Comparison

그냥 커피 vs Coffee Brew Timer & Journal

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

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About

그냥 커피

Record and manage your coffee brewing recipes, track bean freshness, and convert grind sizes. Get personalized suggestions to improve your coffee's taste. Syncs across devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Brewing recipe recording
  • Pouring step guidance
  • Brewing timer
  • Taste improvement suggestions
  • Bean management and freshness tracking
  • Grinder conversion tool
  • iCloud synchronization
Features
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매일 마시는 커피, 기록하면 달라집니다. 그냥커피는 커피를 좋아하는 사람들을 위한 브루잉 레시피 노트입니다. 에스프레소부터 핸드드립, 에어로프레스까지 — 나만의 추출 레시피를 기록하고, 더 맛있는 한 잔을 찾아가세요. 레시피 기록 에스프레소, V60, 칼리타, 케멕스, 에어로프레스, 프렌치프레스, 하리오 스위치, 모카포트 등 13가지 브루잉 방식을 지원합니다. 원두량, 물의 양, 수온, 추출 시간, 분쇄도를 기록하고 별점과 메모를 남겨보세요. 푸어링 스텝 핸드드립 레시피에 단계별 주수 타이밍과 물의 양을 기록할 수 있습니다. 테츠 카츠야의 악마의 레시피처럼 정교한 푸어링도 빠짐없이 저장하세요. 브루잉 타이머 레시피에 맞춘 전용 타이머로 추출하세요. 푸어링 스텝이 있다면 다음 주수 타이밍을 알려주고, 단계마다 물의 양을 표시합니다. 맛 어시스턴트 추출 결과가 마음에 들지 않나요? 너무 쓰거나, 시거나, 바디가 부족한 문제를 선택하면 분쇄도, 수온, 시간 등 어떤 파라미터를 어떻게 조절하면 좋을지 제안합니다. 제안을 확인하고 원하는 항목만 골라 새 레시피로 저장하세요. 원두 관리 사용 중인 원두의 로스터리, 원산지, 가공법, 로스팅 수준, 향미 노트를 기록하세요. 로스팅 날짜를 입력하면 신선도를 자동으로 추적합니다. 원두와 레시피를 연결하면 어떤 원두로 어떤 레시피를 만들었는지 한눈에 볼 수 있습니다. 그라인더 변환 Comandante, Timemore, 1Zpresso, Baratza, Eureka 등 38종 이상의 그라인더 간 분쇄도를 변환합니다. 새 그라인더를 구매했을 때 기존 세팅을 바로 옮겨보세요. iCloud 동기화 모든 레시피와 원두 데이터가 iCloud를 통해 자동으로 동기화됩니다. iPhone, iPad, Mac 어디서든 같은 데이터를 사용할 수 있습니다.

About

Coffee Brew Timer & Journal

Features
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Great coffee is not luck. It is a ratio, a grind, a temperature and a clock — and Carafe keeps all four in your pocket so every cup you make tomorrow is a little better than today's. Most brewing apps are either a timer or a notebook. Carafe is both, wired together: ten dialed-in recipes, a grind guide you can actually feel, a cellar for the beans you own, and a journal that turns rated cups into insight. Everything lives on your phone, works without a signal, and never asks you to sign up. WHAT YOU GET • Nail the recipe on the first try — V60, Chemex, AeroPress, French press, Moka pot, espresso, cold brew, drip, Turkish and siphon, each with its exact coffee-to-water ratio, grind, time and water temperature • Stop guessing at the grinder — seven grind sizes from Extra Fine to Extra Coarse, each described by feel (flour, table salt, beach sand, sea salt) and matched to the brewers it was made for • Brew to the second — a phase-aware timer that flags the bloom window for pour-over styles and taps you at start, bloom and finish so your eyes stay on the kettle • Know what is in rotation and how fresh it is — log origin, roast level, tasting notes and roast date, and Carafe tells you whether a bag is resting, at peak, fading or past its prime • Remember what worked — every session records the method, the bean, a 1–5 rating and the tweak to try next time • See your habits at a glance — total brews, average rating, this week's count, your top method and top bean PERFECT FOR • Home baristas chasing a repeatable morning cup • Pour-over and filter drinkers dialing in a new bag • Espresso owners tired of wasting shots to find the sweet spot • Anyone who buys good beans and wants to taste the difference WHY NOT JUST USE THE KITCHEN TIMER AND A NOTES APP? Because the timer does not know when the bloom ends, and the notes app does not know which bean or method you meant. Carafe ties the recipe, the timer, the bean and the rating into one record, so three weeks from now you can open the cellar and see exactly why the Ethiopian was better at a finer grind. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No cloud. No analytics riding along with your coffee. Your recipes, beans and sessions are stored on your device only, and the app works completely offline — in a cabin, on a plane, at 5 a.m. before the router wakes up. FULL ACCESS Carafe is a paid app. Choose the plan that suits you: a weekly subscription or a yearly subscription. Both unlock every brew method, unlimited beans and sessions, the grind guide and insights. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel them anytime in your App Store account settings. Download Carafe, log the bag on your counter and time your next pour with the bloom phase on. Terms of Service: https://pnkl26.web.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://pnkl26.web.app/privacy-policy Support: pnkhanhlinh0206@gmail.com

Screenshots

그냥 커피4 screens
Coffee Brew Timer & Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: 그냥 커피 at every 2 days against Coffee Brew Timer & Journal's every 4 months. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

그냥 커피 ships an update every 2 days, Coffee Brew Timer & Journal every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
그냥 커피 versus Coffee Brew Timer & Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter그냥 커피Coffee Brew Timer & Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.417.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGyeongJun LeeLinh Phan Nhat Khanh

In-app purchases

None

그냥 커피

No in-app purchases

None

Coffee Brew Timer & Journal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 그냥 커피 free?
그냥 커피 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Coffee Brew Timer & Journal free?
Coffee Brew Timer & Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 그냥 커피 or Coffee Brew Timer & Journal have ads?
Neither 그냥 커피 nor Coffee Brew Timer & Journal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 그냥 커피 or Coffee Brew Timer & Journal?
그냥 커피 ships an update every 2 days, and Coffee Brew Timer & Journal every 4 months. Most recently, 그냥 커피 was updated on October 16, 2026 and Coffee Brew Timer & Journal on October 17, 2026.

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