Comparison

Tea&You vs Gongfu Tea Timer

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

Head to head
About

Tea&You

Features
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About

Gongfu Tea Timer

Master traditional Chinese tea ceremonies with precise steep timing for various tea types. This app offers pre-configured settings and custom profiles to ensure perfect results for every brew, including Lock Screen and Dynamic Island notifications.

Highlights
  • Pre-configured timing for 5 tea types
  • Multiple rounds with adjusted steep times
  • Rinse step support
  • Custom tea profile creation
  • Lock Screen timer
  • Dynamic Island support
Features
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Master the art of gongfu tea brewing with precise timing for every steep. Gongfu Tea Timer guides you through the traditional Chinese tea ceremony with optimized steep times for different tea types. Whether you're brewing delicate green tea or robust pu-erh, get perfect results every time. FEATURES: • Pre-configured timing for 5 tea types: Green, Black, Oolong, White, and Pu-erh • Multiple rounds with automatically adjusted steep times • Rinse step for teas that benefit from it • Additional steep generation for extended sessions • Create and save custom tea profiles LIVE ACTIVITIES: • See your timer on the Lock Screen • Dynamic Island support for iPhone 14 Pro and newer • Get alerts when each round completes without opening the app DESIGNED FOR GONGFU: Unlike generic kitchen timers, this app understands gongfu brewing. Each tea type has carefully calibrated times that increase with each steep, following traditional gongfu methodology. Perfect for tea enthusiasts who want consistent, delicious results from their gongfu sessions.

Screenshots

Tea&You4 screens
Gongfu Tea Timer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Gongfu Tea Timer at every 2 weeks against Tea&You's every 6 weeks. Tea&You's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.2). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tea&You ships an update every 6 weeks, Gongfu Tea Timer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tea&You versus Gongfu Tea Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTea&YouGongfu Tea Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerkoein appsRAYMOND LIU LUO

In-app purchases

None

Tea&You

No in-app purchases

None

Gongfu Tea Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tea&You free?
Tea&You is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gongfu Tea Timer free?
Gongfu Tea Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tea&You or Gongfu Tea Timer have ads?
Neither Tea&You nor Gongfu Tea Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tea&You or Gongfu Tea Timer?
Tea&You ships an update every 6 weeks, and Gongfu Tea Timer every 2 weeks. Most recently, Tea&You was updated on October 27, 2026 and Gongfu Tea Timer on October 28, 2026.

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