Comparison

Tea Me vs ChaJi

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

Head to head
About

Tea Me

Features
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Tea Me is your smart tea companion for every brew โ€“ from first discovery to perfect routine. Discover a vast tea library with brewing time and temperature recommendations, customize values individually and save multiple brews per tea. Create your own teas, document origin and preparation details in your notes and record your brews with personal impressions in your Brew Journal. With the integrated timer and Live Activities you see the current status at a glance and never miss a brew. Control the preparation conveniently from your wrist with your Apple Watch. The unique cooling function calculates exactly when your boiling water reaches the perfect temperature, taking into account room temperature, altitude above sea level or the material of your cup. The app supports both metric and imperial systems and displays temperatures in Celsius and Fahrenheit. Tea Me supports Western brewing method and Gong Fu. Whether beginner or tea enthusiast: With Tea Me every cup becomes more conscious, consistent and personal.

About

ChaJi

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Cha Ji is a focused tea journal for gong fu cha enthusiasts. Keep a record of every tea you own, every brew you make, and the notes that help you improve, all stored privately on your device and synced via iCloud. JOURNAL Add teas with name, type, origin, vendor, harvest season, star rating, and a purchase link. Log brew sessions for each tea: temperature, leaf weight, water volume, vessel, steep times, and free-form notes. Mark whether you want to buy a tea again. Search and filter your whole collection by type, rating, or buy-again status. BREW SESSIONS Each tea keeps a numbered session log. Record the date, vessel (gaiwan, teapot, or custom), temperature, grams, milliliters, individual steep durations, tasting notes, and a "next time" note to guide your next brew. Session parameters carry over automatically so you spend less time filling in forms. BREWING REFERENCE The Brewing tab shows gongfu starting-point ratios for every major tea style: green, white (tender and aged), yellow, oolong, black, raw pu'er, and ripe pu'er - with temperature guidelines. Dial in your vessel size with the slider and the leaf amounts scale to match. CLEAN AND FOCUSED No accounts. No subscriptions. No social features. Just a well-organized place to keep your tea notes.

Screenshots

Tea Me4 screens
ChaJi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ChaJi at none against Tea Me's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Tea Me sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $12.99 per year. ChaJi asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Tea Me versus ChaJi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTea MeChaJi
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size85 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMartin Lustenberger GmbHRoy Zwambag

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tea Me

Subscriptions1
  • Tea Me Plus7 Days trial$12.991 Year
None

ChaJi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tea Me free?
Tea Me is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ChaJi free?
ChaJi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tea Me or ChaJi have ads?
Neither Tea Me nor ChaJi shows ads.

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