Comparison

DrippTimer vs Coffee Brew Timer & Journal

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

Head to head
About

DrippTimer

This app simplifies brewing delicious drip coffee by allowing you to create custom recipes. It guides you through each extraction phase with precise timing and alerts, ensuring a perfect cup every time.

Highlights
  • Create custom coffee recipes
  • Input bean variety, roast, and grind size
  • Set extraction phases and water/coffee ratios
  • Start extraction with guided timing
  • Receive alerts for each phase
Features
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"DrippTimer is an app designed to make drip coffee extraction easier and more delicious. Add Recipes: - Coffee bean variety - Roast level - Grind size - Coffee bean quantity - Desired number of extraction phases - Water and coffee bean amounts for each extraction DrippTimer helps you input information about your coffee drip, and through its settings, ensures precise coffee extraction. Coffee Extraction: - Select the recipe you've created - Click the start extraction button DrippTimer will notify you with alerts, keeping you informed about the timing for each extraction phase. Download the DrippTimer app and experience the joy of brewing delicious drip coffee!"

About

Coffee Brew Timer & Journal

Features
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Great coffee is not luck. It is a ratio, a grind, a temperature and a clock β€” and Carafe keeps all four in your pocket so every cup you make tomorrow is a little better than today's. Most brewing apps are either a timer or a notebook. Carafe is both, wired together: ten dialed-in recipes, a grind guide you can actually feel, a cellar for the beans you own, and a journal that turns rated cups into insight. Everything lives on your phone, works without a signal, and never asks you to sign up. WHAT YOU GET β€’ Nail the recipe on the first try β€” V60, Chemex, AeroPress, French press, Moka pot, espresso, cold brew, drip, Turkish and siphon, each with its exact coffee-to-water ratio, grind, time and water temperature β€’ Stop guessing at the grinder β€” seven grind sizes from Extra Fine to Extra Coarse, each described by feel (flour, table salt, beach sand, sea salt) and matched to the brewers it was made for β€’ Brew to the second β€” a phase-aware timer that flags the bloom window for pour-over styles and taps you at start, bloom and finish so your eyes stay on the kettle β€’ Know what is in rotation and how fresh it is β€” log origin, roast level, tasting notes and roast date, and Carafe tells you whether a bag is resting, at peak, fading or past its prime β€’ Remember what worked β€” every session records the method, the bean, a 1–5 rating and the tweak to try next time β€’ See your habits at a glance β€” total brews, average rating, this week's count, your top method and top bean PERFECT FOR β€’ Home baristas chasing a repeatable morning cup β€’ Pour-over and filter drinkers dialing in a new bag β€’ Espresso owners tired of wasting shots to find the sweet spot β€’ Anyone who buys good beans and wants to taste the difference WHY NOT JUST USE THE KITCHEN TIMER AND A NOTES APP? Because the timer does not know when the bloom ends, and the notes app does not know which bean or method you meant. Carafe ties the recipe, the timer, the bean and the rating into one record, so three weeks from now you can open the cellar and see exactly why the Ethiopian was better at a finer grind. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No cloud. No analytics riding along with your coffee. Your recipes, beans and sessions are stored on your device only, and the app works completely offline β€” in a cabin, on a plane, at 5 a.m. before the router wakes up. FULL ACCESS Carafe is a paid app. Choose the plan that suits you: a weekly subscription or a yearly subscription. Both unlock every brew method, unlimited beans and sessions, the grind guide and insights. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel them anytime in your App Store account settings. Download Carafe, log the bag on your counter and time your next pour with the bloom phase on. Terms of Service: https://pnkl26.web.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://pnkl26.web.app/privacy-policy Support: pnkhanhlinh0206@gmail.com

Screenshots

DrippTimer4 screens
Coffee Brew Timer & Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Coffee Brew Timer & Journal at none against DrippTimer's shown. DrippTimer's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 4 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DrippTimer ships an update every 11 days, Coffee Brew Timer & Journal every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Β· 4 level
DrippTimer versus Coffee Brew Timer & Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrippTimerCoffee Brew Timer & Journal
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 11 days β€” betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.4 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size23 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPIAO YINGYINGLinh Phan Nhat Khanh

In-app purchases

None

DrippTimer

No in-app purchases

None

Coffee Brew Timer & Journal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DrippTimer free?
DrippTimer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Coffee Brew Timer & Journal free?
Coffee Brew Timer & Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DrippTimer or Coffee Brew Timer & Journal have ads?
DrippTimer shows ads; Coffee Brew Timer & Journal does not.
Which is updated more often, DrippTimer or Coffee Brew Timer & Journal?
DrippTimer ships an update every 11 days, and Coffee Brew Timer & Journal every 4 months. Most recently, DrippTimer was updated on September 30, 2026 and Coffee Brew Timer & Journal on October 1, 2026.

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