea leaves. For more information, please refer to the help page. Help page : https://teatimer-ff04f.web.app/Help

Screenshots

Cuppa4 screens
Tea Timer for You4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cuppa at none against Tea Timer for You's 1. Cuppa also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (12 vs 2). Tea Timer for You's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). On price, rating 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

Both are free to download. Tea Timer for You sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cuppa asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Cuppa against 5.0 for Tea Timer for You. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cuppa has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cuppa ships an update every 6 weeks, Tea Timer for You every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Cuppa versus Tea Timer for You: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCuppaTea Timer for You
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (12 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNathanatos SoftwareYoshihiro Tamai

Customer experience

Cuppa

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tea Timer for You

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Cuppa

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Tea Timer for You

One-time1
  • NoAds$1.99

Questions

Is Cuppa free?
Cuppa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tea Timer for You free?
Tea Timer for You is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cuppa or Tea Timer for You?
Tea Timer for You is rated higher. Cuppa averages 4.9 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Tea Timer for You averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Cuppa or Tea Timer for You have ads?
Tea Timer for You shows ads; Cuppa does not.
Which is updated more often, Cuppa or Tea Timer for You?
Cuppa ships an update every 6 weeks, and Tea Timer for You every 5 days. Most recently, Cuppa was updated on September 13, 2026 and Tea Timer for You on June 5, 2026.

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