Tea Chimera vs ChaTime Tea Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tea Chimera
Discover new tea blends, explore recipes, and track your tea journey with this mindful companion. Find curated blends, wellness categories, and mood-based tracking for your perfect cup.
- Discover new tea blends
- Explore tea recipes
- Create a personal tea journal
- Wellness-focused categories
- Mood-based tea tracking
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Welcome to Tea Chimera — your mindful tea companion for discovering new blends, exploring tea recipes, and creating your own personal tea journal. Whether you're a casual tea drinker or a passionate tea enthusiast, Tea Chimera helps you explore the world of tea through curated recipes, wellness-focused categories, and mood-based tea tracking. From calming herbal infusions to energizing matcha blends, your perfect cup is always within reach.
ChaTime Tea Timer
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ChaTime is a calm tea timer and brew journal made for daily tea and gongfu tea. Choose a tea from your inventory, start with a recommended temperature and steep time, and let ChaTime guide each brew. Multi-infusion timers help you keep rhythm for gongfu tea, while simple presets make green tea, oolong, black tea, white tea, and puer easy to brew. After each session, ChaTime saves a tea record. Review your recent brews, note the taste and mood, and create a polished tea card to save to Photos or share with friends. Features: - Tea inventory and basic tea presets - Recommended temperature and steep time - Multi-infusion gongfu tea timer - Tea journal and brew history - Shareable tea cards and Photos saving - Chinese and English language support Free users can continue with 2 tea sessions per day. ChaTime Premium unlocks unlimited timers and custom tea recipes. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tea Chimera at none against ChaTime Tea Timer's 1. Tea Chimera also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.4). On price, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. ChaTime Tea Timer sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Tea Chimera asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Tea Chimera | ChaTime Tea Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christie Urban | Chia Ler Khor |
In-app purchases
Tea Chimera
No in-app purchases
ChaTime Tea Timer
- ChaTime Premium Monthly$2.991 Month





