Comparison

Time for Tea vs Tea Master

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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!

About

Tea Master

Master the art of tea brewing with personalized guidance. Explore international standards and ancient traditions, track brewing times precisely, and build your own tea collection. Elevate every tea ritual into a refined experience.

Highlights
  • Personalized brewing styles
  • International and traditional methods
  • Precise brewing time tracking
  • Customizable tea collection
  • Ritual enhancement
Features
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Brew every tea the way it was actually meant to be brewed. Tea Master gives you per-infusion timings, water temperature and leaf-to-water ratio for 45 teas, and a journal that remembers every cup you have made. FOUR BREWING STYLES • Gongfu: many short infusions, each one a little longer than the last • Western: the classic single long steep • Matcha: whisking timer • Cold brew: hours, not minutes A LIBRARY OF 45 TEAS Sheng and shu pu-erh, oolong, black, green, white, yellow, dark, Japanese and herbal, from Da Hong Pao and Tie Guan Yin to Gyokuro, Sencha and Silver Needle. Every tea carries its own temperature, ratio and full infusion schedule. NEVER MISS A STEEP • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Home Screen widgets with quick start • Six timer sounds and haptics YOUR TEA, TRACKED • Brewing journal: rate each session, keep tasting notes • Statistics and streaks • My Shelf: keep track of the teas you actually own • Dosage calculator: enter your vessel size, get the exact grams • Brewing guides for every family of tea • Build your own tea profiles from scratch PRIVATE BY DESIGN No ads. No account. No data collection. Your journal and shelf sync privately through your own iCloud. FREE AND PREMIUM The full timer and two teas are free forever. Premium unlocks the complete 45-tea library, journal, statistics, shelf, dosage calculator, guides and custom profiles, starting with a 7-day free trial. This app is governed by Apple's standard End User License Agreement (EULA), available at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/.

Screenshots

Time for Tea4 screens
Tea Master4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Time for Tea at 5.0 against Tea Master's 3.0. Time for Tea also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Tea Master's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). On price, ratings volume, 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. Tea Master sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Time for Tea asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Time for Tea holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Time for Tea's written reviews are positive against 67% of Tea Master's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time for Tea ships an update every 5 weeks, Tea Master weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Time for Tea versus Tea Master: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime for TeaTea Master
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnnabel van der KooyDavyd Hruts

Customer experience

Time for Tea

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tea Master

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Time for Tea

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Tea Master

Subscriptions2
  • My Tea Master Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Annual14 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • lifetime$44.99

Questions

Is Time for Tea free?
Time for Tea is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tea Master free?
Tea Master is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Time for Tea or Tea Master?
Time for Tea is rated higher. Time for Tea averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Tea Master averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Time for Tea or Tea Master have ads?
Neither Time for Tea nor Tea Master shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Time for Tea or Tea Master?
Time for Tea ships an update every 5 weeks, and Tea Master weekly. Most recently, Time for Tea was updated on October 3, 2026 and Tea Master on October 1, 2026.

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