Comparison

Timer.Coffee vs My CoffeeCalc

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 22 Brewing Methods
  • Coffee Calculator
  • Custom Grind Size
  • Background Brewing
  • Live Activities
  • Create & Share Recipes
  • Brew Diary
  • Bean Tracking
Features
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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.

About

My CoffeeCalc

This app helps you brew better coffee by calculating precise coffee and water ratios. It offers customizable preferences, educational articles on brewing techniques, and curated recipes for popular methods. A streamlined watch app is also available for quick calculations.

Highlights
  • Coffee brewing ratio calculator
  • Customizable brew ratio preferences
  • Learn section with brewing articles
  • Curated recipes for pourover, French press, AeroPress
  • Apple Watch app for quick calculations
Features
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Brew better coffee with My CoffeeCalc Brewing coffee is a science. The key to a delicious cup every day is a little math. This calculator does the math for you so you can effortlessly make amazing coffee. Let My CoffeeCalc handle the numbers. You enjoy the brew. CALCULATOR The heart of My CoffeeCalc is a coffee brewing ratio calculator that gives you the right amounts of ground coffee and brew water needed to craft a perfectly balanced cup. Did you ever brew an incredible cup of coffee one day, then find yourself increasingly frustrated by your inability to reproduce those results? If consistency is your problem, brew ratios are the solution. Understanding your ratios transforms coffee from guesswork into reliable results. You'll brew consistently great coffee while gaining the control to adjust and perfect your ideal cup. PREFERENCES Customize your experience by setting your preferred brew ratio as the default to make your daily brewing routine even more seamless. LEARN My CoffeeCalc also includes a Learn section with a variety of articles designed to help you understand coffee brewing in greater detail. Explore topics like brew temperature, grind size, and essential brewing tools. RECIPES Browse our curated selection of popular, reliable coffee brewing recipes from coffee experts for three of the most popular coffee brewing methods: pourover, french press, and AeroPress. APPLE WATCH My CoffeeCalc also includes a streamlined watchOS app that provides a concentrated calculator function right on your wrist for quick brewing decisions.

Screenshots

Timer.Coffee4 screens
My CoffeeCalc4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: My CoffeeCalc at none against Timer.Coffee's 3. Timer.Coffee's advantage is ratings volume (135 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Timer.Coffee sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. My CoffeeCalc asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Timer.Coffee against 5.0 for My CoffeeCalc. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timer.Coffee has 135 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timer.Coffee ships an update every 10 days, My CoffeeCalc every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Timer.Coffee versus My CoffeeCalc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimer.CoffeeMy CoffeeCalc
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (135 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings135 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnton KarlinerAlexander Swetz

Customer experience

Timer.Coffee

All ratings134 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

My CoffeeCalc

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Timer.Coffee

One-time3
  • Buy a small coffee$1.99
  • Buy a medium coffee$4.99
  • Buy a large coffee$9.99
None

My CoffeeCalc

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Timer.Coffee free?
Timer.Coffee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is My CoffeeCalc free?
My CoffeeCalc is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Timer.Coffee or My CoffeeCalc?
My CoffeeCalc is rated higher. Timer.Coffee averages 5.0 out of 5 from 135 ratings, while My CoffeeCalc averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Timer.Coffee or My CoffeeCalc have ads?
Neither Timer.Coffee nor My CoffeeCalc shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timer.Coffee or My CoffeeCalc?
Timer.Coffee ships an update every 10 days, and My CoffeeCalc every 5 days. Most recently, Timer.Coffee was updated on October 15, 2026 and My CoffeeCalc on October 8, 2026.

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