Comparison

Mindful Coffee vs Luid

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

Head to head
About

Mindful Coffee

Track your caffeine intake and understand its impact on your energy levels and sleep. This app helps you log every drink, predict your energy, and guides you toward better rest with personalized insights and a cute companion.

Highlights
  • Log all types of caffeinated beverages
  • Predict energy levels and sleep readiness
  • Brew journaling with custom recipes
  • Smart suggestions for brewing
  • Live caffeine tracking
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Personalized metabolism calibration
Features
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Transform your caffeine ritual into a superpower. Mindful Coffee tracks every cup, helps you brew the perfect one, predicts your energy levels, and tells you exactly when you'll be ready for restful sleep. Meet Coffee Cat, your adorable companion who reflects your buzz in real-time. BREW JOURNAL (PRO) - Log Every Brew: Espresso, V60, AeroPress, Chemex, French press, moka pot, cold brew — plus tea, matcha and Gong Fu. Capture grind, dose, ratio, time, temperature and rating in one elegant flow. Each brew starts from your last one, so you only change what is different. - Brew Guide: Built-in recipes for every method. Tap to start, or save your own perfect cup. - Smart Suggestions: Tweak grind, time and temperature based on your own past brews — dial in faster, waste fewer beans. - Brew Analytics: Average rating, best brew, and what "dialed-in" really means for you. - Live Timer: Keeps running while you scroll, saves your bloom time with one tap, plus a cold brew picker and Gong Fu support. - Tea, Done Right: Smart caffeine estimates per leaf and method — green, black, oolong, white, herbal, matcha. SLEEP BETTER, FEEL SHARPER - Know Your Sleep-Ready Time: See precisely when caffeine will clear your system, so you wake up refreshed. - Predict Before You Sip: The What-If Simulator shows how your next drink will affect your energy and sleep. - Build Lasting Habits: Daily streaks keep you motivated. Log caffeine-free days to maintain your streak while taking mindful breaks. - Understand Your Body: Sleep correlation insights reveal how caffeine truly impacts your rest. YOUR PERSONAL CAFFEINE DASHBOARD - One-Tap Logging: Track coffee, tea, energy drinks, and more with customizable sizes and strengths. Logged the wrong one? Edit or undo it in a tap. - Live Caffeine Tracking: Always know how much is in your system right now. - Home Screen & Lock Screen Widgets: See your caffeine level, daily intake, and predicted sleep time without opening the app. Customize your widget style and Quick Log your favorite drinks with a single tap. - Smart Reminders: Gentle nudges only when you forget to log. - iCloud Sync: Seamlessly sync your caffeine data and brew journal across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Your data, on all your devices. - Coffee Cat: Your feline friend mirrors your energy state. Fun, intuitive, and surprisingly motivating. UNLOCK PRO FOR PRECISION TRACKING - Brew Journal & Analytics: The full brewing workflow, recipes, smart suggestions, and analytics above. - Personal Metabolism Calibration: A guided quiz tailors everything to your unique physiology: half-life, sensitivity, and sleep thresholds. - AI Insights: Get personalized caffeine commentary powered by Apple Intelligence, adapting to your energy levels and time of day. (Requires iPhone 15 Pro/16 series, iPad with M1+/A17 Pro, or Mac with Apple Silicon, running iOS 18.1+/iPadOS 18.1+/macOS 15.1+) - Cortisol Rhythm Modeling: Visualize your body's natural energy curve and time your caffeine for peak performance. - Apple Health Sync: Automatically log drinks to HealthKit and import caffeine from other apps. - Full Data Ownership: Export your complete history as CSV for backup or analysis. DESIGNED FOR YOU Customize themes, widget styles, set your ideal bedtime, fine-tune metabolism models, and define what a little or a lot of caffeine means for your body. Private by design: Your caffeine log and Health data stay on your device or in your own iCloud. No account. No ads. No tracking. Purchases are processed by Apple and RevenueCat. Stop guessing. Start thriving. Brew better. Sleep smarter. Download Mindful Coffee and master your energy today. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Luid

Features
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Luid is a clean and modern water and drink tracker designed to make daily fluid tracking simple, visual, and easy to maintain. Log water, coffee, tea, and supported drinks in seconds. Follow your daily progress, view your recent routine on a weekly chart, and review your drink history whenever you want. Luid helps you understand your everyday fluid habits without making tracking feel complicated. You can personalize your daily goal, preferred unit, quick-add amounts, reminders, and app appearance to match your routine. History tools make it easy to review, edit, filter, or remove entries when needed. Luid is designed with privacy in mind. Your drink entries, goals, reminders, settings, and local insights are stored on your device. Optional Apple Health support can save new water entries to Apple Health when you choose to enable it. Luid is built for everyday wellness tracking and habit awareness. It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, prevent, or cure any condition. Hydration needs vary from person to person, and excessive fluid intake can be risky. Some advanced features require a paid Luid Pro subscription. Luid Pro may unlock deeper insights, interactive charts, timing analysis, drink balance insights, reminder intelligence, calendar heatmaps, personal records, recap views, custom drinks, and additional reminder flexibility.

Screenshots

Mindful Coffee4 screens
Luid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Mindful Coffee at 17.0 against Luid's 26.0. On price, update cadence, 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. Mindful Coffee sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Luid sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mindful Coffee ships an update weekly, Luid every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Mindful Coffee versus Luid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindful CoffeeLuid
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB6 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAlexander LothAli Yigit

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Mindful Coffee

Subscriptions5
  • Mindful Coffee Pro (Weekly)$0.997 Days
  • Mindful Coffee Pro (Monthly)$1.991 Month
  • Mindful Coffee Pro (Annual)$3.991 Year
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  • Mindful Coffee Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$6.991 Year
  • Mindful Coffee Pro (Annual)$14.991 Year
One-time3
  • Mindful Coffee Pro (Lifetime)$19.99
  • Mindful Coffee Pro (Lifetime)$39.99
  • Mindful Coffee Pro (Lifetime)$44.99
2 purchases

Luid

Subscriptions2
  • Luid PRO Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Luid PRO Yearly$1.991 Year

Questions

Is Mindful Coffee free?
Mindful Coffee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Luid free?
Luid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mindful Coffee or Luid have ads?
Neither Mindful Coffee nor Luid shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mindful Coffee or Luid?
Mindful Coffee ships an update weekly, and Luid every 9 days. Most recently, Mindful Coffee was updated on November 4, 2026 and Luid on October 31, 2026.

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