Comparison

Caffeine Curve vs Steady

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

Head to head
About

Caffeine Curve

This app estimates your current caffeine level in real-time by analyzing dietary caffeine entries from Apple Health. It helps you understand how caffeine affects your body throughout the day, aiding decisions about intake and sleep. The interface is designed for quick, clear information.

Highlights
  • Real-time caffeine level tracking
  • Caffeine absorption and elimination model
  • Apple Health integration
  • Lock Screen widget and Home Screen Widgets
  • Peak and sleep indicators
  • Personalized sensitivity profiles
  • Demo mode for exploration
Features
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Caffeine Curve helps you track your estimated caffeine level in real time. Using your dietary caffeine entries from Apple Health, the app estimates how much caffeine may still be active in your body throughout the day. It uses an absorption and elimination model to give you a more useful picture than intake alone. It is designed for a simple purpose: to give you the most useful caffeine information quickly and clearly. Whether you are deciding on another coffee, trying to stay in a good range for focus, or avoiding caffeine too close to bedtime, Caffeine Curve helps you understand where you stand right now. Features - Track your estimated current caffeine level - See how your caffeine level changes throughout the day - Reads dietary caffeine data from Apple Health - Check your current level from the Lock Screen widget - Understand how long caffeine may remain active - Clean, simple interface designed for quick checks - Rich Home Screen Widgets: Keep an eye on your caffeine levels and daily trends without even opening the app, featuring beautiful charts and gauges - Smart Complications: New rectangular and dial-top complications clearly show the exact time of your next peak or when you’ll be clear for sleep. - Useful Notifications: Get pinged exactly when you hit your caffeine peak or when your system drops below your personalized sleep-ready threshold. - Peak & Sleep Indicators: Know exactly when your coffee hits its peak and precisely when you are cleared for a good night's sleep - Unmatched Personalization: Choose from 5 different sensitivity profiles to perfectly match your unique body chemistry and caffeine decay rate - Try It Demo Mode: Explore the app's full capabilities and stunning visual charts using sample data before committing to logging your own - Beautiful & Customizable Design: Experience a gorgeous new "Liquid Glass" aesthetic that feels right at home on iOS, plus full control over Light/Dark modes and all-new tinted app icons. Caffeine can be logged automatically by other apps that write to Apple Health, or added manually in the Health app under Nutrition > Caffeine. Caffeine Curve is free to use, with no ads and no in-app purchases. It was built from a real daily need: a simple way to understand caffeine levels clearly, quickly, and without unnecessary extras. Important Individual caffeine metabolism varies. Factors such as genetics, liver health, medications, and pregnancy can affect absorption and elimination. Caffeine Curve is for informational purposes only and does not provide medical advice.

About

Steady

This app helps shift workers manage fatigue and optimize sleep. It offers a smart wake alarm, fatigue forecasting, and personalized coaching tips. Prioritizing privacy, it keeps all your data on your device.

Highlights
  • Drive home risk alert
  • Smart wake alarm
  • 3-day fatigue forecast
  • Evidence-based coaching tips
  • Bilingual (English/Spanish)
  • Private, on-device data storage
Features
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Steady is built for shift workers, not 9-to-5. NEW IN 1.8 • A 3-minute reaction test before you drive home, compared with your own rested speed. A fatigue check, not a driving test. • Switching to nights or back to days: Steady plans the days around it, with bedtimes, light and a nap before the first night. • Your next 24 hours on one line: work, sleep, naps and your caffeine cutoff. • iPhone Duo: stand it half open and Steady becomes a nightstand. WHAT MAKES STEADY DIFFERENT • Drive home risk alert: warns you when fatigue makes the drive too risky. 17 hours awake is roughly a 0.05% BAC. Always free. • Roster import from a photo: point your camera at the schedule on the wall and confirm every day before it's saved. • An alertness curve that shows when you'll crash, plus the best windows for exercise, meals and light. • A sleep score measured against your own rotation, not a 9-to-5 clock. • Sleep debt and a payback plan built around your real rota. • Smart wake alarm: wakes you in light sleep within a window you choose, backed by a real system alarm on iOS 26 and later. • 290 coaching tips grounded in AASM, NIOSH and chronobiology research. • English and Spanish, written natively in both. • Private and on-device: no accounts, no servers, no tracking. For DuPont, 4-on-4-off, Panama, 12-hour rotations, fixed nights and on-call: healthcare, manufacturing, public safety, hospitality, transit and logistics. FREE • Drive home risk alert, reaction test and night-switch planner • Today's fatigue score and your next 24 hours • Shift templates, single-day changes and Calendar roster import • Sleep log with Apple Health sync (last 7 days) • Bedtime and wake check-ins • Wind Down: brown noise, pink noise and 4-7-8 breathing • Caffeine, alcohol, exercise and meal logging • Bedtime and shift-day reminders • Sleep Focus filter, Live Activity and a Control Center nap button • iPhone Duo nightstand, Apple Watch app, Siri and Shortcuts • A starter set of coaching tips STEADY PRO Free for 7 days, then $3.99 a month or $24.99 a year. • Roster import from a photo • Alertness curve and light plan • Fatigue score breakdown and 7-day forecast • Sleep debt ledger and shift-aware sleep score • Sleep stages, overnight vitals and Discoveries • Smart wake alarm and nap planner • Caffeine cutoff and light reminders • Custom rotations and the chronotype quiz • Daily briefing, weekly review and Ask Steady, on-device • Widgets and Watch complications • Full history, long-range stats and exports • The full coaching library Works on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and the iPhone Duo inner display, with two pages split on the fold. Steady is not a medical device. Always consult a licensed clinician for medical advice. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Steady Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, $3.99 a month or $24.99 a year. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://jcmobileappstudio.com/apps/steady/privacy/

Screenshots

Caffeine Curve4 screens
Steady4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Caffeine Curve at none against Steady's 2. Caffeine Curve also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). Steady's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Steady sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Caffeine Curve asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Caffeine Curve against 5.0 for Steady. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Caffeine Curve has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Caffeine Curve ships an update fortnightly, Steady weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Caffeine Curve versus Steady: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCaffeine CurveSteady
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHaris DelalicJC Mobile App Studio LLC

Customer experience

Caffeine Curve

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Steady

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Caffeine Curve

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Steady

Subscriptions2
  • Steady Pro, Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Steady Pro, Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Caffeine Curve free?
Caffeine Curve is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Steady free?
Steady is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Caffeine Curve or Steady?
Caffeine Curve and Steady are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Caffeine Curve or Steady have ads?
Neither Caffeine Curve nor Steady shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Caffeine Curve or Steady?
Caffeine Curve ships an update fortnightly, and Steady weekly. Most recently, Caffeine Curve was updated on October 24, 2026 and Steady on October 28, 2026.

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