Comparison

HiCoffee vs Scale Warz

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

Scale Warz

Transform your health and lifestyle goals into a fun, social game. Set weekly objectives, complete challenges, and race around the world by making positive choices. Stay motivated and celebrate progress with this unique approach to fitness.

Highlights
  • Gamified goal tracking
  • Social challenges
  • Customizable goals
  • Global adventure mode
  • Weekly progress races
  • Challenge Cards for fun setbacks
Features
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# Scale Warz – Turn Your Goals Into a Game **Stop tracking your progress. Start playing it.** Scale Warz transforms your health and lifestyle goals into an exciting social game where every choice matters. Whether you're trying to lose weight, gain muscle, stay consistent, or simply build healthier habits, Scale Warz keeps you motivated week after week. ## Scale Warz Mode Choose the metric that fits your goal: * Lose weight * Gain muscle * Reduce body fat * Increase strength * Or create your own custom challenge Set a weekly goal, track your progress, and race toward victory. But there's a twist... Miss your weekly goal, and you'll have to draw a Challenge Card! Complete fun, unexpected challenges that keep the competition alive and turn setbacks into memorable moments. Play solo, challenge friends, compete with family, or build accountability with coworkers. ## Life Warz Mode Your healthy choices now take you around the world. Pilot your own aircraft on an epic global adventure as you race between famous destinations across the globe. Every positive lifestyle choice earns flight miles, while unhealthy habits can cost you distance. Earn miles for habits like: * Working out * Walking * Drinking water * Sleeping well * Eating healthier * And many more customizable goals Lose miles when you fall off track, pass checkpoints, and compete to become the first pilot to complete the journey around the world. Every day becomes part of the adventure. ## Why You'll Love Scale Warz * Turn fitness into a game you'll actually want to play * Stay motivated with weekly goals and real accountability * Challenge Cards make every game unique and fun * Race around the world in Life Warz with your own airplane * Play with friends, family, coworkers, or solo * Customize goals to fit your lifestyle * Celebrate progress instead of chasing perfection Whether you're training for a marathon, trying to lose your first 20 pounds, building muscle, or simply creating healthier habits, Scale Warz makes consistency fun. **Your health is the mission. Your choices move the game. Download Scale Warz today and start your journey.** https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

HiCoffee4 screens
Scale Warz4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: HiCoffee at 843 against Scale Warz's 1. HiCoffee also leads on device support (5 vs 3). Scale Warz's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). 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 Scale Warz sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Scale Warz holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HiCoffee has 843 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HiCoffee ships an update every 10 days, Scale Warz every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
HiCoffee versus Scale Warz: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHiCoffeeScale Warz
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (843 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings843 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size143 MB191 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer弓 张DAVID ALBERT KATZ

Customer experience

HiCoffee

All ratings843 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.5%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews161 reviews
Positive82.0%
Neutral7.5%
Negative10.6%

Scale Warz

All ratings1 ratings
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

Scale Warz

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
1 purchases

Scale Warz

Subscriptions1
  • Scale Warz3 Days trial$0.991 Month

Questions

Is HiCoffee free?
HiCoffee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scale Warz free?
Scale Warz is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HiCoffee or Scale Warz?
Scale Warz is rated higher. HiCoffee averages 4.8 out of 5 from 843 ratings, while Scale Warz averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do HiCoffee or Scale Warz have ads?
Neither HiCoffee nor Scale Warz shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HiCoffee or Scale Warz?
HiCoffee ships an update every 10 days, and Scale Warz every 8 days. Most recently, HiCoffee was updated on October 21, 2026 and Scale Warz on October 16, 2026.

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