Coffee vs Chai Game
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Coffee
Experience the thrill of being a solo coffee roaster. Use your senses to perfectly roast beans, sort unfavorable portions, and stop the process at the ideal moment. Then, test your creation in a decisive cup test to see if you're a master roaster.
- Solo coffee roasting simulation
- Intuitive sensory gameplay
- Bean sorting and roasting process control
- Cup test for quality assessment
- 22 unique coffee types
- Weekly high score leaderboards
- Achievement collection
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Coffee Roaster – The Ultimate Solo Board Game Experience Become a master roaster! Follow your instincts, perfect the roast, and brew the ultimate cup of coffee in this official digital adaptation of the critically acclaimed solo board game. Are you a true coffee junkie who can’t start the day without a perfect brew? Or a board game enthusiast looking for a deep, rewarding solo challenge? Coffee Roaster brings the beloved tabletop experience by Saashi & Saashi (published by dlp games) straight to your mobile device! In this tactical pool-building game, you hold the destiny of the beans in your hands. Your mission: turn hard, green beans into a flawless roast, eliminate imperfections, and time your final brew to perfection. Do you have the nose and the strategy to achieve the perfect cup? HOW TO PLAY Your journey from bean to cup takes place in two distinct, thrilling phases: The Roasting Phase: You start with a bag of raw, uneven coffee beans. Turn by turn, you draw tokens from your bag to advance the roasting level. Use your skills to roast evenly, remove unfavorable bad beans, and leverage special effects to steer the roasting process in the right direction. But watch out! Roast too long, and your precious beans will burn! The Decisive Cup Test: Once you stop the roasting process at the ideal moment, it’s time for the ultimate evaluation. Brew your freshly roasted beans and pull tokens from the bag to fill your coffee cup. Will your creation satisfy the demanding taste of a true Master Roaster? GAME FEATURES Official Digital Adaptation: Experience the full depth of the hit solo board game by Saashi & Saashi, beautifully re-imagined for mobile play. 22 Unique Coffee Varieties: Travel the world of coffee! Roast 22 different types of beans, each possessing its own individual characteristics, flavor profiles, and difficulty levels. Endless Replayability: With distinct roasting targets for every variety, no two games are ever the same. Mix and match your strategies for countless roasting tasks. Weekly High Score Leaderboards: Think you’re the best roaster in town? Compete with a global community of players in our weekly challenges and climb to the top of the high-score list! Unlock Achievements: Prove your expertise by collecting a wide variety of achievements as you progress from a novice hobbyist to a legendary Coffee Guru. Fast & Engaging Gameplay: With a playtime of just 5–10 minutes per round, it’s the perfect game for quick breaks, daily commutes, or relaxing evenings. Atmospheric Visuals & Sound: Immerse yourself in a cozy, relaxing café atmosphere with intuitive touch controls and clean, modern aesthetics. WHO IS THIS GAME FOR? Board Game Fans: If you love modern board games, bag-building mechanics, and tight tactical puzzles, this is a must-have for your digital collection. Solo Gamers: Specifically designed as a solitaire experience, offering deep strategic choices without needing an internet connection or extra players. Coffee Lovers: Indulge your passion for coffee culture. Learn about different beans while mastering the delicate art of the roast.
Chai Game
Become a tea merchant by blending different tea flavors and collecting ingredients. Fulfill customer orders to earn money and points, with the game concluding after five rounds. The player with the most money and points wins.
- Tea blending mechanics
- Ingredient collection
- Customer order fulfillment
- Tea market visits
- Pantry management
- Player vs. Player
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In Chai, you will step into the shoes of a tea merchant, combining tea flavours to make a perfect blend. Specializing in either rooibos, green, oolong, black or white tea, you will buy and collect ingredients to fulfill your customers’ orders. Each turn you can choose either to visit the tea market, the pantry or to reserve a customer and use an ability. The game ends when 5 rounds have been completed. Add your money and points from completed customer orders to determine the best tea merchant!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chai Game at 5.0 against Coffee's 2.6. Chai Game also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 28%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.6). Coffee's advantage is chart position (#45 vs unranked) and ratings volume (31 vs 5). On update cadence, 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
Coffee costs $3.99 and Chai Game $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Chai Game holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Coffee has 31 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of Coffee's written reviews are positive against 67% of Chai Game's.
Coffee ships an update monthly, Chai Game every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Coffee | Chai Game |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 2.6 (31 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.5% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #45 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 447 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brettspielwelt GmbH | DIGIDICED |
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Coffee
Chai Game
In-app purchases
Coffee
No in-app purchases
Chai Game
No in-app purchases









