Time for Tea vs Tea Me
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Time for Tea
This app helps you brew the perfect cup of tea by creating custom cooling and brewing timers based on your chosen tea and cup. Save your tea preferences and cup sizes for easy access and consistently delicious results.
- Save custom tea brewing profiles
- Save cup dimensions
- Generate cooling timers
- Generate brewing timers
- Precise temperature and time settings
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Save your teas (giving the brewing temperature and time) and cups (giving the cup volume and top diameter). When you're ready to make a cup of tea, choose your tea and cup and the app will generate two timers - a cooling timer and a brewing timer - specific to the tea and cup. The cooling timer counts down the time to wait after pouring boiling water into the cup for the brewing temperature (e.g. 70°C for green tea) to be reached. The brewing timer then counts down the time from when the tea is added to the water in the cup to when it should be removed. The result is a perfectly brewed cup of tea!
Tea Me
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Tea Me is your smart tea companion for every brew – from first discovery to perfect routine. Discover a vast tea library with brewing time and temperature recommendations, customize values individually and save multiple brews per tea. Create your own teas, document origin and preparation details in your notes and record your brews with personal impressions in your Brew Journal. With the integrated timer and Live Activities you see the current status at a glance and never miss a brew. Control the preparation conveniently from your wrist with your Apple Watch. The unique cooling function calculates exactly when your boiling water reaches the perfect temperature, taking into account room temperature, altitude above sea level or the material of your cup. The app supports both metric and imperial systems and displays temperatures in Celsius and Fahrenheit. Tea Me supports Western brewing method and Gong Fu. Whether beginner or tea enthusiast: With Tea Me every cup becomes more conscious, consistent and personal.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Time for Tea at none against Tea Me's 2. Time for Tea also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). 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
Both are free to download. Tea Me sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per year. Time for Tea asks for nothing beyond the download.
Time for Tea ships an update every 5 weeks, Tea Me every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Time for Tea | Tea Me |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Annabel van der Kooy | Martin Lustenberger GmbH |
In-app purchases
Time for Tea
No in-app purchases
Tea Me
- Tea Me Plus7 Days trial$12.991 Year
- Tea Me Plus$5.99








