Comparison

Timer.Coffee vs Detent Coffee

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

Detent Coffee

Scan any coffee bag to get a custom grind setting and brew recipe tailored to your specific beans and equipment. Save your scanned coffees to a digital cabinet for easy access to past brew profiles. Integrates with smart kettles for seamless brewing.

Highlights
  • AI-powered coffee bag scanning
  • Custom grind settings
  • Personalized brew recipes
  • Digital coffee cabinet
  • Smart kettle integration
  • Grinder-specific calibration
Features
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Detent scans your coffee bag and tells you exactly how to brew it. Point your camera at any bag — specialty roast, grocery find, or a gift from a friend — and Detent reads the label, identifies the coffee, and builds a custom grind setting and brew recipe on the spot. Calibrated to that specific bean. Calibrated to your grinder. SCAN ANY BAG Detent uses AI to extract what matters from a coffee label: roast level, origin, process, body, and flavor profile. In seconds, you get a grind setting matched to your equipment and a full brew recipe for your chosen method — drip, pour over, AeroPress, French press, espresso, cold brew, moka pot, percolator, Clever Dripper, Turkish, or siphon. BREW BY HAND, GUIDED No smart machine? Detent walks you through the pour. Start any manual method for a timed, step-by-step guide — bloom, pours, and pull — with your grind, dose, and water right on screen. Phone on the counter, hands on the kettle. YOUR COFFEE CABINET Every coffee you scan is saved automatically. Browse your collection, review brew profiles, and pull up any recipe when you're ready to brew again. Your cabinet grows with every bag you try. FELLOW AIDEN INTEGRATION Connect your Fellow Aiden smart brewer and send the brew profile straight to the device. Temperature, timing, pulse pours — pushed with one tap, no manual programming. BUILT FOR YOUR GRINDER Choose your grinder in Settings and every scan returns a setting specific to your equipment. Supports 20+ grinders, including Fellow Opus, Comandante C40, Baratza Encore, Timemore Chestnut C3, 1Zpresso J-Ultra, Niche Zero, and Mahlkönig EK43. Made by illogicalproject, a small independent studio building tools for coffee people who care about the details.

Screenshots

Timer.Coffee4 screens
Detent Coffee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Detent Coffee at none against Timer.Coffee's 3. Timer.Coffee's advantage is ratings volume (135 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). 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. Detent Coffee 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 Detent Coffee. 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, Detent Coffee every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Timer.Coffee versus Detent Coffee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimer.CoffeeDetent Coffee
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (135 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings135 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnton KarlinerIllogical Project LLC

Customer experience

Timer.Coffee

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

Detent Coffee

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

Detent Coffee

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Timer.Coffee free?
Timer.Coffee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Detent Coffee free?
Detent Coffee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Timer.Coffee or Detent Coffee?
Detent Coffee is rated higher. Timer.Coffee averages 5.0 out of 5 from 135 ratings, while Detent Coffee averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Timer.Coffee or Detent Coffee have ads?
Neither Timer.Coffee nor Detent Coffee shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timer.Coffee or Detent Coffee?
Timer.Coffee ships an update every 10 days, and Detent Coffee every 9 days. Most recently, Timer.Coffee was updated on October 15, 2026 and Detent Coffee on September 14, 2026.

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