Comparison

Caffeine vs Caffeine Tracking

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

Head to head
About

Caffeine

Easily monitor your daily caffeine consumption and stay within your limits. Track your intake, log drinks with one tap, and customize your beverage list. Stay aware of your habits and make informed decisions about your caffeine intake.

Highlights
  • Effortless tracking of daily caffeine intake
  • One-tap logging for frequent drinks
  • Create custom drinks
  • Mark favorite drinks for quick access
  • iOS widget for at-a-glance monitoring
  • Apple Watch app for on-the-fly logging
  • Apple Watch complications for intake tracking
Features
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Caffeine gives you a clear picture of your daily caffeine intake. Whether you’re cutting back or simply keeping track, log your drinks, set your daily limit, and follow your habits from your iPhone or Apple Watch. • iPhone Duo Support: Ready on day one, with full support for every layout and orientation. • Your Day at a Glance: See today’s intake, compare it with yesterday, and check how much remains within your daily limit. • Quick Logging: Repeat recent drinks with one tap and keep your favorites close at hand. • Custom Drinks: Add your own drinks with the caffeine amounts and serving sizes that work for you. • History and Trends: Review past entries and see how your intake changes over time. • Home Screen Widgets: Check your daily intake at a glance with gauges that match the app. • Apple Watch: Log drinks from your wrist and keep your daily intake visible with watch face complications. • Make It Yours: Choose a color theme with a matching app icon. A little more awareness with every cup.

About

Caffeine Tracking

Features
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Caffeine tells you how much caffeine is in your body right now, and when it will drop low enough for you to sleep. It doesn't just add up milligrams. Every drink is absorbed slowly and then clears at your own pace, so the number climbs after a coffee, reaches a peak, and falls, the way caffeine really behaves. Last night's espresso still counts in the morning. Tap a preset to log a drink, or enter a custom amount. Had a coffee earlier and forgot? Set the time and add it. The daily curve shows where you are, and you can drag along it to check your level at any point. When you're deciding on one more cup, drinks that would keep you up past bedtime are greyed out. Make it yours in Settings: how quickly you clear caffeine, your bedtime, and how much you'll allow before sleep. Add the Home Screen widget to keep an eye on your level. Your data stays on your phone. No account, no sign up, no tracking. Export everything as a CSV whenever you like.

Screenshots

Caffeine4 screens
Caffeine Tracking4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Caffeine Tracking at every 2 months against Caffeine's every 12 months. Caffeine Tracking also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Caffeine's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). 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

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

Caffeine ships an update every 12 months, Caffeine Tracking every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Caffeine versus Caffeine Tracking: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCaffeineCaffeine Tracking
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperA I M, Inc.Ideakettu Oy

In-app purchases

None

Caffeine

No in-app purchases

None

Caffeine Tracking

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Caffeine free?
Caffeine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Caffeine Tracking free?
Caffeine Tracking is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Caffeine or Caffeine Tracking have ads?
Neither Caffeine nor Caffeine Tracking shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Caffeine or Caffeine Tracking?
Caffeine ships an update every 12 months, and Caffeine Tracking every 2 months. Most recently, Caffeine was updated on October 24, 2026 and Caffeine Tracking on October 28, 2026.

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