Tea Timer io vs Tea Brewing Master
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tea Timer io
This app provides precise brewing parameters for various teas, including temperature, ratio, and steep time. It supports multiple brewing styles and offers customizable settings for eleven different tea types. Enjoy a guided brewing experience with notifications and haptic feedback, all without ads or requiring an account.
- Precise temperature, ratio, and steep time
- Supports standard, gongfu, Japanese, and cold brew styles
- Presets for 11 tea types
- Multi-infusion timer
- Adjustable and saved brew settings
- Offline functionality
- Local notifications and haptic feedback
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The tea timer that respects how tea is actually brewed. Whether you're pouring a quick cup of black tea or running a five-infusion gongfu session, Tea Timer gives you the exact temperature, ratio, and steep time for the tea in your cup. Not a generic 3-to-5-minute guess. Four brewing styles in one app • Standard. Single steep, the way most of the world drinks tea. • Gongfu. Sequential short infusions, each pour timed individually. • Japanese. Shorter, hotter, traditional Japanese style. • Cold Brew. Long, gentle extraction in the fridge. Eleven teas, dialed in Green, white, oolong, black, pu-erh, herbal, sencha, gyokuro, genmaicha, hojicha, and matcha. Each preset has a research-backed default temperature (°C or °F), a tea-to-water ratio in grams, and a per-infusion time. Add your own varieties under any tea type, each with its own temperature, ratio, and timing. Built for the brew, not the cup • Multi-infusion timer that walks you through every steep. • Adjust temperature, ratio, and time per tea, saved automatically. • Visual session progress so you never lose your place mid-flight. • Local notifications when your tea is ready. • Haptic feedback at start, finish, and each infusion change. • Works offline. No account required. Tea Timer now learns how you like your tea. • Rate a steep as too weak, just right, or too bitter, and future steep times adjust to your taste. See the adjustment, undo a stray rating, or reset it anytime. • Score a finished brew on aroma, flavor, body, and more. Every scale explains what it measures and what a good score looks like. • History logs every brew: steeps, sessions, teas tried, and your daily streak, with your tasting notes a tap away. • Keep your own teas under any type, like a Dragonwell under Green, with separate settings per brew style. • Time steppers on every brew style, and an option to end a gongfu session early. • New Midnight dark theme, plus five more. Designed to disappear into the ritual Calm color palette. Big, legible numbers. No ads. No social feed. No login. Open the app, pick the tea, hit start. That's it. For people who care about tea If you've ever ruined a cup because you forgot the timer, lost track of which infusion you were on, or wished your kitchen timer knew the difference between sencha and gyokuro, this app is for you. Tea Timer also runs free on the web at teatimer.app. Same presets, same brew, on whichever device is closest to your kettle. Brew better. Every cup.
Tea Brewing Master
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Brew tea with intention. Tea Brewing Master turns your daily cup into a craft. From a Pre-Qingming Dragon Well to a roasted Wuyi oolong, the app guides you with precise water temperatures, recommended steep times, and the right vessel for every leaf. EXPLORE 151 TEAS A curated tea library spanning green, black, oolong, white, yellow, pu-erh, and herbal categories. Every profile includes tasting notes, processing method, harvest season, native name, and recommended brewing parameters in both Western and Gong Fu styles. DISCOVER 104 ORIGINS The Origin Atlas takes you to 104 growing regions across China, Japan, Taiwan, India, Sri Lanka, Kenya, and beyond. Each region shows climate, altitude, cultivar, and the teas that come from there. Build your own map of terroir as you learn. WESTERN AND GONG FU BREWING Pick your style with one tap. Western brewing for a single long steep. Gong Fu for short repeated infusions that reveal new notes with every cup. PRECISION TIMER A focused brew screen with a clear countdown, water temperature, water amount, and tea dosage. Pre-warm timer for your vessel. Multiple simultaneous timers when you brew a flight side by side. Choose your steep sound from a curated library of ambient gongs and chimes. CUSTOM TEAS Add your own teas with photos, native names, origin, category, and brewing parameters. Build a private library that mirrors your shelf. VESSEL PAIRING Recommendations for the cup or pot that best suits each profile, from gaiwan to glass kyusu, with working capacity guidance. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Small and medium widgets show the active brew session at a glance with tea name, remaining time, temperature, water amount, and dosage. Idle state shows your favorites for one-tap brewing. THOUGHTFUL DETAILS Switch temperature units between Celsius and Fahrenheit. Pick from five hand-drawn app icons. Export your brewing data to CSV when you want to take it elsewhere. iCloud Sync keeps your library and history across your devices. BUILT FOR FOCUS Native interface. No accounts required. No ads. No tracking SDKs. Your data stays yours. GET BREWING Open the Library, pick a tea, start a session. The right parameters appear automatically. Adjust to taste. Save your favorites. Build a brewing ritual that fits your morning, your afternoon, and your evening. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tea Timer io at none against Tea Brewing Master's 3. Tea Timer io also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). 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. Tea Brewing Master sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Tea Timer io asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Tea Timer io | Tea Brewing Master |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | White Rabbit Software | Cederic Schmid |
In-app purchases
Tea Timer io
No in-app purchases
Tea Brewing Master
- TBM Monthly$2.991 Month
- TBM Annual3 Days trial$12.991 Year
- TBM Lifetime$29.99






