Comparison

Decaff vs Caffeine Mate

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

Head to head
About

Decaff

Monitor your daily caffeine consumption from various beverages like coffee, tea, and energy drinks. Log your intake, set limits, and visualize trends to understand caffeine's impact on your sleep and energy levels. Build healthier habits and maintain control over your caffeine intake.

Highlights
  • Track caffeine intake from various beverages
  • Log beverages and set daily limits
  • Visualize daily and weekly trends
  • Understand caffeine's impact on sleep
  • Build healthier habits
  • Monitor energy and focus levels
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Decaff helps you track and manage your daily caffeine intake from coffee, tea, energy drinks, and more. Log beverages, see limits and visualize your daily and weekly trends. Understand how caffeine affects your sleep, energy, and focus to build healthier habits and stay in control.https://decaff-landing-page-1ptw.vercel.app/terms Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://decaff-landing-page-1ptw.vercel.app/privacy

About

Caffeine Mate

Features
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Can I have another coffee before bed? Log your drinks with Caffeine Mate, then check your estimated caffeine now and at bedtime. Preview your next coffee, tea, matcha, or energy drink before you add it to your day. TRACK YOUR DRINKS • Log coffee, espresso, tea, matcha, energy drinks, or a custom caffeine amount • Find familiar drinks, save favorites, and reuse recent entries • Review and edit your drink history • Log from iPhone, Apple Watch, or an interactive widget PLAN YOUR NEXT CUP • See your modeled caffeine estimate now and at your chosen bedtime • Compare your bedtime estimate with the target you set • Preview how another familiar drink would change that estimate • Adjust your processing settings, bedtime, and target • Follow the caffeine curve and inspect the formula behind the estimate The forecast uses your drink log and settings. It works without connecting sleep data. LEARN FROM YOUR ACTUAL SLEEP WITH CAFFEINE PRO Connect Apple Health sleep data or record your sleep manually. Caffeine Pro helps you review how your drink timing and actual sleep line up over time. • Review each night's saved bedtime, actual sleep, and estimated caffeine • Correct sleep entries and reversibly exclude nights from your patterns • Explore private patterns as sufficient reviewed history becomes available • Receive a conservative bedtime target and finish-by window when the evidence supports them • Try a guided earlier-cutoff experiment and review what happened Collecting nights is the start. Recommendations depend on the amount and quality of your history. Pro does not promise a personal answer after a fixed number of nights. YOUR HISTORY STAYS ON YOUR DEVICES Use Caffeine Mate without an account. Your caffeine history, settings, and optional Pro sleep data stay on your devices. Apple Health access is optional and controlled by you. Estimates and observed patterns are for planning. They are not body measurements or medical advice. Sleep patterns do not establish cause and effect, and individual caffeine response varies. Download for free, then choose Caffeine Pro Lifetime or Annual after your personal onboarding preview. Lifetime is a one-time purchase with Family Sharing. Annual includes a 7-day free trial for eligible Apple accounts, then renews automatically each year unless cancelled. Pro unlocks continued tracking, live forecasts, sleep insights, Apple Health syncing, Apple Watch, and widget logging. Your saved history and data export remain accessible without an active plan. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Decaff4 screens
Caffeine Mate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Caffeine Mate at every 6 days against Decaff's every 2 months. 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. Decaff sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Caffeine Mate sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Decaff ships an update every 2 months, Caffeine Mate every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Decaff versus Caffeine Mate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDecaffCaffeine Mate
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIrakli GrigoliaNicholas Wong

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Decaff

Subscriptions1
  • Weekly Premium$0.997 Days
One-time4
  • Support Decaff$0.99
  • Support Decaff$2.99
  • Lifetime Premium$4.99
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  • Support Decaff$4.99
4 purchases

Caffeine Mate

Subscriptions2
  • Caffeine Pro Annual7 Days trial$5.991 Year
  • Caffeine Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
One-time2
  • Caffeine Pro Lifetime$9.99
  • Caffeine Pro Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is Decaff free?
Decaff is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Caffeine Mate free?
Caffeine Mate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Decaff or Caffeine Mate have ads?
Neither Decaff nor Caffeine Mate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Decaff or Caffeine Mate?
Decaff ships an update every 2 months, and Caffeine Mate every 6 days. Most recently, Decaff was updated on October 30, 2026 and Caffeine Mate on October 28, 2026.

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