Comparison

SYNOVA vs Pour

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

Head to head
About

SYNOVA

Features
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Synova is a leading manufacturer of premium beverage and bakery products based in Bangkok, Thailand. Our product offerings include roasted coffee beans, beverage and bakery premixes, smoothies, flavoured syrups, ice cream, waffle batter, cakes, breads and pastries. Our expertise and dedication to meet the highest quality standards (GMP, HACCP, SQMS, ISO) has enabled us to supply quality products as a one stop solution for coffee shops, hotels, restaurants, supermarkets, catering, hospitals, and schools. We provide logistic solutions across the nation and globally.

About

Pour

This app guides you through pour-over coffee brewing with spoken instructions for each step. It offers curated recipes, allows recipe scaling and customization, and includes a journal to track your brews and learn about tasting notes.

Highlights
  • Spoken cues for every brewing step
  • 15 curated V60 and Hario Switch recipes
  • Scalable recipes with automatic target updates
  • Brew journal with tasting notes and suggestions
  • Custom recipe creation
  • Screen stays awake during brewing
Features
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Pour talks you through every pour. Press start and a calm voice calls each step as it happens: the bloom, every pour with its target weight, the waits and the drawdown. Your eyes stay on the kettle and the scale, not on your phone. GUIDED V60 TIMER • Spoken cues for every step, in three styles: Minimal, Normal or Coach • Target weight, pour time and pour speed for each pour • A clear countdown to the next pour, and the screen stays awake while you brew 15 CURATED RECIPES • Twelve V60 recipes, from a balanced everyday cup to the 4:6 method and competition-style pours • Three recipes for the Hario Switch • Every recipe shows dose, water, ratio, grind, temperature and total time SCALE ANY RECIPE • Change the coffee or the water and every pour target updates to keep the ratio • Pour remembers the dose you used last time A BREW JOURNAL THAT TEACHES YOU • Note how it drained, then taste: bright, sour, bitter or dry, with a short explanation of each • Rate the cup, and keep the coffee, grinder and grind setting with every brew • Pour suggests what to change next time, like grinding a little finer • Learn to taste: a short guide to what each flavor means for your next cup YOUR OWN RECIPES • Build a V60 recipe step by step and keep it for every brew POUR PRO Pour needs a Pour Pro subscription after the short welcome. Choose yearly, with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers, or weekly. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage them in your Apple ID settings. Apple shows the price, trial and renewal terms before you buy. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pour-landing-kappa.vercel.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

SYNOVA4 screens
Pour4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SYNOVA at none against Pour's 2. SYNOVA also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Pour sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. SYNOVA asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SYNOVA ships an update every 6 weeks, Pour every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
SYNOVA versus Pour: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSYNOVAPour
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Subscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB14 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperClicksee Network Co., Ltd.Athlete Mindset Inc.

In-app purchases

None

SYNOVA

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Pour

Subscriptions2
  • Pour Pro Weekly$7.997 Days
  • Pour Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is SYNOVA free?
SYNOVA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pour free?
Pour is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SYNOVA or Pour have ads?
Neither SYNOVA nor Pour shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SYNOVA or Pour?
SYNOVA ships an update every 6 weeks, and Pour every 3 weeks. Most recently, SYNOVA was updated on September 24, 2026 and Pour on November 2, 2026.

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