Comparison

Tea Chimera vs Steep

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Discover new tea blends
  • Explore tea recipes
  • Create a personal tea journal
  • Wellness-focused categories
  • Mood-based tea tracking
Features
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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.

About

Steep

Features
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Steep is the tea app for people who care how their tea is brewed. Set a precise timer for green, black, oolong, white, or puerh — with smart presets for temperature and time. In gongfu mode, Steep tracks each short infusion in sequence, auto-bumping the next steep and counting down right on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, so your hands stay on the gaiwan. Build your stash by photographing a tin or pouch — Steep reads the label and fills in type, origin, vendor, and harvest year for you to confirm. See your whole collection at a glance, track quantity and value, and mark aging puerh cakes you're saving. Journal every session: log each infusion, dictate tasting notes hands-free, and let on-device intelligence organize them into aroma, body, and finish. Suggestions, never appraisals — your palate stays the authority. When your shelf is worth showing off, export a beautiful tea-shelf card to share with your community. Everything syncs privately across your devices with iCloud. Nothing leaves your phone for our servers. Free to brew with built-in timers and a starter stash. Steep Pro unlocks unlimited teas and sessions, label scanning, AI notes, value tracking, and unbranded cards — monthly, annual, or a one-time lifetime unlock. Steep your tea. Remember it. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://brainrash.com/privacy

Screenshots

Tea Chimera4 screens
Steep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tea Chimera at none against Steep's 2. Tea Chimera also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price 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. Steep sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Tea Chimera asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Tea Chimera versus Steep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTea ChimeraSteep
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristie UrbanJustin Pruskowski

In-app purchases

None

Tea Chimera

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Steep

Subscriptions2
  • Steep Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Steep Pro Annual$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Tea Chimera free?
Tea Chimera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Steep free?
Steep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tea Chimera or Steep have ads?
Neither Tea Chimera nor Steep shows ads.

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