Comparison

Cafactor vs Coffee Clock

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

Head to head
About

Cafactor

This app models your body's real-time caffeine levels using a scientific pharmacokinetic approach. It helps you understand your caffeine absorption, decay, and personal sleep thresholds, adapting to your unique biology and activity. Connect with health data for an even smarter metabolic coaching experience.

Highlights
  • Real-time caffeine curve modeling
  • Personalized physiological parameters
  • HealthKit integration for adaptive coaching
  • Exercise and sleep-adaptive thresholds
  • HRV & Recovery integration
  • Progressive calibration of half-life
  • Offline, private tracking
Features
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Caffeine Hourglass is now Cafactor — rebuilt from the ground up. What began as a simple caffeine timer has evolved into a full physiological model that adapts to your biology in real time. Version 2.0 isn't an update. It's a new category of health tool. Know your caffeine. Protect your sleep. Log a drink in seconds. Cafactor computes your real-time caffeine curve using a peer-reviewed pharmacokinetic model — complete with a realistic absorption phase, first-order decay, and your personal biological parameters. See whether you can safely have one more coffee, and exactly when your levels will drop below your personal sleep threshold. Personalised to your body Set your sex, height, weight, and age. Cafactor applies the Boer (1984) lean-body-mass formula to calculate how caffeine distributes in your specific body. Add smoking status, hormonal medication, or pregnancy for a half-life that's truly yours. Your tolerance to caffeine — derived automatically from 7-day history — rounds out the picture. HealthKit: exponentially smarter Connect Apple Health and Cafactor transforms from a tracker into an adaptive metabolic coach: • Exercise modifier — Recent vigorous workouts temporarily speed up your metabolism. Cafactor detects this from HealthKit and adjusts your decay curve automatically. • Sleep-adaptive threshold — Last night's poor sleep tightens your safe window today. Great sleep? More room for your morning ritual. • HRV & Recovery (Apple Watch) — Daily heart-rate variability fuses with sleep quality to create a PhysiologicalState score, shifting your optimal intake windows and adjusting thresholds by up to 40%. • Progressive calibration — Recency-weighted regression over 30 days of sleep and HRV feedback automatically refines your personal half-life, growing from Preliminary to Reliable confidence as data accumulates. Pro features Unlimited history · Trend, sleep quality and scatter charts · Last safe caffeine time · Four smart notifications (morning window, safe window, withdrawal, recovery) · Shareable weekly report · Siri shortcuts · Unlimited custom drinks Free, forever, offline Core tracking is always free. No account. No internet. No data leaves your device — ever.

About

Coffee Clock

Features
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Know your caffeine. Own your energy. Coffee Intelligence is the smart companion for coffee drinkers who want more than just a log — they want insight. What it does: - Track every coffee, espresso, cold brew, or tea with one tap - See your real-time caffeine level using science-backed metabolism simulation - Predict how your energy will rise and fall throughout the day - Know exactly when caffeine will stop affecting your sleep - Review your history with daily and weekly analytics - Export detailed reports as PDF Built for your body: Set your caffeine sensitivity (low, normal, high) and get personalized predictions tailored to how you metabolize caffeine — not just averages. Simple. Smart. Honest. No subscriptions. No clutter. Just clear information to help you drink smarter.

Screenshots

Cafactor4 screens
Coffee Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Coffee Clock at none against Cafactor's 1. Coffee Clock also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). Cafactor's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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. Cafactor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Coffee Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cafactor ships an update weekly, Coffee Clock every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Cafactor versus Coffee Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCafactorCoffee Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNan YuLuc Pham Van

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cafactor

One-time1
  • Cafactor Pro$3.99
None

Coffee Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cafactor free?
Cafactor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Coffee Clock free?
Coffee Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cafactor or Coffee Clock have ads?
Coffee Clock shows ads; Cafactor does not.
Which is updated more often, Cafactor or Coffee Clock?
Cafactor ships an update weekly, and Coffee Clock every 2 weeks. Most recently, Cafactor was updated on September 9, 2026 and Coffee Clock on September 10, 2026.

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