Tea Master vs Tincture

Brew every tea the way it is meant to be brewed. Tea Master gives you the timing of every infusion, the water temperature and the leaf-to-water ratio for 45 teas, and a journal that remembers every cup. FOUR BREWING STYLES • Gongfu: many short infusions, each a little longer than the last • Western: one classic long steep • Matcha: a whisking timer • Cold brew: hours, not minutes 45 TEAS, READY TO BREW Shu and sheng pu-erh, oolong, black, green, white, yellow, dark, Japanese and herbal: from Da Hong Pao and Tie Guan Yin to Gyokuro, Sencha, Silver Needle and Chamomile. Every tea has its own temperature, ratio and full infusion schedule. Adjust any recipe or build your own tea from scratch. NEVER MISS A STEEP • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Home Screen widgets: quick start and your tea streak • Siri and Shortcuts: "Brew Shu Pu-erh in Tea Master" • 12 timer sounds and haptics YOUR TEA, TRACKED • Journal by day, with the whole week at a glance: rate each session and keep tasting notes • Statistics and your brewing streak • My Shelf: the teas you actually own • Dosage calculator: enter your vessel size, get the exact grams • 8 guides: gongfu, western, matcha, cold brew, water temperature, storing tea, teaware and pu-erh ON IPHONE AND IPAD A calm matte-ceramic design with one clear typeface. On iPad the timer and the tea sit side by side in two columns. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No ads. No account. No data collection. Your journal and shelf sync privately through your own iCloud. FREE AND PREMIUM Free: the full timer with all four brewing styles, Live Activity and notifications, plus Shu Pu-erh with a recipe you can adjust to your own tea. Premium unlocks all 45 teas, the full journal and statistics, My Shelf, the dosage calculator, every guide and sound, your own teas and iCloud sync. The yearly plan starts 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/.

Tincture is a precision brew timer for tea steeping and coffee extraction — one clean stage that walks you through every phase, no clutter, no upsells. Eighteen bundled recipes cover the brews you actually make: gongfu oolongs and puerh with multiple short infusions, delicate greens at the right temperature, V60 and Chemex pour-overs with bloom and pour stages, AeroPress, French press, moka pot, espresso, and cold brew. KEY FEATURES • Multi-phase brew clock with circular progress and per-phase labels (Bloom, Pour to 60%, 1st Steep, Press, …) • 18 curated profiles for tea and coffee, each with water temperature, ratio, total time, and notes • Built-in ratio calculator: pick a serving size and Tincture computes grams of leaf or coffee and ml of water • Background audio support so the timer keeps running while you read or take notes • Logbook of completed brews with quick post-brew rating • Library view grouped by family (green, oolong, black, pour-over, immersion, espresso…) DESIGNED FOR THE BREWBAR Whether you're working through a gongfu session, dialing in a new pour-over, or pulling espresso, Tincture stays focused on the pour in front of you. PRIVACY No tracking. No accounts. Your brew log lives on your device.