Comparison

Tea Timer vs Steep

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

Head to head
About

Tea Timer

This app helps you brew the perfect cup of tea with precise timers and temperature guidance for various tea types. Track your brews, manage your tea library, and monitor caffeine intake. It offers Apple Watch integration for convenient brewing on the go.

Highlights
  • Apple Watch brewing
  • Precise timers for all tea types
  • Multi-steep profiles
  • Custom tea library
  • Brew history and caffeine tracking
  • Live Activities integration
Features
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A precise tea timer and brew journal for iPhone and Apple Watch. Start a timer from your wrist or phone, follow the right time and temperature, and keep every brew in one place. BREW FROM APPLE WATCH • Start timers instantly from the app or a complication. • Pause, resume, add time, or cancel from your wrist. • Get optional pre-alert haptics before your tea is ready. • Keep brewing when your iPhone is not nearby. PRECISE TIMERS FOR EVERY TEA • Built-in presets for green, black, oolong, white, herbal, chai, pu-erh, matcha, and rooibos. • Time and temperature guidance for loose leaf tea or tea bags. • Multi-steep profiles for gongfu sessions and repeat infusions. • Run several tea timers at once. BUILD YOUR TEA LIBRARY • Add custom teas, notes, photos, and favorite brewing parameters. • Organize teas into collections and choose what appears on Apple Watch. • Save ratings and tasting notes to remember your best cups. TRACK BREWS AND CAFFEINE • Review brew history, streaks, and weekly insights. • See estimated caffeine adjusted for steep time and infusion number. • Get an optional bedtime caffeine warning. • Sync completed brews with Apple Health. STAY IN SYNC • Follow active timers with Live Activities on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. • Keep teas, history, collections, settings, and photos synced with iCloud. • Use iPhone and Apple Watch together or independently. STEEP PRO Choose monthly, yearly, or lifetime access to unlock unlimited custom teas, caffeine insights, complete brew history, multiple simultaneous timers, iCloud sync, and advanced timer controls. Whether you brew once a day or run an afternoon gongfu session, Steep keeps every cup precise. Terms of Use: https://trifoiltrailblazer.com/en/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://trifoiltrailblazer.com/en/privacy-policy

About

Steep

Features
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Steep knows exactly how long and how hot to brew 65+ teas — just pick one and press start. Built-in brew guides cover greens, oolongs, blacks, whites, pu-erhs, herbals, matcha, and more. Every tea has a recommended temperature and steep time so you get a perfect cup without guessing. No subscriptions. No ads. No account. Pay once, brew forever. FEATURES: - Brew guides for 65+ tea varieties with times and temperatures - Large, glanceable countdown timer with progress ring - Temperatures in Fahrenheit and Celsius - Create and save up to 50 custom teas - Favorite your daily teas for one-tap access - Gentle chime and haptic alert when steeping is done - Background notifications — get alerted even when the app is closed - Beautiful dark mode for evening brewing No data collection. No tracking. Just tea.

Screenshots

Tea Timer4 screens
Steep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tea Timer at Free against Steep's $1.99. Tea Timer also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). Steep's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.5). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Tea Timer is free to download; Steep costs $1.99 up front. Tea Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Steep asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tea Timer ships an update weekly, Steep every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tea Timer versus Steep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTea TimerSteep
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.516.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIvan TerekhinAditya Wirayudha

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Tea Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Tea Timer Pro Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Tea Timer Pro Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium$29.99
None

Steep

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tea Timer free?
Tea Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Steep free?
Steep costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tea Timer or Steep have ads?
Neither Tea Timer nor Steep shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tea Timer or Steep?
Tea Timer ships an update weekly, and Steep every 2 weeks. Most recently, Tea Timer was updated on November 6, 2026 and Steep on October 31, 2026.

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