Comparison

Kava vs YIELD Pourover

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

Head to head
About

Kava

Craft and refine your go-to pour-over coffee recipes with this intuitive application. It features a built-in timer to ensure consistent brewing for every cup.

Highlights
  • Create and edit pour-over recipes
  • Built-in brewing timer
  • Consistent brew guidance
  • Recipe customization
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• Easily create and tweak your favorite pour-over recipes • Use built-in timer for consistent brews

About

YIELD Pourover

Features
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YIELD is a brewing journal for people who geek out over grind settings, chase the perfect extraction, and believe the morning ritual matters. Track your pours, dial in your recipes, and build a library of what works for every bean that crosses your counter. Your data. Your device. Forever. One purchase. No subscriptions, no ads, no account required. Your brewing notes stay on your device and sync via iCloud if you choose. We're not building a platform—just a damn good tool. Built for the early hours. A dark, warm interface designed for pre-dawn focus. High-contrast timers you can read mid-pour. Home screen widgets show your bean freshness and last brew without opening the app. Live Activity keeps your timer visible on the lock screen. No bright screens, no distractions—just you and the kettle. Freshness that makes sense. Light roasts need time to degas. Dark roasts peak earlier. YIELD tracks where each bag sits in its freshness window, so you're never guessing whether to wait or brew. Get notified when a bag hits peak or starts to fade. Your grinder remembers. Switched to a new bag? YIELD recalls what setting worked last time with that bean. Dial in faster and spend less time chasing your starting point. Compare brews side by side to see what actually made the difference. Recipes that grow with you. Build custom pour-over recipes—bloom, pulse pours, swirls, whatever your method. Scale by ratio or grams. Adjust your dose and watch the targets recalculate. No fluff. No tutorials. No achievements. No social feeds. Just a focused companion for people who care about their craft. Optional caffeine logging to HealthKit if you want it—nothing more.

Screenshots

Kava4 screens
YIELD Pourover4 screens

Verdict

The call

Kava and YIELD Pourover are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Kava ships an update every 2 weeks, YIELD Pourover every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Kava versus YIELD Pourover: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKavaYIELD Pourover
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndriy GordiyenkoRiku Thilman

In-app purchases

None

Kava

No in-app purchases

None

YIELD Pourover

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kava free?
Kava is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is YIELD Pourover free?
YIELD Pourover is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kava or YIELD Pourover have ads?
Neither Kava nor YIELD Pourover shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kava or YIELD Pourover?
Kava ships an update every 2 weeks, and YIELD Pourover every 9 days. Most recently, Kava was updated on November 4, 2026 and YIELD Pourover on October 31, 2026.

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