Comparison

HiCoffee vs Clarity

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

Clarity

This app helps you understand the impact of caffeine on your sleep, energy, and focus. Log your intake quickly and visualize how caffeine's half-life affects your daily cycles and nighttime rest.

Highlights
  • Fast caffeine logging
  • Caffeine half-life tracking
  • Sleep and recovery insights
  • Focus and energy analysis
  • Daily and weekly insights
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Clarity is the simplest way to understand caffeine's real impact on your sleep, energy, and focus. Log your intake fast and see how caffeine's half-life affects your entire day — from your 2PM coffee to your nighttime sleep cycles. • Fast caffeine logging and visualization • Caffeine half-life tracking and prediction • Athletes: see how caffeine affects your sleep and recovery • Focus and energy insights, daily and week-by-week Understand your 3PM crash. Improve your sleep by seeing your caffeine carry-over. Use caffeine deliberately, not accidentally. By using this app, you agree to Apple's Terms of Use (https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/) and our Privacy Policy.

Screenshots

HiCoffee4 screens
Clarity4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: HiCoffee at 839 against Clarity's 2. HiCoffee also leads on device support (5 vs 1). Clarity's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 82%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. HiCoffee sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Clarity sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Clarity holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HiCoffee has 839 ratings behind it against 2, 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 100% of Clarity's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HiCoffee ships an update every 10 days, Clarity every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
HiCoffee versus Clarity: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHiCoffeeClarity
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (839 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings839 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size141 MB25 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer弓 张Nexus Nexus

Customer experience

HiCoffee

All ratings839 ratings
Positive96.5%
Neutral1.4%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews161 reviews
Positive82.0%
Neutral7.5%
Negative10.6%

Clarity

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Clarity

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
2 purchases

Clarity

Subscriptions2
  • Clarity Plus - Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Clarity Plus - Yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is HiCoffee free?
HiCoffee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Clarity free?
Clarity is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HiCoffee or Clarity?
Clarity is rated higher. HiCoffee averages 4.8 out of 5 from 839 ratings, while Clarity averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do HiCoffee or Clarity have ads?
Neither HiCoffee nor Clarity shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HiCoffee or Clarity?
HiCoffee ships an update every 10 days, and Clarity every 2 weeks. Most recently, HiCoffee was updated on October 16, 2026 and Clarity on October 16, 2026.

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