Timer.Coffee vs Kava
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timer.Coffee
This app provides a free, open-source timer and calculator for coffee brewing, offering step-by-step instructions for numerous methods. It allows users to adjust quantities, save grind settings, and track their brewing history. Enjoy real-time community insights and share your own custom recipes.
- 22 Brewing Methods
- Coffee Calculator
- Custom Grind Size
- Background Brewing
- Live Activities
- Create & Share Recipes
- Brew Diary
- Bean Tracking
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Timer.Coffee is a free, open-source coffee brewing timer and calculator designed to enhance your brewing experience. The app is completely free. Optional in-app donations support ongoing development and never affect access to features. Key Features - 27 Brewing Methods: Step-by-step instructions for Hario V60, AeroPress, Chemex, French Press, Clever Dripper, Kalita Wave, Wilfa Svart Pour Over, Origami Dripper, Hario Switch, and more. - Coffee Calculator: Adjust coffee and water quantities on the fly. - Custom Grind Size: Save your grind settings per recipe — never forget your Comandante clicks again. - Background Brewing: The timer keeps running accurately when you minimize the app — switch apps or check a message without losing your place. - Live Activities: Follow your brew step-by-step on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island without unlocking your phone. - Pulse: See what coffee lovers around the world are brewing right now, in real time. - Create & Share Recipes: Build your own brewing recipes and share them with the community. - Brew Diary: Automatically save timer-guided brews or add entries manually, with notes, ratings, taste, tags, grind, water temperature, and extraction. - Bean Tracking: Manage your coffee bean inventory with AI-powered label recognition. - Favorites: Quick access to your most-used recipes. - Audio Chime: Audio alerts for every brewing step. - Dial In Your Beans: Search and filter your history, bookmark best cups, compare attempts, follow bean journeys, and review monthly progress. - Device Sync: Recipes, beans, and brews synced across all your devices. - 22 Languages: Fully localized for a global audience. - Dark Mode: Easy on the eyes at any hour.
Kava
Craft and refine your go-to pour-over coffee recipes with this intuitive application. It features a built-in timer to ensure consistent brewing for every cup.
- Create and edit pour-over recipes
- Built-in brewing timer
- Consistent brew guidance
- Recipe customization
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• Easily create and tweak your favorite pour-over recipes • Use built-in timer for consistent brews
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kava at none against Timer.Coffee's 3. Timer.Coffee's advantage is ratings volume (135 vs 9) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Timer.Coffee sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Kava asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Timer.Coffee against 4.9 for Kava. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timer.Coffee has 135 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timer.Coffee | Kava |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (135 ratings) — better | 4.9 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 135 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anton Karliner | Andriy Gordiyenko |
Customer experience
Timer.Coffee
Kava
In-app purchases
Timer.Coffee
- Buy a small coffee$1.99
- Buy a medium coffee$4.99
- Buy a large coffee$9.99
Kava
No in-app purchases
