Comparison

BrewMeter vs cafein

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

Head to head
About

BrewMeter

Track your daily caffeine intake by logging drinks and their volumes. Visualize your caffeine levels with an estimated curve and explore historical data. Gain insights into your consumption habits for personal awareness.

Highlights
  • Log custom drinks with label data
  • Track volume consumed
  • Estimated caffeine curve visualization
  • Daily caffeine-free day recording
  • Undo accidental logs
  • CSV export (Pro)
  • Apple Health integration (Pro)
Features
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Log your drinks and understand caffeine estimates with clearly separated quantities and units. Add your usual drinks, review consumption and explore an estimate of remaining caffeine. Simulate a drink before logging it, then look back at trends. The paid option is a one-time purchase with no subscription. Free features are described in the app. Estimates depend on assumptions and vary by person. They are not a medical limit or a guarantee of sleep. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://bnjdpn.github.io/BrewMeter/privacy.html

About

cafein

Features
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This app helps you use coffee as fuel and prevent it from costing you sleep. Tap one button to log an espresso, matcha, energy drink, or even a Coca-Cola. A real bi-exponential pharmacokinetics model projects how much caffeine you'll likely still have in your bloodstream when you want to be asleep. WORK WITH YOUR NATURAL CORTISOL Cafein shows your cortisol awakening response, the natural alertness curve that peaks in the first hour after waking. Drinking coffee inside that window can blunt how strongly caffeine hits. Cafein highlights the window where your first cup tends to land hardest (typically 1.5 to 3.5 hours after wake). SIMULATE BEFORE YOU SIP Thinking about a 4 pm espresso? Cafein lets you test combinations without committing. See how that hypothetical second coffee changes your bedtime number, then decide. BUILD YOUR HEALTH STORY Every cup syncs to Apple Health. Your data is yours, exportable as CSV any time, ready to share with your doctor or AI assistant. WHAT IS INSIDE - Real-time caffeine gauge with rising indicator - 24-hour rolling caffeine curve with bedtime marker - Sleep-impact projection at your set bedtime - Cortisol-based optimal coffee window - 10 drink types: espresso, big coffee, green tea, matcha, black tea, mate, energy drink, Coca-Cola, chocolate, decaf - What-if simulation for combined doses - Apple Health sync (caffeine intake) - Edit history, adjust bedtime, fine-tune your half-life CAFEIN PRO unlocks unlimited logging, unlimited simulations, and CSV export for AI assistants and your own analysis. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

BrewMeter4 screens
cafein4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: cafein at 15.1 against BrewMeter's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. BrewMeter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and cafein sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $24.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BrewMeter ships an update weekly, cafein fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 7 level
BrewMeter versus cafein: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrewMetercafein
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyWeekly β€” betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS17.015.1 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size6 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenjamin DupinTheorics Limited

In-app purchases

1 purchases

BrewMeter

One-time1
  • BrewMeter Pro Lifetime$5.99
1 purchases

cafein

Subscriptions1
  • Cafein Pro$24.991 Year

Questions

Is BrewMeter free?
BrewMeter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is cafein free?
cafein is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BrewMeter or cafein have ads?
Neither BrewMeter nor cafein shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BrewMeter or cafein?
BrewMeter ships an update weekly, and cafein fortnightly. Most recently, BrewMeter was updated on October 7, 2026 and cafein on October 8, 2026.

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