Timer.Coffee vs Simply Pure
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.
Simply Pure
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Simply Pure reads the label so you don't have to. Point your camera at any barcode and get one honest score, 0 to 100, in seconds. Most US food apps grade on nutrition alone. Simply Pure also asks a harder question: would this ingredient list be allowed in Europe? The EU reviews additives before they reach shelves and re-reviews them as evidence accumulates, so its standards are the strictest widely used benchmark in the world. We score every product against them, and check every additive against Japan's positive list and Health Canada's permitted lists as well. WHAT YOU GET - One score from three parts: nutrition, additive safety, and processing level, with the full breakdown shown for every product - Hard caps that cannot be bought back: a high-risk additive caps any score at 49, an EU-banned additive caps it at 24 - Additive details in plain language: what it is, why it is or is not a concern, its status in the EU, Japan, and Canada, and an estimated dose against the accepted daily intake where the data allows - Better options from the same aisle when they exist - Personal care, pet food, and household products, scored on ingredient safety against EU rules - Alerts if a product you scanned is recalled by the US FDA or its score changes after a data or safety-rules update (optional) - Personalization for your diet and allergen list, clearly bounded so it never invents a verdict - Themes, offline scanning of previously seen products, and sync between your devices with a short code, no account needed INDEPENDENT BY DESIGN No ads. No sponsored scores. No accounts. Your scan history stays on your device. The scoring method is published in full on our website, and product corrections are reviewed by a human before they go live. If a product is missing, add it in about 30 seconds with two photos, or get an instant provisional score from a photo of the ingredient label. Simply Pure rates products, not diets, and is not medical advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Timer.Coffee at 3 against Simply Pure's 1. Timer.Coffee also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Timer.Coffee sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Simply Pure sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Timer.Coffee | Simply Pure |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (134 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 134 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anton Karliner | Andrew Davis |
In-app purchases
Timer.Coffee
- Buy a small coffee$1.99
- Buy a medium coffee$4.99
- Buy a large coffee$9.99
Simply Pure
- Premium$11.991 Year
- Premium Supporter$23.991 Year
- Premium Champion$47.991 Year









