Comparison

HiCoffee vs Poopendar

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

Poopendar

Log your bowel movements and farts with ease using a simple timer and detailed input options. Track frequency, shape, color, and more, with insightful summaries and a visual calendar. Your data is securely stored on your device.

Highlights
  • One-tap timer with Dynamic Island and Lock Screen support
  • Detailed logging for shape, color, amount, feeling, gas, and more
  • Fart logging with frequency, sound, odor, and bloating details
  • Calendar view with daily stickers and monthly highlights
  • Insightful summaries and heatmaps of logged data
  • Data export and iCloud sync options
  • Optional Apple Health integration
Features
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Poopendar is a lightweight personal poop log. Tap Start Pooping to run the timer, swipe to finish, and add the details in a few taps. Let one slip? Log a fart too. LOG IN SECONDS • One-tap timer, shown live on the Dynamic Island and Lock Screen; swipe right to save, left to discard • Shape (Bristol scale), color, amount, feeling, gas, odor, bloating, sticks to bowl, blood, aids and place, each with its own illustration, picked with a tap. Anything you skip stays "not logged" • Log a fart: the round button beside Start Pooping records Frequency, Sound, Odor, Bloating and Afterward, for a moment or for the whole day. Long-press the app icon to jump straight in • Forgot to log? Add an entry any time, or long-press to edit or delete one LOOK BACK AT A GLANCE • Calendar: scroll through your months, with a poop or fart sticker for every day. Tap a day to see its entries in a half-sheet or add a missed one, and look out for the golden poop on every 10th of the month • Map: see where each one happened, and replay your Recent footprints in time order • Insights: Last 7 days / Last 30 days / Last 6 months / This year / All time, a summary up top, a heatmap, and 11 cards (frequency, time of day, color, shape, amount, feeling, gas, smell, symptoms, duration and interval) compared with the previous period • Worth noting: blood, watery stool, hard-to-pass and other flags are listed on their own; tap any entry for its details • Export a summary whenever you need it A LITTLE FUN • Home-screen stickers roll around as you tilt your phone (you can switch this on or off in More) • The home illustration changes with today's count and how long it's been • Poop Facts: plain-language notes on shape, color and interval, with sources YOUR DATA, YOUR CALL • Stored on your device; with iCloud sync on, synced through your own private iCloud database • Import, export and clear entries by hand; backups include your farts • Location, Apple Health and motion access are all optional, and Poopendar works without them; Apple Health can be switched on and off right in More • No third-party ads or analytics SDKs, and your data is never sold IMPORTANT Poopendar is for personal logging and organizing your own information. It does not provide medical diagnosis or treatment advice. If you have ongoing discomfort or anything unusual, please talk to a medical professional.

Screenshots

HiCoffee4 screens
Poopendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: HiCoffee at Free against Poopendar's $0.99. HiCoffee also leads on ratings volume (849 vs 1) and device support (5 vs 1). Poopendar's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (100% vs 82%). On rating, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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

HiCoffee is free to download; Poopendar costs $0.99 up front. HiCoffee sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Poopendar asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Poopendar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HiCoffee has 849 ratings behind it against 1, 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 Poopendar's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HiCoffee ships an update every 9 days, Poopendar every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
HiCoffee versus Poopendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHiCoffeePoopendar
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.8 (849 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings849 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size143 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer弓 张慧 刘

Customer experience

HiCoffee

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

Poopendar

All ratings1 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

Poopendar

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
None

Poopendar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HiCoffee free?
HiCoffee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Poopendar free?
Poopendar costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HiCoffee or Poopendar?
Poopendar is rated higher. HiCoffee averages 4.8 out of 5 from 849 ratings, while Poopendar averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do HiCoffee or Poopendar have ads?
Neither HiCoffee nor Poopendar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HiCoffee or Poopendar?
HiCoffee ships an update every 9 days, and Poopendar every 6 days. Most recently, HiCoffee was updated on November 3, 2026 and Poopendar on November 1, 2026.

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