Tea Master vs SteepPilot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tea Master
Master the art of tea brewing with personalized guidance. Explore international standards and ancient traditions, track brewing times precisely, and build your own tea collection. Elevate every tea ritual into a refined experience.
- Personalized brewing styles
- International and traditional methods
- Precise brewing time tracking
- Customizable tea collection
- Ritual enhancement
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Brew every tea the way it was actually meant to be brewed. Tea Master gives you per-infusion timings, water temperature and leaf-to-water ratio for 45 teas, and a journal that remembers every cup you have made. FOUR BREWING STYLES • Gongfu: many short infusions, each one a little longer than the last • Western: the classic single long steep • Matcha: whisking timer • Cold brew: hours, not minutes A LIBRARY OF 45 TEAS Sheng and shu pu-erh, oolong, black, green, white, yellow, dark, Japanese and herbal, from Da Hong Pao and Tie Guan Yin to Gyokuro, Sencha and Silver Needle. Every tea carries its own temperature, ratio and full infusion schedule. NEVER MISS A STEEP • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Home Screen widgets with quick start • Six timer sounds and haptics YOUR TEA, TRACKED • Brewing journal: rate each session, keep tasting notes • Statistics and streaks • My Shelf: keep track of the teas you actually own • Dosage calculator: enter your vessel size, get the exact grams • Brewing guides for every family of tea • Build your own tea profiles from scratch PRIVATE BY DESIGN No ads. No account. No data collection. Your journal and shelf sync privately through your own iCloud. FREE AND PREMIUM The full timer and two teas are free forever. Premium unlocks the complete 45-tea library, journal, statistics, shelf, dosage calculator, guides and custom profiles, starting with a 7-day free trial. This app is governed by Apple's standard End User License Agreement (EULA), available at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/.
SteepPilot
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SteepPilot times every infusion of your tea session. Pick your tea and it sets the water temperature, the leaf for your vessel and how long each steep runs, a few seconds longer every round. Then it times them one by one. GONGFU OR WESTERN Gongfu mode is many short steeps in a small gaiwan or teapot. Set the first steep, the seconds added each round and the number of infusions. Western mode is one long steep in a large mug. EIGHT TEAS Green, black, oolong, white, sheng and shou pu-erh, herbal and matcha each come with their own water temperature and starting steep times. Pu-erh starts with a rinse. Temperatures in °C or °F. LEAF FOR YOUR VESSEL Set the size of your gaiwan, teapot or mug and SteepPilot suggests how much leaf to use, depending on the tea and the brewing method. ICED TEA One switch splits the water into hot water and ice. THE TIMER Each infusion gets its own countdown ring. A soft chime and a vibration tell you when to pour, and the screen stays on. Pause, skip, or let the infusions advance on their own. The timer keeps running when your iPhone locks, and a notification tells you when each steep is done. A running session survives the app being closed. TASTE AS YOU GO Between infusions, tap the flavors you taste and give the infusion stars. Pro adds a short written note for each infusion. At the end, the summary shows how many infusions you made, how long the session took and a rough caffeine estimate. TEA JOURNAL Save a session with its rating and tasting notes and read back through it later. The free version keeps three sessions. Pro keeps them all and exports your journal as a CSV file. MY TEAS Keep your loose leaf teas with origin, vendor and how many grams are left. Save a session with one of them and its leaf comes off what's left, and SteepPilot tells you when a tea is running low. Five teas are free, Pro has no limit. PRESETS Save a setup you like and start it again with one tap. ICLOUD SYNC Your journal, teas and presets reach your other Apple devices through your own iCloud. You can turn sync off in Settings. PRIVACY No account and no SteepPilot server. No analytics, no ads, no tracking. Notifications are scheduled on your iPhone and never pass through a server. FREE AND PRO Free: all eight teas, gongfu and western timers, iced tea, flavor tags and ratings, presets, three journal sessions and five teas. SteepPilot Pro keeps an unlimited journal and tea collection, adds a written note for each infusion and exports your journal as CSV. Pro is available as a monthly or yearly subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. The price is shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm the purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and the renewal is charged within the 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel it in your iPhone's Settings under your name, then Subscriptions. Help: https://apps.alexgalkin.de/steeppilot/ Privacy policy: https://apps.alexgalkin.de/steeppilot/privacy/ Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Tea Master at weekly against SteepPilot's every 6 months. SteepPilot's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Tea Master sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and SteepPilot sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tea Master ships an update weekly, SteepPilot every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tea Master | SteepPilot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Davyd Hruts | Alex Galkin |
In-app purchases
Tea Master
- My Tea Master Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
- Annual14 Days trial$19.991 Year
- lifetime$44.99
SteepPilot
- Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
- Pro Lifetime$19.99
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