Comparison

Pour Over Coffee Timer vs Espresso FlowCon

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

Head to head
About

Pour Over Coffee Timer

This app guides you through pour-over coffee brewing with detailed recipes and a customizable timer. It offers voice control, Bluetooth scale integration, and a journal to track your brews and taste preferences.

Highlights
  • Guided brew timer with sound and haptic cues
  • Voice guidance and control for hands-free operation
  • Bluetooth scale integration for live weight and pour rate
  • Grind setting conversion for specific grinders
  • AI-powered recipe suggestions and import
  • Brew journal with ratings, notes, and insights
  • Custom recipe creation and sharing
Features
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Gota is the pour over coffee timer and brew journal for people who take filter coffee seriously. Whether you're dialing in your morning V60 or trying a new AeroPress recipe, Gota walks you through every step and fits the recipe to your own gear. 100 BREWING METHODS, OVER 1,000 RECIPES V60, AeroPress, Chemex, Kalita Wave, Origami, Orea, April, Hario Switch, Clever, French press, moka pot, siphon and cold brew. Recipes by named baristas, roasters and championship winners, each with dose, water, ratio, grind, temperature and timed pour steps, and a link to the source. GUIDED BREW TIMER Bloom, pour, wait, swirl: Gota shows the water to reach at every step, counts you in with 3-2-1 and cues each pour with a sound and a haptic tap, so you can watch the coffee instead of the clock. VOICE GUIDANCE AND VOICE CONTROL Gota reads each step aloud and you answer back: say "Done", "Start pour", "Resume" or "Finish" and the brew moves on without touching the screen. It works in all six languages of the app. Off until you turn it on. BLUETOOTH SCALES Connect an Acaia scale for live weight, your pour rate in grams per second, a cue before each target and pours that end by weight. The pour curve stays in your history. Timemore, BOOKOO, DiFluid, Felicita and Decent are in beta. A scale is optional. YOUR GRINDER'S CLICKS Add your grinders — 50 models from Comandante, 1Zpresso, Timemore, Baratza, Fellow, Niche and more — and every recipe's grind shows up as the setting on your own dial. LIVE BREW VIDEO Film your brew and Gota cuts the video for you: each step's target weight, time and temperature over your own footage, closing on your rating. Vertical and ready to share. AI BARISTA Before the first pour, the barista reads the recipe, your coffee and how fresh it is, your grinder and your past brews, and suggests one change. After the cup, it suggests the next one. AI RECIPE IMPORT AND BAG SCANNING Photograph a recipe card, a page or a screenshot, or paste the text, and Gota turns it into a recipe with timed steps. Photograph a coffee bag and it fills in roaster, origin, process and roast date. BEANS AND FRESHNESS Keep a shelf of your coffees with an image of each bag. Gota tracks how fresh each one is and how many grams are left, and links every bag to your brews. BREW JOURNAL AND INSIGHTS Rate every cup, tag its flavors and add notes. Insights shows your current coffee, a suggested next brew and where your taste is drifting. CREATE YOUR OWN RECIPES Build recipes with full control over steps, pour targets, flow rates and timing, and share them as an image card. COLD BREW Tell the assistant how much you want and how you'll drink it, and it works out the recipe. The steep counts down on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. LEARN 40 lessons across five chapters — the bean, foundations, methods, techniques and cupping — with interactive demos and a 51-term glossary. ALSO INSIDE Widgets for your Home and Lock Screens, an extraction calculator with the SCA brewing control chart, compatible filters for every method, dark mode, grams or ounces, Celsius or Fahrenheit. In English, Spanish, German, Japanese, Korean and Portuguese. No account needed, and the library works offline. GOTA PRO Unlock every recipe, unlimited custom recipes and the AI features — recipe import, bag scanning, the barista and the cold brew assistant — with a monthly or yearly subscription. Everything Gota does, in detail: gota.cafe/en/app - Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ - Privacy Policy: https://gota.cafe/privacy - Contact: https://gota.cafe/support

About

Espresso FlowCon

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Espresso FlowCon — Precision Espresso Brewing Take control of your espresso workflow with data-driven brewing parameters tailored to your roast level. Whether you're a home barista or a seasoned professional, Espresso FlowCon gives you the tools to dial in every shot with confidence. BREW WITH PRECISION • Look up brewing parameters by Roast Level (1-5) — from Light to Dark • Get recommended pre-infusion, taper, temperature, ratio, yield, and contact time • See suggested grinder settings and shot styles for each roast level • Adjust dose with precision controls TRACK YOUR COFFEE • Catalog your coffee bags with origin, bean type, roast level, and photos • Set a favorite coffee for each roast level for quick access • Archive coffees you've finished to keep your list clean LOG EVERY SHOT • Record actual yield, contact time, TDS, and taste notes for each shot • Link shots to specific coffees and grinders • Track your grinders with brand, model, and burr settings ANALYZE YOUR PROGRESS • View shot history with search and date filters • See shot trends and charts per coffee bag • Export your shot history as CSV for external analysis FREE FEATURES • Roast Level lookup with full brewing parameters • Up to 2 coffee bags • Up to 10 shot logs • Coffee bag photos and presets • Favorite coffee selection PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION Unlock the full experience: • Agtron lookup with SCA (25-95) and Common (0-150) scales • Unlimited coffee bags and shot history • High-Flow Basket mode with dedicated brewing profiles • Customizable brewing profiles per coffee and per roast level • Shot Trends charts and analytics • iCloud Sync across all your devices Premium is available as a monthly ($4.99/month) or yearly ($54.99/year) auto-renewable subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://espressoflowcon.juangarcia.app/#privacy

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Pour Over Coffee Timer at 16.4 against Espresso FlowCon's 26.0. On price and in-app purchases 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. Pour Over Coffee Timer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.95 per month and Espresso FlowCon sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Pour Over Coffee Timer versus Espresso FlowCon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPour Over Coffee TimerEspresso FlowCon
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone — better—
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size171 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJose Antonio Neto Suarezjuan felipe garcia

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pour Over Coffee Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Gota Pro Monthly$3.951 Month
  • Gota Pro Yearly7 Days trial$35.951 Year
2 purchases

Espresso FlowCon

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$4.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Pour Over Coffee Timer free?
Pour Over Coffee Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Espresso FlowCon free?
Espresso FlowCon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

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