Comparison

Bloom vs Kitchen Timers

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

Head to head
About

Bloom

This app helps coffee enthusiasts meticulously track their beans, craft custom brew recipes, and log tasting notes. It offers smart scanning for coffee bags and provides personalized coaching to refine brewing techniques for the perfect cup.

Highlights
  • Customizable brew timer with step-by-step recipes
  • Detailed coffee bean logging and inventory management
  • Flavor lifecycle tracking based on roast date
  • On-device AI for smart coffee bag scanning
  • Brew coaching and detailed cupping assessments
  • Home screen and lock screen widgets
  • Equipment and grinder settings tracking
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Bloom is a coffee timer and journal for your daily brewing routine. Keep track of your beans, follow step-by-step recipes, and remember what made each cup work. YOUR COFFEE SHELF Record roast dates, origins, tasting notes, purchase prices, and your rating of each coffee. Set the remaining weight for a part-used bag and compare its price per 100 g. Flavor Windows estimate freshness from roast type and age. SCAN AND REVIEW COFFEE BAGS Photograph multiple bags and several sides of each bag. Bloom processes labels on your device and prepares details for you to review and correct before saving. Scanning requires iOS 26 or later. Compatible devices with Apple Intelligence available use on-device AI; when the model is unavailable, supported systems use text recognition. On older iOS versions, add details manually. Scanning can miss or misread details, so check the result against your bag. GUIDED BREWING Create or import recipes, follow timed steps, and keep variants for your experiments. Start a brew from a coffee to carry that bag into the timer. Each grinder remembers its last setting, and you can choose a default grinder. JOURNAL AND INVENTORY Finishing a brew saves a journal entry and updates the coffee's remaining weight. Add your assessment now or later. Record taste, notes, dose, and output, then use Brew Coach suggestions to plan your next cup. Detailed cupping adds aroma and taste assessments, flavor tags, and a radar chart. MAKE IT YOURS Track equipment and caffeine intake, choose a color palette in light or dark mode, and use Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. BLOOM PRO Start free with up to 3 coffees and 5 recipes, the brew timer, and Brew Coach. Bloom Pro adds unlimited coffees and recipes and Pro widgets. Monthly, yearly, and lifetime options are available; current localized prices and subscription terms appear before purchase. Restore purchases in the app. No account is required for core features. Coffee data is stored on your device and may sync through your private iCloud account. Label processing happens on-device. RevenueCat manages purchase entitlements. No ads. Terms of Use: https://bloom.parthjadhav.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://bloom.parthjadhav.com/privacy

About

Kitchen Timers

Features
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Kitchen Timers puts realistic kitchen timers on your screen — as many as you need. Put an iPad in the kitchen and see every dish's timer at a glance. ■ Works like a real timer ・Press MIN and SEC to set the time, then START/STOP. Hold to fast-forward ・Press MIN + SEC together (or the RESET label) to reset ・Tap the body to start or stop ・At 0:00 it rings (30 seconds, or 60 in Settings). Any key stops it, and it returns to the set time so you can run the same time again ■ Labels ・Stick a label on each timer: "Fries", "Chicken", "Pasta". Six colors ・A ringing timer glows in its label color ■ As many as you need ・iPad: 2×3 → 3×4 → 4×6, up to 24 timers ・iPhone: starts with 2, up to 8 ・Add one at a time with "+". Portrait and landscape ■ Notifies you when the screen is off ・The end time is scheduled on the device, so it rings from a notification even while asleep ■ Background ・Stainless (light gray) or black ■ Price ・Free for 2 timers, with every feature ・Unlock (one-time purchase) for up to 24 on iPad / 8 on iPhone. No subscription, no ads For restaurant kitchens, home cooking, labs, classrooms — anywhere you run several timers at once.

Screenshots

Bloom4 screens
Kitchen Timers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kitchen Timers at none against Bloom's 3. Kitchen Timers also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Bloom sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Kitchen Timers asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bloom ships an update every 2 weeks, Kitchen Timers daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bloom versus Kitchen Timers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBloomKitchen Timers
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperParth JadhavTOMIHIDE OTA

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Bloom

Subscriptions2
  • Bloom Pro Monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Bloom Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Bloom Pro Lifetime$29.99
None

Kitchen Timers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bloom free?
Bloom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kitchen Timers free?
Kitchen Timers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bloom or Kitchen Timers have ads?
Neither Bloom nor Kitchen Timers shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bloom or Kitchen Timers?
Bloom ships an update every 2 weeks, and Kitchen Timers daily. Most recently, Bloom was updated on October 31, 2026 and Kitchen Timers on October 29, 2026.

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