Comparison

BrewMeter vs Halvo

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” 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

Halvo

Features
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Your last coffee decides your night. Halvo shows you how much caffeine is actually working in you right now โ€” and tells you the point after which the next cup starts costing you sleep. Your personal cut-off. Most caffeine apps count milligrams. Halvo works with the caffeine that actually reaches your system: it rises, peaks and fades. Halvo predicts how much of it is still there when you go to bed. YOUR PERSONAL CUT-OFF Everyone clears caffeine at a different speed. Halvo shows you the latest you can have a cup without too much of it still active when you fall asleep. LOG IN SECONDS Add coffee, espresso, tea, energy drinks, soda, mate or your own pre-workout in a few taps. Halvo sums it up automatically and shows how much is still working. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN AND ON YOUR WRIST The widget shows your level and your cut-off without opening the app โ€” one tap logs your favourite drink. In the evening it switches to "lights out" on its own. Plus Apple Watch with a complication for a glance-and-go check. SEE YOUR CURVE Watch caffeine rise, peak and fade on a real concentration curve โ€” and see exactly where you'll land when your head hits the pillow. A MODEL THAT LEARNS YOU โ€” HONESTLY (PRO) With your permission, Halvo reads your sleep, heart rate and HRV from Apple Health and learns your personal caffeine half-life over time. Here's what makes it different: when the signal in your data is too weak to be sure, Halvo says so and keeps using the population value โ€” instead of faking precision it doesn't have. WORKS WITH YOUR WEARABLES (PRO) Apple Watch, Oura, Whoop, Garmin โ€” anything that syncs sleep and heart data to Apple Health. Halvo never connects to those services directly; it only reads what's already in Apple Health. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your intake and health data are processed on your device. Halvo doesn't sell your data. FREE & PRO Logging caffeine, seeing your curve, using the widget and finding your cut-off are free. Halvo Pro adds the personal learning model and the nightly sleep analysis. Halvo Pro: โ€ข Monthly โ€“ $3.99 โ€ข Yearly โ€“ $24.99 (with 1 month free) โ€ข Lifetime โ€“ $44.99 one-time (no subscription) Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Lifetime is a one-time purchase. Prices may vary by region. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://halvo.jnmcloud.de/privacy.html Halvo is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat or prevent any condition. It helps you make more informed choices about caffeine.

Screenshots

BrewMeter4 screens
Halvo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BrewMeter at weekly against Halvo's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. BrewMeter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Halvo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BrewMeter ships an update weekly, Halvo monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 7 level
BrewMeter versus Halvo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrewMeterHalvo
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyWeekly โ€” betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size6 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenjamin DupinJan Niklas Molleken

In-app purchases

1 purchases

BrewMeter

One-time1
  • BrewMeter Pro Lifetime$5.99
2 purchases

Halvo

Subscriptions1
  • Halvo Pro โ€“ Monthly$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Halvo Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is BrewMeter free?
BrewMeter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Halvo free?
Halvo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BrewMeter or Halvo have ads?
Neither BrewMeter nor Halvo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BrewMeter or Halvo?
BrewMeter ships an update weekly, and Halvo monthly. Most recently, BrewMeter was updated on October 7, 2026 and Halvo on October 10, 2026.

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