Comparison

Elevator Coffee vs Coffee DTR Timer

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

Head to head
About

Elevator Coffee

Easily order coffee beans, explore different roasts, and manage your coffee subscription all in one place. Discover new coffees and stay updated on your deliveries.

Highlights
  • Order coffee beans
  • Learn about coffees
  • Subscribe to coffee
  • Manage subscriptions
  • Convenient ordering
Features
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Ordering Elevator Coffee has never been easier. Use our app to order beans, learn about our coffees, subscribe and manage your subscription, all from one convenient location.

About

Coffee DTR Timer

This app helps coffee roasters time their roasts accurately. It allows users to input roaster, bean, and weight details, then track key stages like yellowing and first crack. The timer calculates development time, weight loss, and provides a roast summary for logging.

Highlights
  • Roast stage timing (Yellowing, First Crack, Drop)
  • Live Development Time (DTR) calculation
  • Weight loss calculation
  • Roast history logging
  • Favorite and delete roasts
  • Custom roaster and bean input
Features
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This simple coffee roast timer is used with your roaster of choice. Add your roaster name, bean name and green weight with units on the setup screen. On the timer screen hit start when you start your roast. Tap the Yellowing button when the beans start to turn yellow and the drying phase time is saved. Tap First Crack at the sound of first crack and the Maillard phase time is saved and live DTR is enabled allowing to dial in development time! Tap Drop/End and the development time along with DTR, maillard time, time to first crack and total roast time are shown to allow you to log your roast information. Add roasted weight and weight loss is calculated. Save roast will add to roast history and display the roast summary screen. On the history screen the user can favorite or delete roasts from the history.

Screenshots

Elevator Coffee4 screens
Coffee DTR Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Coffee DTR Timer at every 9 days against Elevator Coffee's every 2 months. Elevator Coffee's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Elevator Coffee ships an update every 2 months, Coffee DTR Timer every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Elevator Coffee versus Coffee DTR Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElevator CoffeeCoffee DTR Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB1 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSavorLiveMike Whaley

Customer experience

Elevator Coffee

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Coffee DTR Timer

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Elevator Coffee

No in-app purchases

None

Coffee DTR Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Elevator Coffee free?
Elevator Coffee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Coffee DTR Timer free?
Coffee DTR Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Elevator Coffee or Coffee DTR Timer have ads?
Neither Elevator Coffee nor Coffee DTR Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Elevator Coffee or Coffee DTR Timer?
Elevator Coffee ships an update every 2 months, and Coffee DTR Timer every 9 days. Most recently, Elevator Coffee was updated on October 9, 2026 and Coffee DTR Timer on September 30, 2026.

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