Comparison

Simple Caffeine vs HiCoffee

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

Head to head
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。

About

HiCoffee

Track your daily caffeine intake with this app, which offers data for many beverages and a calculator for homemade drinks. It personalizes your daily limit based on sensitivity, helping you boost productivity and improve sleep. It also analyzes heart rate and sleep data to reveal caffeine's health impact.

Highlights
  • Log daily caffeine intake
  • Caffeine Calculator for homemade drinks
  • Personalized daily caffeine limits
  • Analyze heart rate and sleep data
  • Interactive widgets and Apple Watch app
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Offline functionality
Features
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HiCoffee is a powerful caffeine tracker that makes it easy to record your daily caffeine intake. It includes data for more than 2,500 branded coffee products, and its Caffeine Calculator can estimate the caffeine in homemade drinks such as espresso and pour-over coffee. HiCoffee can set a caffeine limit based on your sensitivity and give you personalized suggestions. It helps you enjoy coffee when you need focus, while reducing the chance that too much caffeine gets in the way of your sleep at night. HiCoffee can also look at your long-term resting heart rate and sleep duration, helping you understand how caffeine may be affecting your health. HiCoffee works beautifully across the Apple ecosystem, with rich widgets, excellent Apple Watch support, Shortcuts, Health data sync, and more. Reliable iCloud sync lets you use HiCoffee with confidence on multiple devices. HiCoffee also supports Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, and other accessibility features for a comfortable, smooth experience. --- ** Recognition ** - Featured by the App Store multiple times, including App of the Day, Fresh Apps, Interactive Widgets, and accessibility-focused collections. - Mentioned during Tim Cook's 2023 visit to China and covered by several media outlets. - Appeared in the WWDC 2023 and WWDC 2024 keynotes. - Featured by well-known coffee creator James Hoffmann on his channel. - Recommended multiple times by creator Nikias Molina. - Reviewed by German tech publication t3n. - Recommended by SSPAI as a dynamic caffeine monitoring tool worth watching. --- ** Premium Membership and Subscription ** HiCoffee's premium features can be unlocked in the app through a one-time purchase or a subscription. You can find the purchase options in the app's Settings page. If you choose to unlock premium features with a subscription, payment will be charged automatically to your App Store account within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. After subscribing, you can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in HiCoffee's Settings page or in your App Store account settings. To cancel, please do so at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period, otherwise the App Store will renew the subscription automatically. ** A Note from the Developer ** I'm Gong Zhang, the developer of HiCoffee. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact me from Settings > Contact and Support > Email in the app, or email me directly at hicoffee@gongzhang.zendesk.com. If you enjoy using HiCoffee, a rating or review on the App Store would help me improve it faster. Privacy Policy: https://gongzhang.io/app/hicoffee/en/privacy Terms of Use: https://gongzhang.io/app/hicoffee/en/terms

Screenshots

Simple Caffeine3 screens
HiCoffee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: HiCoffee at Free against Simple Caffeine's $0.99. HiCoffee also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 8 months) and device support (5 vs 3). Simple Caffeine's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On review sentiment and ads 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

HiCoffee is free to download; Simple Caffeine costs $0.99 up front. HiCoffee sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Simple Caffeine asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Caffeine ships an update every 8 months, HiCoffee every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Simple Caffeine versus HiCoffee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple CaffeineHiCoffee
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—4.8 (835 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews81.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—835 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB140 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerfeb19弓 张

Customer experience

Simple Caffeine

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

HiCoffee

All ratings835 ratings
Positive96.5%
Neutral1.4%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews159 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral7.5%
Negative10.7%

Bugs and requests

Simple Caffeine

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

HiCoffee

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Widgets not updating
  • Watch app not syncing properly
  • Caffeine data truncation when adding custom drinks

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add more beverage options (energy drinks, regional brands, etc.)
  • Ability to track caffeine from non-beverage sources (pills, chocolate, etc.)
  • More customization options for homemade coffee
  • Easier way to add custom drinks
  • Extend sleep time range beyond current limits
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  • Add caffeine calculator for AeroPress method
  • Include caffeine content for different coffee roast levels

In-app purchases

None

Simple Caffeine

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

HiCoffee

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Permanent Unlock$8.99

Questions

Is Simple Caffeine free?
Simple Caffeine costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is HiCoffee free?
HiCoffee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Simple Caffeine or HiCoffee have ads?
Neither Simple Caffeine nor HiCoffee shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simple Caffeine or HiCoffee?
Simple Caffeine ships an update every 8 months, and HiCoffee every 11 days. Most recently, Simple Caffeine was updated on September 13, 2026 and HiCoffee on September 22, 2026.

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