Comparison

Kava vs Kaffedex

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

Kaffedex

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Dial in espresso in 1–2 shots, not 15. Kaffedex is the espresso companion for baristas and serious home enthusiasts who are tired of wasting beans guessing dose and grind. Log a pull and Kaffedex tells you the next move — dose and grind direction — converging on a great shot in a couple of calibration pulls instead of a dozen throwaways. DIAL IN FASTER • Log dose, yield, time, grind setting and basket — get a suggested next pull with a dose and a grind adjustment. • The reasoning runs fully offline. It reads your actual shots; roast level, varietal and process fine-tune the call. • Grind advice is shown in your grinder's own clicks or marks AND in plain "finer / coarser" — because no two grinders agree on which way the numbers go. KNOWS YOUR GRINDER • Hand-drawn dials for Niche, Timemore, Lagom, EK43, Mazzer, Weber, Acaia Orbit, Zerno and more — including aftermarket burrs. • Per-burr calibration that sharpens the more you pull. MEASURE LIKE A PRO • Extraction dashboard: TDS, extraction yield, and a live shot graph with flow. • Pair a Bluetooth scale or refractometer to capture weight, time and TDS automatically. THE CODEX — PRO • A built-in coffee encyclopedia: 60+ variety stories, processing methods, origin countries with shaded-relief terrain maps, Cup of Excellence farms, and a sensory guide. LIVES ON YOUR PHONE • Home-screen widgets and a Live Activity / Dynamic Island shot timer. • iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad. • Share any recipe as a scannable card and import a teammate's dial-in in seconds. Free: up to 4 beans with 20 pulls each, the complete rule-based dial-in engine, every grinder dial, and the full extraction dashboard. Kaffedex Pro: unlimited beans and pulls, the entire Codex, and AI coaching — turn a taste note like "sour and thin" into a concrete adjustment, plus varietal-aware guidance. Less guessing. Fewer wasted shots. Better coffee. — Legal Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://octolabo.app/kaffedex/privacy/

Screenshots

Kava4 screens
Kaffedex4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kava at none against Kaffedex's 4. Kava also leads on iOS requirement (16.1 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Kaffedex sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Kava asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Kava versus Kaffedex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKavaKaffedex
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndriy GordiyenkoCiantury Octojaya

In-app purchases

None

Kava

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Kaffedex

Subscriptions2
  • Kaffedex Pro (Monthly)3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Kaffedex Pro (Yearly)3 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time2
  • 100 AI Credits (Aipack100)$4.99
  • Kaffedex Pro — Lifetime access$79.99

Questions

Is Kava free?
Kava is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kaffedex free?
Kaffedex is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Kava or Kaffedex have ads?
Neither Kava nor Kaffedex shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kava or Kaffedex?
Kava ships an update every 10 days, and Kaffedex every 10 days. Most recently, Kava was updated on October 2, 2026 and Kaffedex on October 6, 2026.

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