Five Bars vs Boba Time
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Five Bars
Discover and log your favorite chocolate bars with this app. Keep a personal record of chocolates you've tried and find new ones to enjoy.
- Track chocolate bars
- Discover new chocolates
- Personal chocolate log
- Food & Drink category
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Obsessed with good chocolate? Track and discover bars with Five Bars!
Boba Time
Effortlessly track your bubble tea consumption with custom timers and notifications. Log your boba experiences with photos, ratings, and share them if you choose. Enjoy mindful indulgence with gentle nudges for your diet goals.
- Customizable boba timers
- Notifications for boba days
- Photo logging of bubble tea
- Rating and sharing of boba
- Lock screen and home screen widgets
- Private, on-device data storage
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Boba Time makes it easy and fun to pace your next bubble tea, log every drink, and remember the sips you loved. SET YOUR BOBA TIMER • Choose a cooldown from 1 to 30 days • Get an on-device reminder when it’s boba time • Check your countdown from Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Celebrate unlock day with boba rain LOG EVERY SIP • Take a photo or choose one from your library • Record the shop, drink type, sweetness, temperature, ice, size, and toppings • Reuse your most recent customization for each type of drink • Rate drinks and build a private boba history • Browse nearby shops with Apple Maps • Share your favorite drinks when you choose PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account is required. Your drink history, photos, timer, and preferences stay on your device. Boba Time does not use advertising or tracking SDKs. BOBA TIME PREMIUM Premium unlocks saved favorite orders, additional themes and skins, and watermark-free sharing. Monthly and yearly plans renew automatically unless canceled. Eligible new subscribers can receive a 7-day free trial on the yearly plan; the monthly plan has no trial. You can restore or manage your subscription from Settings. Boba Time is intended for personal habit tracking and entertainment. It is not medical advice. Privacy Policy: https://designwithaa.com/bobatime/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Boba Time at every 2 weeks against Five Bars's every 5 weeks. Five Bars's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Five Bars against 5.0 for Boba Time. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.
Five Bars ships an update every 5 weeks, Boba Time every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Five Bars | Boba Time |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stephanie Obodda | A & A Design Inc. |
Customer experience
Five Bars
Boba Time
In-app purchases
Five Bars
No in-app purchases
Boba Time
No in-app purchases
