Tea Timer vs Third Samurai
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tea Timer
Easily brew the perfect cup of tea with this app. Select your favorite tea type, read its description, and start a custom timer. If your tea isn't listed, an adjustable timer is available.
- Select favorite tea
- Read tea descriptions
- Start/stop timer
- Adjustable timer
- List of common teas
- List of herbal teas
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One of the apps developed independently by the students of the IFTS course of the de Amicis institutes in Milan! - Choose your favorite tea. - Read its description. - Start or stop the timer. - Can't find your tea? Use the adjustable timer! The teas available are: Black White Green Earl Grey Darjeeling Rooibos Oolong Assam Chai Mate Choose your favorite herbal tea Chamomile Rosehip Lavender Valerian Verbena Peppermint
Third Samurai
Discover new coffee brewing techniques and recipes with this app. It features a detailed timer with step-by-step guidance and hints to help you achieve the perfect cup.
- Recipe discovery
- Recipe experimentation
- Brewing timer
- Detailed brewing steps
- Brewing hints
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Third Samurai is an application for coffee lovers and baristas who want to discover new brewing techniques and recipes or experiment with their own recipes. Brewing coffee requires precision in time - the app offers the timer with detailed steps and hints for brewing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Tea Timer at Free against Third Samurai's $1.99. Tea Timer also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Third Samurai's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 90%). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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
Tea Timer is free to download; Third Samurai costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tea Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 90% of Tea Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Third Samurai's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Tea Timer ships an update every 2 months, Third Samurai fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tea Timer | Third Samurai |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (6 ratings) — better | 4.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ISTITUTI EDMONDO DE AMICIS SRL | Ivan Dzyubenko |
Customer experience
Tea Timer
Third Samurai
In-app purchases
Tea Timer
No in-app purchases
Third Samurai
No in-app purchases
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