Comparison

Coffee DTR Timer vs CookBookMate

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

Head to head
About

Coffee DTR Timer

This app helps coffee roasters time their roasts accurately. It allows users to input roaster, bean, and weight details, then track key stages like yellowing and first crack. The timer calculates development time, weight loss, and provides a roast summary for logging.

Highlights
  • Roast stage timing (Yellowing, First Crack, Drop)
  • Live Development Time (DTR) calculation
  • Weight loss calculation
  • Roast history logging
  • Favorite and delete roasts
  • Custom roaster and bean input
Features
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This simple coffee roast timer is used with your roaster of choice. Add your roaster name, bean name and green weight with units on the setup screen. On the timer screen hit start when you start your roast. Tap the Yellowing button when the beans start to turn yellow and the drying phase time is saved. Tap First Crack at the sound of first crack and the Maillard phase time is saved and live DTR is enabled allowing to dial in development time! Tap Drop/End and the development time along with DTR, maillard time, time to first crack and total roast time are shown to allow you to log your roast information. Add roasted weight and weight loss is calculated. Save roast will add to roast history and display the roast summary screen. On the history screen the user can favorite or delete roasts from the history.

About

CookBookMate

Save, organize, and access your favorite recipes from anywhere. Share culinary creations with loved ones and discover new dishes. A dedicated cooking mode simplifies following recipes step-by-step.

Highlights
  • Save recipes from the web
  • Organize recipes into collections
  • Share recipes with friends and family
  • Searchable recipe library
  • Distraction-free Cook Mode
  • Personal and social cooking companion
Features
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CookBookMate is a personal and social cooking companion for home chefs. Keep your favorite recipes preserved, searchable, and always at your fingertips: whether you’re cooking at home or planning your next meal. Save recipes from around the web, organize them into collections, and share them with friends and family. CookBookMate helps you learn, experiment, and grow together through a shared cooking experience. When it’s time to cook, switch to Cook Mode to focus on each step with fewer distractions, making it easier to follow recipes from start to finish..

Screenshots

Coffee DTR Timer4 screens
CookBookMate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Coffee DTR Timer at every 9 days against CookBookMate's every 2 months. CookBookMate's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.5). On price, review sentiment, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Coffee DTR Timer ships an update every 9 days, CookBookMate every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Coffee DTR Timer versus CookBookMate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoffee DTR TimerCookBookMate
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMike WhaleyNexoro labs LLC

Customer experience

Coffee DTR Timer

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CookBookMate

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Coffee DTR Timer

No in-app purchases

None

CookBookMate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Coffee DTR Timer free?
Coffee DTR Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CookBookMate free?
CookBookMate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Coffee DTR Timer or CookBookMate have ads?
Neither Coffee DTR Timer nor CookBookMate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Coffee DTR Timer or CookBookMate?
Coffee DTR Timer ships an update every 9 days, and CookBookMate every 2 months. Most recently, Coffee DTR Timer was updated on September 11, 2026 and CookBookMate on September 13, 2026.

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