Aeromatic vs Timer.Coffee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aeromatic
Discover and brew coffee with your AeroPress using over 60 curated recipes. Features step-by-step guides, a built-in timer, and video tutorials. Track your coffee beans, rate them, and create your own recipes.
- 60+ curated AeroPress recipes
- Step-by-step brewing instructions
- Built-in stopwatch and timer
- Video brew walkthroughs
- Add notes and create custom recipes
- Track and rate coffee beans
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Aeromatic is the ultimate assistant app for brewing coffee with your AeroPress. It provides 60+ curated recipes from baristas, roasters, and championship winners. Brewing becomes easy with step-by-step instructions, a built-in stopwatch, and video walkthroughs. You can also add notes, create your own recipes, or share recipes with friends. If you like trying out new coffee beans, Aeromatic lets you track your beans and rate them from 1 to 5 stars. Get the most out of your AeroPress and brew better coffee with Aeromatic. This app offers an in-app purchase for Aeromatic Premium. Terms of Use can be found at https://aeromatic.app/terms.html and the Privacy Policy can be found at https://aeromatic.app/privacy.html
Timer.Coffee
This app provides a free, open-source timer and calculator for coffee brewing, offering step-by-step instructions for numerous methods. It allows users to adjust quantities, save grind settings, and track their brewing history. Enjoy real-time community insights and share your own custom recipes.
- 22 Brewing Methods
- Coffee Calculator
- Custom Grind Size
- Background Brewing
- Live Activities
- Create & Share Recipes
- Brew Diary
- Bean Tracking
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Timer.Coffee is a free, open-source coffee brewing timer and calculator designed to enhance your brewing experience. The app is completely free. Optional in-app donations support ongoing development and never affect access to features. Key Features - 27 Brewing Methods: Step-by-step instructions for Hario V60, AeroPress, Chemex, French Press, Clever Dripper, Kalita Wave, Wilfa Svart Pour Over, Origami Dripper, Hario Switch, and more. - Coffee Calculator: Adjust coffee and water quantities on the fly. - Custom Grind Size: Save your grind settings per recipe — never forget your Comandante clicks again. - Background Brewing: The timer keeps running accurately when you minimize the app — switch apps or check a message without losing your place. - Live Activities: Follow your brew step-by-step on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island without unlocking your phone. - Pulse: See what coffee lovers around the world are brewing right now, in real time. - Create & Share Recipes: Build your own brewing recipes and share them with the community. - Brew Diary: Automatically save timer-guided brews or add entries manually, with notes, ratings, taste, tags, grind, water temperature, and extraction. - Bean Tracking: Manage your coffee bean inventory with AI-powered label recognition. - Favorites: Quick access to your most-used recipes. - Audio Chime: Audio alerts for every brewing step. - Dial In Your Beans: Search and filter your history, bookmark best cups, compare attempts, follow bean journeys, and review monthly progress. - Device Sync: Recipes, beans, and brews synced across all your devices. - 22 Languages: Fully localized for a global audience. - Dark Mode: Easy on the eyes at any hour.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Timer.Coffee at every 2 weeks against Aeromatic's monthly. Timer.Coffee also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Aeromatic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Timer.Coffee sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Aeromatic against 5.0 for Timer.Coffee. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 105 and 134 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 97% of Aeromatic's written reviews are positive against 100% of Timer.Coffee's.
Aeromatic ships an update monthly, Timer.Coffee every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aeromatic | Timer.Coffee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (105 ratings) | 5.0 (134 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 96.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 105 | 134 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AwardSense | Anton Karliner |
Customer experience
Aeromatic
Timer.Coffee
Bugs and requests
Aeromatic
Reported bugs
2 issues- Transition sound overrides Bluetooth audio
- Some features moved to paid version after update
Requested features
11 requests- Add Wilfa Uniform grinder
- Update champion recipes
- Add new Aeropress equipment (e.g., XL)
- Add German language support
- Implement recipe import/export
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- Add a drink tracker
- Add roast level to user-created recipes
- Add Baratza Forte grinder
- Integrate V60 recipes
- Dark mode option
- Section for coffee bean flavor profiles
Timer.Coffee
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Aeromatic
- Aeromatic Premium$7.99
Timer.Coffee
- Buy a small coffee$1.99
- Buy a medium coffee$4.99
- Buy a large coffee$9.99







