Comparison

Tea Master vs Tea Timer io

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Personalized brewing styles
  • International and traditional methods
  • Precise brewing time tracking
  • Customizable tea collection
  • Ritual enhancement
Features
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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/.

About

Tea Timer io

This app provides precise brewing parameters for various teas, including temperature, ratio, and steep time. It supports multiple brewing styles and offers customizable settings for eleven different tea types. Enjoy a guided brewing experience with notifications and haptic feedback, all without ads or requiring an account.

Highlights
  • Precise temperature, ratio, and steep time
  • Supports standard, gongfu, Japanese, and cold brew styles
  • Presets for 11 tea types
  • Multi-infusion timer
  • Adjustable and saved brew settings
  • Offline functionality
  • Local notifications and haptic feedback
Features
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The tea timer that respects how tea is actually brewed. Whether you're pouring a quick cup of black tea or running a five-infusion gongfu session, Tea Timer gives you the exact temperature, ratio, and steep time for the tea in your cup. Not a generic 3-to-5-minute guess. Four brewing styles in one app • Standard. Single steep, the way most of the world drinks tea. • Gongfu. Sequential short infusions, each pour timed individually. • Japanese. Shorter, hotter, traditional Japanese style. • Cold Brew. Long, gentle extraction in the fridge. Eleven teas, dialed in Green, white, oolong, black, pu-erh, herbal, sencha, gyokuro, genmaicha, hojicha, and matcha. Each preset has a research-backed default temperature (°C or °F), a tea-to-water ratio in grams, and a per-infusion time. Add your own varieties under any tea type, each with its own temperature, ratio, and timing. Built for the brew, not the cup • Multi-infusion timer that walks you through every steep. • Adjust temperature, ratio, and time per tea, saved automatically. • Visual session progress so you never lose your place mid-flight. • Local notifications when your tea is ready. • Haptic feedback at start, finish, and each infusion change. • Works offline. No account required. Tea Timer now learns how you like your tea. • Rate a steep as too weak, just right, or too bitter, and future steep times adjust to your taste. See the adjustment, undo a stray rating, or reset it anytime. • Score a finished brew on aroma, flavor, body, and more. Every scale explains what it measures and what a good score looks like. • History logs every brew: steeps, sessions, teas tried, and your daily streak, with your tasting notes a tap away. • Keep your own teas under any type, like a Dragonwell under Green, with separate settings per brew style. • Time steppers on every brew style, and an option to end a gongfu session early. • New Midnight dark theme, plus five more. Designed to disappear into the ritual Calm color palette. Big, legible numbers. No ads. No social feed. No login. Open the app, pick the tea, hit start. That's it. For people who care about tea If you've ever ruined a cup because you forgot the timer, lost track of which infusion you were on, or wished your kitchen timer knew the difference between sencha and gyokuro, this app is for you. Tea Timer also runs free on the web at teatimer.app. Same presets, same brew, on whichever device is closest to your kettle. Brew better. Every cup.

Screenshots

Tea Master4 screens
Tea Timer io4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Tea Timer io at 5.0 against Tea Master's 3.0. Tea Timer io also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Tea Master's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tea Master sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Tea Timer io asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tea Timer io holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tea Timer io has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Tea Master's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tea Timer io's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tea Master ships an update weekly, Tea Timer io every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Tea Master versus Tea Timer io: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTea MasterTea Timer io
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavyd HrutsWhite Rabbit Software

Customer experience

Tea Master

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

Tea Timer io

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Tea Master

Subscriptions2
  • My Tea Master Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Annual14 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • lifetime$44.99
None

Tea Timer io

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tea Master free?
Tea Master is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tea Timer io free?
Tea Timer io is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tea Master or Tea Timer io?
Tea Timer io is rated higher. Tea Master averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Tea Timer io averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Tea Master or Tea Timer io have ads?
Neither Tea Master nor Tea Timer io shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tea Master or Tea Timer io?
Tea Master ships an update weekly, and Tea Timer io every 2 months. Most recently, Tea Master was updated on October 30, 2026 and Tea Timer io on November 5, 2026.

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