Teafinity vs TeaLeaf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Teafinity
This app helps you brew the perfect cup of tea every time. Identify teas with your camera, use smart timers, and explore detailed guides for over 170 varieties. Discover new favorites and build your personal tea collection.
- AI-powered tea recognition via camera
- Smart brewing timers with notifications
- 170+ comprehensive tea guides
- Personalized tea recommendations
- Build and track personal tea collection
- Custom brewing profiles
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Guessing ruins good leaf. Teafinity is a tea timer with the numbers already in it. Sencha at 175F, 90 seconds. English Breakfast at 212F, 4 minutes. The timer and 30 teas are free. The full library and AI photo identification are the paid part. FREE, AND NO ACCOUNT 30 teas with the brewing data already entered: water temperature in F and C, steep time, and how much leaf to how much water. English Breakfast, Earl Grey, Darjeeling, Sencha, Dragon Well, Tie Guan Yin, Silver Needle, Shou Pu-erh, Chamomile, Rooibos and 19 more. Matcha is in the free set too, with its water temperature and leaf-to-water ratio. Black, green, white, oolong, pu-erh and herbal are all in the free set. The Western brewing timer. Pick a tea, tap once, put the phone down. The countdown runs on the Lock Screen as a Live Activity, so you can check it without opening anything, and, with notifications allowed, an alert tells you when the steep is done. On iOS 26 and later, if you allow it, the finish alert can sound through a silenced phone. Favorites and a collection that fills in as you brew. A tea insight every day. Recommendations that follow what you actually drink. No account, no email address, no ads. The 30 teas are not a trial countdown. They stay free. PREMIUM, WHICH IS A SUBSCRIPTION The whole library. All 176 teas in the core collection, plus seasonal teas that rotate through the year. AI photo identification. Point the camera at loose leaf or a packet and Teafinity identifies the tea, then opens the brewing data for it. If it cannot place one, you can request it. Gongfu timers across the whole library. Every infusion gets its own clock and its own length, so a gongfu tea that wants 30 seconds, then 40, then 50 is not one flat countdown repeated five times. Tea requests. Ask for a tea the library does not have yet. New teas and guides land every month. WHO IT IS FOR People who buy tea worth brewing properly and are tired of digging the numbers out of a blog post halfway through a steep. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Premium is a yearly plan or a weekly plan. New subscribers start the yearly plan with a 7-day free trial. The App Store shows the price in your own currency before anything is charged. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage the subscription and turn off auto-renew in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
TeaLeaf
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Do you brew your tea with passion? Welcome to TeaLeaf, the ultimate timer app for everyone who loves loose leaf tea and wants to celebrate the perfect infusion. FEATURES THAT REFINE YOUR TEA: - Precise Tea Timer: Choose from presets for over 20 tea varieties or create your own timers. - Smart Recommendations: Get suggestions for steeping time, water temperature, and the right amount of tea. - Live Activities & Dynamic Island: Always keep an eye on your timer, right on your Lock Screen. - Download TeaLeaf Timer today and make every cup of tea a masterpiece!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TeaLeaf at none against Teafinity's 5. Teafinity's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Teafinity sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. TeaLeaf asks for nothing beyond the download.
Teafinity ships an update every 2 weeks, TeaLeaf every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Teafinity | TeaLeaf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (33 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | POCKET IMPLEMENTATION S.R.L. | Thorsten Jansen |
In-app purchases
Teafinity
- Teafinity Premium Weekly$3.997 Days
- Teafinity Premium Yearly$19.991 Year
- Teafinity Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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- Teafinity Premium Yearly$29.991 Year
- Teafinity Premium Forever$99.99
TeaLeaf
No in-app purchases









