Comparison

Tasting Grounds vs Time & Pour

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

Head to head
About

Tasting Grounds

This app helps specialty coffee enthusiasts brew better coffee by logging brew details, tasting notes, and ratings. Connect with friends and the wider coffee community to share experiences, discover new coffees and roasters, and learn about coffee origins and processing methods.

Highlights
  • Log brew details and tasting notes
  • Rate coffees like a professional
  • Share brews and methods with friends
  • Discover coffee origins and processing
  • Explore new roasters and brewing techniques
  • See community tasting notes and ratings
Read full description

Brew Coffee Together! Tasting Grounds is the specialty coffee app designed to connect the coffee community and help everyone brew better coffee together. - Log and rate your brews - record the details of your brewing process (such as brewer, water to grounds ratio, brew time, and more), the flavors you are tasting, and scoring notes like a coffee professional. - Share with your friends and the community - share your coffees and brewing methods, see what your friends are drinking, and discuss how we all enjoy our coffee differently. - Learn more about your coffee - see details about where your coffee was grown, how it was produced, and what flavors your roaster tastes as well as how others are brewing the same beans, what others are tasting, and how others are rating their brews. - Discover new things - discover similarities in the coffees that you do or don’t enjoy, explore new roasters from around the world, and find new ways to brew better coffee. We hope you enjoy using Tasting Grounds! Don’t forget to give us feedback at https://tastinggrounds.com/contact or follow us on Twitter (@tastinggrounds) and Instagram (@tastinggrounds)! TOS: https://tastinggrounds.com/terms

About

Time & Pour

Master your coffee brewing with interactive timers, step-by-step recipes, and personalized AI tips. Log your brews, rate flavors using a unique wheel, and track your progress to achieve the perfect cup every time.

Highlights
  • Interactive coffee timers
  • Built-in and custom brew recipes
  • Coffee flavor logging and analysis
  • AI brew assistant
  • Brew analytics and trends
Features
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Brew better coffee. Master your flavor. Time & Pour is your ultimate coffee brewing app — designed to help you brew coffee with precision, consistency, and control. Use interactive coffee timers and step-by-step brew recipes, whether built-in or fully custom, to improve your morning cup. After each brew, log your coffee, rate it, and use our expressive Flavor Wheel to explore and refine the full coffee taste profile. Caffo, our smart AI brew assistant, provides personalized tips to help you improve your coffee over time. Whether you're a beginner or a home barista with 12 brewing methods on the shelf, Time & Pour is the best app to help you brew coffee better, every day. Features: • Interactive Coffee Timer – Know exactly what brew step is next • Built-In Coffee Recipes – Tried and tested for V60, AeroPress, Chemex, French Press & more • Custom Recipe Builder – Create and fine-tune your ideal coffee brewing recipe • Coffee Flavor Wheel & Journal – Log tasting notes, track coffee flavors, and record your favorites • Brew Analytics & Trends – Visualize how your ratings and flavors evolve • AI Coffee Assistant – Smart suggestions for recipes and tips to improve your brew based on your logs Start improving your daily coffee and see the difference! * Privacy Policy: https://slayterdev.github.io/time-and-pour-policies/public/privacy-policy.html * Terms of Use: https://slayterdev.github.io/time-and-pour-policies/public/terms.html

Screenshots

Tasting Grounds4 screens
Time & Pour4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Tasting Grounds at free against Time & Pour's freemium. Tasting Grounds also leads on ratings volume (47 vs 1) and chart position (#192 vs unranked). Time & Pour's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days). On price, rating, 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. Tasting Grounds sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Time & Pour sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Tasting Grounds against 5.0 for Time & Pour. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tasting Grounds has 47 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tasting Grounds ships an update every 9 days, Time & Pour every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on August 19, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Tasting Grounds versus Time & Pour: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTasting GroundsTime & Pour
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (47 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings47 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
Best chart rank#192 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTasting Grounds, LLCSlayter Development

Customer experience

Tasting Grounds

All ratings46 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive84.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative10.5%

Time & Pour

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Tasting Grounds

Subscriptions2
  • Tasting Grounds Pro - Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Tasting Grounds Pro - Yearly$24.991 Year
4 purchases

Time & Pour

Subscriptions2
  • Time & Pour Pro - Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Time & Pour Pro - Annual3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Buy me a Coffee$1.99
  • Lifetime Pro$19.99

Questions

Is Tasting Grounds free?
Tasting Grounds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Time & Pour free?
Time & Pour is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tasting Grounds or Time & Pour?
Time & Pour is rated higher. Tasting Grounds averages 4.9 out of 5 from 47 ratings, while Time & Pour averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Tasting Grounds or Time & Pour have ads?
Neither Tasting Grounds nor Time & Pour shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tasting Grounds or Time & Pour?
Tasting Grounds ships an update every 9 days, and Time & Pour every 3 days. Most recently, Tasting Grounds was updated on August 19, 2026 and Time & Pour on September 10, 2026.

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