Comparison

The Great Tea App vs Gongfu Tea Timer

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

Head to head
About

The Great Tea App

Discover the art of tea brewing with step-by-step video guides and practical instructions for various tea types and global brewing methods. Enhance your daily tea ritual with helpful hints, timers, and explanations of tea terminology.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step video brewing guides
  • 11 tea types and 11 brewing methods
  • Practical everyday brewing assistant
  • Timers for single and multiple brews
  • Tea terminology explanations
  • Watch app integration
Features
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Immerse yourself in the tea world, and make your daily tea time better! Learn how to make tea using the Chinese, Japanese, and European brewing methods. Here you have a readily available step-by-step guide to brewing new teas and a handy assistant for making your daily tea. The app contains: - A specially created step-by-step video guide for visual learning - 11 tea types and 11 brewing methods from different countries - A practical guide for everyday brewing - Timers for single brewing and multiple brews - Helpful hints and explanations of the main tea-related terms - Charming things and lots of love for tea! Types of tea: - Green - Black - White - Yellow - Pu'er - Oolong - Sencha - Matcha - Herbal teas (tisanes) Brewing methods: Chinese: - Gaiwan - Gong-fu brewer - Small teapot - Mug Japanese: - Matcha - Kyusu European: - A regular teapot - Teapot with a mesh filter - Two teapots - French press Other - The Russian style P.S. A watch app is also included. P.P.S. Questions and support: tea@mobicreators.com

About

Gongfu Tea Timer

Master traditional Chinese tea ceremonies with precise steep timing for various tea types. This app offers pre-configured settings and custom profiles to ensure perfect results for every brew, including Lock Screen and Dynamic Island notifications.

Highlights
  • Pre-configured timing for 5 tea types
  • Multiple rounds with adjusted steep times
  • Rinse step support
  • Custom tea profile creation
  • Lock Screen timer
  • Dynamic Island support
Features
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Master the art of gongfu tea brewing with precise timing for every steep. Gongfu Tea Timer guides you through the traditional Chinese tea ceremony with optimized steep times for different tea types. Whether you're brewing delicate green tea or robust pu-erh, get perfect results every time. FEATURES: • Pre-configured timing for 5 tea types: Green, Black, Oolong, White, and Pu-erh • Multiple rounds with automatically adjusted steep times • Rinse step for teas that benefit from it • Additional steep generation for extended sessions • Create and save custom tea profiles LIVE ACTIVITIES: • See your timer on the Lock Screen • Dynamic Island support for iPhone 14 Pro and newer • Get alerts when each round completes without opening the app DESIGNED FOR GONGFU: Unlike generic kitchen timers, this app understands gongfu brewing. Each tea type has carefully calibrated times that increase with each steep, following traditional gongfu methodology. Perfect for tea enthusiasts who want consistent, delicious results from their gongfu sessions.

Screenshots

The Great Tea App4 screens
Gongfu Tea Timer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Gongfu Tea Timer at Free against The Great Tea App's $1.99. Gongfu Tea Timer also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 78%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). The Great Tea App's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.2). On ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Gongfu Tea Timer is free to download; The Great Tea App costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gongfu Tea Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of The Great Tea App's written reviews are positive against 100% of Gongfu Tea Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Great Tea App ships an update every 3 weeks, Gongfu Tea Timer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
The Great Tea App versus Gongfu Tea Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Great Tea AppGongfu Tea Timer
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (17 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size157 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBaglan DosmagambetovRAYMOND LIU LUO

Customer experience

The Great Tea App

All ratings17 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive78.1%
Neutral6.3%
Negative15.6%

Gongfu Tea Timer

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

The Great Tea App

No in-app purchases

None

Gongfu Tea Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Great Tea App free?
The Great Tea App costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gongfu Tea Timer free?
Gongfu Tea Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The Great Tea App or Gongfu Tea Timer?
Gongfu Tea Timer is rated higher. The Great Tea App averages 4.8 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Gongfu Tea Timer averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do The Great Tea App or Gongfu Tea Timer have ads?
Neither The Great Tea App nor Gongfu Tea Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Great Tea App or Gongfu Tea Timer?
The Great Tea App ships an update every 3 weeks, and Gongfu Tea Timer every 2 weeks. Most recently, The Great Tea App was updated on November 11, 2026 and Gongfu Tea Timer on November 13, 2026.

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