Comparison

cafein vs Caffeine Tracker

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

Head to head
About

cafein

Features
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This app helps you use coffee as fuel and prevent it from costing you sleep. Tap one button to log an espresso, matcha, energy drink, or even a Coca-Cola. A real bi-exponential pharmacokinetics model projects how much caffeine you'll likely still have in your bloodstream when you want to be asleep. WORK WITH YOUR NATURAL CORTISOL Cafein shows your cortisol awakening response, the natural alertness curve that peaks in the first hour after waking. Drinking coffee inside that window can blunt how strongly caffeine hits. Cafein highlights the window where your first cup tends to land hardest (typically 1.5 to 3.5 hours after wake). SIMULATE BEFORE YOU SIP Thinking about a 4 pm espresso? Cafein lets you test combinations without committing. See how that hypothetical second coffee changes your bedtime number, then decide. BUILD YOUR HEALTH STORY Every cup syncs to Apple Health. Your data is yours, exportable as CSV any time, ready to share with your doctor or AI assistant. WHAT IS INSIDE - Real-time caffeine gauge with rising indicator - 24-hour rolling caffeine curve with bedtime marker - Sleep-impact projection at your set bedtime - Cortisol-based optimal coffee window - 10 drink types: espresso, big coffee, green tea, matcha, black tea, mate, energy drink, Coca-Cola, chocolate, decaf - What-if simulation for combined doses - Apple Health sync (caffeine intake) - Edit history, adjust bedtime, fine-tune your half-life CAFEIN PRO unlocks unlimited logging, unlimited simulations, and CSV export for AI assistants and your own analysis. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Caffeine Tracker

Features
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How much caffeine is actually in your body right now? Coffy answers that with a live half-life curve — not a list of cups you drank and forgot about. WATCH IT LEAVE YOUR SYSTEM Every drink you log is plotted on a real metabolic curve. Coffy shows the milligrams still active in your body at this moment, and tunes the half-life to your own sensitivity: 4, 5 or 7 hours. YOUR CUT-OFF TIME Set your bedtime and Coffy works out the last safe cup of the day — the point after which you would still be above the 50 mg sleep threshold when your head hits the pillow. It also projects how many mg you will have left at bedtime, before you pour the next one. TAPER INSTEAD OF QUITTING COLD TURKEY Pick a starting point and a goal, and Coffy builds a weekly taper plan — around 50 mg less each week — then tracks you against this week's target. Cut back without the headaches. Pause or adjust the pace whenever life gets in the way. NUMBERS YOU CAN ACTUALLY TRUST Caffeine values come from USDA FoodData Central, the FDA and peer-reviewed studies, and every drink shows you its source. Espresso, americano, latte, cappuccino, cortado, macchiato, mocha, matcha, tea, cola and energy drinks are built in — add your own for anything else. WATER TOO Track glasses of water alongside your caffeine, with gentle reminders through the day. HISTORY THAT MEANS SOMETHING Week, month and year views, your daily average, how it compares with the period before, and how many days you went over your limit. Day streaks and badges for days under your limit and nights with no late cup. REMINDERS THAT RESPECT YOUR SLEEP A cut-off alert, water reminders and an evening check-in — each one switchable. APPLE HEALTH & CSV Sync your caffeine intake to Apple Health, and export everything to CSV whenever you want it. Coffy is not trying to make you quit. It is here so you can time it right: full energy when you need it, clean sleep when you want it. Payment & Subscription Information: - Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. - You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal in your account settings after purchase. - No refund is provided for the unused portion of a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://desing304.github.io/caffeine-tracker-legal/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://desing304.github.io/caffeine-tracker-legal/termsofuse.html

Screenshots

cafein4 screens
Caffeine Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

cafein and Caffeine Tracker are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. cafein sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $24.99 per year and Caffeine Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

cafein ships an update fortnightly, Caffeine Tracker weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
cafein versus Caffeine Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametercafeinCaffeine Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTheorics LimitedEMIR YAVCIN

In-app purchases

1 purchases

cafein

Subscriptions1
  • Cafein Pro$24.991 Year
3 purchases

Caffeine Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Premium Yearly3 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$39.99

Questions

Is cafein free?
cafein is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Caffeine Tracker free?
Caffeine Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do cafein or Caffeine Tracker have ads?
Neither cafein nor Caffeine Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, cafein or Caffeine Tracker?
cafein ships an update fortnightly, and Caffeine Tracker weekly. Most recently, cafein was updated on October 8, 2026 and Caffeine Tracker on September 30, 2026.

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