Shizuku vs Pour Over Coffee Timer & Drip
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Shizuku
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Brew better pour over coffee at home โ every single cup. Shizuku is a hand drip timer & logging app built around Tetsu Kasuya's famous "4:6 Method." It guides each pour with sound and vibration cues, so even beginners can brew like a barista with consistent, repeatable results. [Perfect for you if...] - You're new to pour over and your brews aren't consistent - You want to practice the 4:6 method right from your phone - You'd love to save your favorite recipes, blends, and bean details - You want to look back on your coffee habits with real data [Guided 4:6 Method Timer] Just enter your coffee dose and water amount, and Shizuku calculates the ideal pouring schedule automatically. Dial in taste (sweet to bright) and strength (light to strong) across 5 levels to match your mood. Each pour is announced with sound and vibration, and you can choose whether cues play in Silent Mode. [Recipe & Brew Logging] Save your brew settings, ratings, bean info, and notes all in one place, then recreate "that perfect cup" anytime. Tap a brew in the Log tab to open its saved recipe, or tap โถ to brew it again with the same settings. Daily brew counts and streaks are tracked automatically. [Blends & Flavor Chart] Combine up to 4 beans in a single blend. Set ratios with simple sliders that always add up to 100%. Record acidity, bitterness, sweetness, body, aroma, and aftertaste on a flavor chart to compare recipes at a glance. [Coffee Bean Management] Log purchase date, price, weight, roast level, and roast date to keep your bean stock and buying history organized. [Detailed Analytics (Premium)] Visualize your coffee life with brewing trends by time of day and day of week, taste & strength preference breakdowns, your Top 3 most-used beans, average ratings, and monthly stats. Free users can try it for 30 minutes by watching an ad. About Premium (one-time purchase) - Pay once, use forever. NO monthly, yearly, auto-renewing subscriptions, or free trials - Perk 1: Remove all in-app ads, permanently - Perk 2: Unlock Detailed Analytics, permanently - Billed through your app store account Make every cup a little more meaningful. Brew your perfect coffee moment with Shizuku.
Pour Over Coffee Timer & Drip
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PREMIUM โ PURCHASE REQUIRED: All features described below are part of Pro and require a purchase: a weekly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Pour Over Coffee Timer walks you through every phase of a pour-over brew โ bloom, pulse pours and drawdown โ with the exact water grams and timing for each step. Pick V60, Kalita Wave, Chemex or AeroPress, press start, and pour when the ring tells you to. Every recipe uses the coffee-to-water ratio each brewer's manufacturer actually publishes โ 1:16.7 for Hario V60, 1:16 for Kalita Wave and Chemex, 1:13.5 for the inverted AeroPress โ stated as ratios so they scale honestly to any dose. And the app is straight with you about what a timer can and cannot fix: the built-in brew guide names the six variables that really move the cup (grind size, water temperature, bean freshness, filter, agitation, altitude) and gives you a calibrate-once procedure instead of pretending one schedule suits every bean. WHAT YOU GET โข A brew that runs itself: each phase shows its target grams and a pour hint, taps a countdown haptic in the last 3 seconds so you can lift the kettle without looking, and cues you the moment the next pour starts โข Manufacturer-accurate recipes for Hario V60, Kalita Wave, Chemex and AeroPress โ published ratios, not guesses โข Scale any recipe to your dose: set 22 g instead of 15 g and every pour target moves with the ratio, while phase times honestly stay put โ brew time is set by grind, not dose โข Build your own pour schedules step by step: bloom length, pulse count, grams per pour โข A brew log that records what actually happened โ beans, water, how long the timer really ran, your star rating and tasting notes โข A timer you cannot break: the screen stays awake mid-pour, the brew keeps running if you leave the screen, and a notification still fires with your phone face-down next to the scale PERFECT FOR โข Home brewers who want Tuesday's V60 to taste like Saturday's โข Anyone who just bought a gooseneck kettle and a scale and needs to know what to actually do with them โข AeroPress owners who want the inverted method timed instead of guessed โข Coffee people dialing in a new bag and keeping notes on what worked WHY NOT JUST USE A KITCHEN TIMER? A kitchen timer tells you when three minutes are up. It does not tell you that at 0:30 the bloom ends and 60 g of water should already be in the bed, or that a Chemex drawdown needs a full extra minute. Pour-over is a schedule of pours, not one countdown โ this app runs the schedule for you. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your brew log lives on your device. No account, no ads, no tracking, and nothing leaves your phone. PREMIUM (PURCHASE REQUIRED) Full access unlocks the complete recipe set (Kalita Wave, Chemex and AeroPress), the custom recipe builder and the dose scaler. Pick the plan that suits you: a weekly subscription, a yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Grind your beans, tap start, and pour the best cup you've made all week โ today. Terms of Use: https://leanstudio.asia/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://leanstudio.asia/privacy-policy Support: support@leanstudio.asia
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pour Over Coffee Timer & Drip at none against Shizuku's 1. Pour Over Coffee Timer & Drip also leads on ads (none vs shown). Shizuku's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 4 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Shizuku sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pour Over Coffee Timer & Drip asks for nothing beyond the download.
Shizuku ships an update every 11 days, Pour Over Coffee Timer & Drip every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shizuku | Pour Over Coffee Timer & Drip |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days โ better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No โ better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No โ better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 โ better | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NimbleWorks | LEAN ASIA CO., LTD |
In-app purchases
Shizuku
- Premium$2.99
Pour Over Coffee Timer & Drip
No in-app purchases
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