Timer.Coffee vs Breve
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.
Breve
Learn to make café-quality coffee drinks at home with step-by-step guides and adaptable recipes. Explore a vast collection, pin favorites, and discover new creations. Works offline, perfect for any brewing method or equipment.
- Café-style drink recipes
- Adaptable to home equipment
- Step-by-step brewing guides
- Built-in timers
- Latte art tutorials
- Offline access
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Don’t buy coffee, make café-style drinks at home. From classics like cappuccino, latte, and mocha to modern favorites and iced creations, there’s always something to enjoy. You don’t need expensive equipment. Breve adapts recipes to what you already have at home. Brew with an espresso machine, AeroPress, French press, or moka pot, and froth milk with a steam wand, French press, whisk, or even a jar. Explore a large collection of coffee recipes. Pin your go-to drinks for quick access, try new creations, and discover coffee in a whole new way. Follow step by step guides that show you how to brew and froth with confidence. Use built-in timers to stay on track, and follow latte art tutorials to pour beautiful designs. Once recipes are loaded, everything works offline. Breve is perfect for making coffee anywhere. Upgrade to Breve Unlimited to unlock the complete recipe collection, with new recipes and guides added regularly. Bring the café experience home with Breve. The app and all in-app purchases are licensed under the standard Apple terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Timer.Coffee at every 10 days against Breve's monthly. Timer.Coffee also leads on ratings volume (133 vs 27) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Timer.Coffee sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Breve sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Timer.Coffee against 4.9 for Breve. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 133 and 27 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Timer.Coffee ships an update every 10 days, Breve monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timer.Coffee | Breve |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (133 ratings) — better | 4.9 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 133 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Anton Karliner | Nil Coalescing Limited |
Customer experience
Timer.Coffee
Breve
In-app purchases
Timer.Coffee
- Buy a small coffee$1.99
- Buy a medium coffee$4.99
- Buy a large coffee$9.99
Breve
- Unlimited3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- Unlimited$24.991 Year
