Comparison

Brewly vs CoffeeTimer

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

Head to head
About

Brewly

Master your coffee brewing with guided timers, customizable recipes, and a detailed journal. Track grinder settings, rate your brews, and easily replicate your favorite cups. No ads, subscriptions, or accounts needed.

Highlights
  • Guided brewing timers
  • Editable coffee recipes
  • Grinder setting tracking
  • Brew journal and history
  • Recipe sharing
  • Light and dark modes
Features
Read full description

Brew better coffee with guided timers, editable recipes, grinder settings, and a brew journal. Completely free, with no ads or subscriptions. Brewly helps you repeat the cups you love. Follow each brewing stage, adjust coffee and water, remember the exact grinder setting, then rate the result and add tasting notes. No account required. GUIDED BREWING • Step-by-step timers for pour-over, immersion, espresso, and cold brew • Clear pour, wait, bloom, and drawdown stages • Sound and haptic cues so you can focus on brewing • Scale recipes to match your serving size RECIPES YOUR WAY • Start with recipes for V60, Chemex, Kalita Wave, AeroPress, French press, Clever Dripper, espresso, and more • Create, edit, duplicate, search, filter, and sort recipes • Save dose, water, ratio, grind size, temperature, and custom stages • Share recipes as text or scannable QR codes DIAL IN EVERY CUP • Build a collection of your grinders • Save the grinder and exact setting used for each brew • Rate brews, add tasting tags and notes, and restart favorites from history MADE FOR DAILY USE • No ads, subscriptions, or in-app purchases • No account required • Light and dark modes • Celsius and Fahrenheit • Available in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese • Optimized for iPhone and iPad Brewly keeps the workflow simple: choose a recipe, set your dose, follow the timer, and learn from every cup.

About

CoffeeTimer

Features
Read full description

Brew better coffee, your way. CoffeeTimer is a focused iOS coffee brewing timer that guides you step by step — so you can consistently brew great coffee, every time. Whether you're new to coffee brewing or brewing at home regularly, CoffeeTimer removes guesswork from the process while still letting you follow your own ritual. - Guided brewing, made simple Follow clear, step-by-step timers while brewing. Each step is shown at the right moment, so you always know what to do next — without distractions. - Built-in brew methods Get started quickly with presets for popular brewing methods, including: • V60 • Chemex • AeroPress • French Press - Brew it your own way Adjust timings, pours, and pauses to match how you like to brew. You can create your own recipe from scratch or customize built-in brew methods. - Flexible coffee–water ratios Calculate coffee or water amounts without duplicating recipes. Brew different volumes while keeping balanced ratios and consistent results. - Focused and minimal No ads, no paywall, no clutter. CoffeeTimer is designed to stay out of your way so you can focus on brewing. - Free & open source CoffeeTimer is completely free and open source. If you enjoy using it, you can choose to support development — but nothing is locked behind a paywall. CoffeeTimer helps you brew better coffee, in your own way. Your coffee. Your ritual.

Screenshots

Brewly4 screens
CoffeeTimer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Brewly at every 8 days against CoffeeTimer's every 12 months. Brewly also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brewly ships an update every 8 days, CoffeeTimer every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Brewly versus CoffeeTimer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrewlyCoffeeTimer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJerome SommerfeldtKutay Demireren

In-app purchases

None

Brewly

No in-app purchases

None

CoffeeTimer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Brewly free?
Brewly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CoffeeTimer free?
CoffeeTimer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Brewly or CoffeeTimer have ads?
Neither Brewly nor CoffeeTimer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brewly or CoffeeTimer?
Brewly ships an update every 8 days, and CoffeeTimer every 12 months. Most recently, Brewly was updated on October 25, 2026 and CoffeeTimer on October 28, 2026.

Other comparisons