Comparison

HiCoffee vs MyCaffeine

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

Head to head
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

About

MyCaffeine

Track your daily caffeine and water intake with real-time updates and personalized insights. Understand how your consumption affects your body and get smart reminders to stay hydrated and within your limits.

Highlights
  • Real-time caffeine level tracking
  • 24-hour caffeine prediction graph
  • Water intake logging and hydration status
  • Apple Watch integration for logging and viewing
  • Health data integration (sleep, heart rate, activity)
  • Customizable drink logging
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
Features
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MyCaffeine helps you track your daily caffeine intake and understand how it affects your body — from your morning coffee to your last drink before bed. Log a drink in seconds, see exactly how much caffeine is in your system right now, and get a clear picture of how it builds up and fades throughout the day. Caffeine Tracking - See the current caffeine level in your body, updated in real time. - A live prediction graph shows your caffeine rising and falling across 24 hours, centred on now. - Caffeine now absorbs gradually rather than spiking instantly, so the curve better matches how you actually feel. - Forecast how much caffeine will still be in your system at bedtime. - A heads-up before you log a drink that would push you past your daily or bedtime limit. Water Tracking - Track your hydration alongside your caffeine, with a daily goal and a rolling 24-hour graph. - A hydration status label, from Dehydrated to Well Hydrated. - Water from every drink you log counts automatically. Apple Watch - Log drinks and water straight from your wrist. - Check your caffeine, hydration and daily total at a glance. - Complications for your watch face, kept in sync with your iPhone. Health Analysis - See how your caffeine lines up with your sleep, heart rate and activity, using data already in Apple Health. - Plain-language findings explain what your data actually shows. Trends & History - Track your intake, weekly patterns and bedtime caffeine levels over time. - Findings on every chart explain what you're looking at, in plain language. - Brand Ranking shows which brands you drink most, and what they add up to. - A calendar history with colour-coded daily intake at a glance. - Edit or delete any drink you've logged, from Today or History. Branded Drinks - Browse a growing catalogue from Coca-Cola, Starbucks, Red Bull and more — with serving sizes, nutrition and ingredients built in. - A redesigned Drinks tab, with search that ranks the closest matches first. - Your recent drinks are one tap away, remembering the serving size you last used. Custom Beverages - Create your own drinks based on caffeine quantity or concentration. - Custom drinks are saved under their own brand. - Decimal precision for more accurate tracking. Made For You - A metabolic calculator personalises your caffeine half-life and daily limits, instead of guessing. Widgets - Home Screen widgets showing your current level, drinks today, predicted bedtime level, and a 24-hour graph. - Lock Screen widgets to check your caffeine at a glance. - Water widgets for your Home Screen, Lock Screen and Apple Watch. - Quick Add shortcuts you choose, so your usuals are always one tap away. Health Integration - Sync your caffeine and water to Apple Health (iPhone only). - Write branded-drink nutrition to Health, and read caffeine logged by other apps. Notifications - Set daily reminders at the times that suit you. - A Daily Summary of what you've had. - Smart reminders that adapt to what you've actually drunk that day. Your Data - Export your caffeine and water logs as CSV or JSON, over any timeframe you choose. Now in Nine Languages - Fully available in English, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish. MyCaffeine is free to use, with custom-drink logging always free. MyCaffeine Pro An optional purchase unlocks: - Logging branded drinks, with their full caffeine figures - Health Analysis against your sleep, heart rate and activity - Smart notifications - Logging drinks and water from Apple Watch and your widgets - All adverts removed (pricing varies by country) Privacy Policy: https://www.ryan-bush.com/portfolio/mycaffeine/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.ryan-bush.com/portfolio/mycaffeine/terms Please help MyCaffeine improve by letting us know what you think via the App Store reviews, or by email. More available at https://www.ryan-bush.com/portfolio/mycaffeine/support

Screenshots

HiCoffee4 screens
MyCaffeine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: HiCoffee at 4.8 against MyCaffeine's 3.6. HiCoffee also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (846 vs 5). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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

Both are free to download. HiCoffee sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and MyCaffeine sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HiCoffee holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HiCoffee has 846 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of HiCoffee's written reviews are positive against 75% of MyCaffeine's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HiCoffee ships an update every 9 days, MyCaffeine every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
HiCoffee versus MyCaffeine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHiCoffeeMyCaffeine
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (846 ratings) — better3.6 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews82.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings846 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size143 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer弓 张Ryan Bush

Customer experience

HiCoffee

All ratings844 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.5%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews161 reviews
Positive82.0%
Neutral7.5%
Negative10.6%

MyCaffeine

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and 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

MyCaffeine

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

HiCoffee

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

MyCaffeine

Subscriptions2
  • Premium - Month$0.991 Month
  • Premium - Yearly7 Days trial$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • MyCaffeine - Pro$9.99

Questions

Is HiCoffee free?
HiCoffee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MyCaffeine free?
MyCaffeine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HiCoffee or MyCaffeine?
HiCoffee is rated higher. HiCoffee averages 4.8 out of 5 from 846 ratings, while MyCaffeine averages 3.6 from 5 ratings.
Do HiCoffee or MyCaffeine have ads?
MyCaffeine shows ads; HiCoffee does not.
Which is updated more often, HiCoffee or MyCaffeine?
HiCoffee ships an update every 9 days, and MyCaffeine every 11 days. Most recently, HiCoffee was updated on October 29, 2026 and MyCaffeine on October 30, 2026.

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