Comparison

CoffeeMeter vs Cira

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

Head to head
About

CoffeeMeter

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 CoffeeMeter 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. CoffeeMeter 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? CoffeeMeter 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 COFFEEMETER 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/

About

Cira

Features
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Coffee keeping you up at night? Cira tells you the exact hour of your last cup, worked out from your bedtime and your body, so your coffee stays out of your night. Most trackers count the cups you drank. Cira counts what is left: caffeine climbs for about 45 minutes, then leaves at a rate set by your own metabolism, not by an average adult. Between a fast metabolism and a slow one, the difference is hours of sleep. WHAT YOU SEE FIRST • Active caffeine right now, in milligrams • The hour after which a normal cup starts costing you sleep • Whether tonight holds, and when you will be clear • The whole day as one curve: where the peak was, where it goes next TUNED TO YOU Smoking clears caffeine almost twice as fast. Contraceptives and pregnancy slow it down. After 65 it slows again. Cira applies all of it, and if you know your own half-life you can set it by hand. SLEEP JOURNAL Rate your night in one tap and note how you feel during the day. Connect Apple Health and Cira places your Apple Watch sleep next to the caffeine you logged, so you see what coffee really does to your nights. BEFORE YOU DRINK Check any drink at any hour before you pour it. Cira puts tonight with it and without it side by side. The log-it-anyway button never disappears: the job is to name the price, not to take the choice away. WHO IT IS FOR People who drink coffee after lunch and then lie awake. People cutting down who want to see what changes. People who take an energy drink before training — and get up early. FREE FOREVER Logging drinks, active caffeine right now, your last-coffee hour, tonight's verdict, the daily curve, the reminder before your last cup, and the sleep and mood journal. PREMIUM The before-you-drink check for any drink and hour, the full physiology model, journal insights and Apple Watch sleep analysis, the hours your caffeine is actually working, history beyond a week, your own drinks, and a step-by-step plan to cut down. Cira gives an estimate, not a medical diagnosis. It uses a standard one-compartment pharmacokinetic model with first-order absorption. That is a good approximation, but no app can measure your blood. See a doctor about sleep problems. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://getcira.app/privacy

Screenshots

CoffeeMeter4 screens
Cira4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Cira at every 2 days against CoffeeMeter's every 3 weeks. CoffeeMeter's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. CoffeeMeter sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $24.99 per year and Cira sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CoffeeMeter ships an update every 3 weeks, Cira every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
CoffeeMeter versus Cira: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoffeeMeterCira
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB17 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTheorics LimitedARVIDS KAPUSTA

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CoffeeMeter

Subscriptions1
  • Cafein Pro$24.991 Year
2 purchases

Cira

Subscriptions2
  • Cira Premium Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Cira Premium Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is CoffeeMeter free?
CoffeeMeter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cira free?
Cira is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CoffeeMeter or Cira have ads?
Neither CoffeeMeter nor Cira shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CoffeeMeter or Cira?
CoffeeMeter ships an update every 3 weeks, and Cira every 2 days. Most recently, CoffeeMeter was updated on October 31, 2026 and Cira on October 31, 2026.

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