Comparison

Tea Brewing Master vs Nine Steeps

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

Head to head
About

Tea Brewing Master

Master the art of tea brewing with precise guidance on water temperature, steep times, and vessel selection for a wide variety of teas. Explore tea origins and customize your brewing experience.

Highlights
  • Curated tea library with 151 teas
  • Origin Atlas with 104 growing regions
  • Western and Gong Fu brewing styles
  • Precision brew timer with multiple options
  • Custom tea profiles
  • Vessel pairing recommendations
  • Home screen widgets
Features
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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/

About

Nine Steeps

Features
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Nine Steeps is a tea companion for brewing, tasting, and keeping a small cellar. Build timed steeping sessions, record infusion notes, rate aroma, body, and finish, save teas, export and import tea files, and use Apple Watch and Live Activities during a session. Full Access is a one-time non-consumable in-app purchase with Apple StoreKit purchase and restore.

Screenshots

Tea Brewing Master4 screens
Nine Steeps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Nine Steeps at 4 against Tea Brewing Master's 2. Nine Steeps also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). 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. Tea Brewing Master sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Nine Steeps sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Tea Brewing Master versus Nine Steeps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTea Brewing MasterNine Steeps
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCederic SchmidRizk Corsight, LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Tea Brewing Master

Subscriptions2
  • TBM Monthly$2.991 Month
  • TBM Annual3 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • TBM Lifetime$29.99
3 purchases

Nine Steeps

One-time3
  • 3-Day TrialFree
  • Nine Steeps Full Access$1.99
  • Nine Steeps Pro$1.99

Questions

Is Tea Brewing Master free?
Tea Brewing Master is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nine Steeps free?
Nine Steeps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tea Brewing Master or Nine Steeps have ads?
Neither Tea Brewing Master nor Nine Steeps shows ads.

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