Kiri vs Nine Steeps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kiri
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Kiri is your personal tea companion. •Brew gongfu precisely with a multi-steep timer with Apple Watch integration. •Scan tea labels to quickly identify tea and save it to your digital shelf. •Organize your collection in one place. •Discover new teas from a 700+ tea catalog. •Explore tea origins on an interactive map. •Make cold brew tea with dedicated timer presets. •Add your own custom teas Kiri is designed for daily tea drinkers who want better cups, cleaner organization, and a deeper connection to tea origins. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Nine Steeps
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Nine Steeps at every 2 days against Kiri's every 6 weeks. Nine Steeps also leads on device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Kiri sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Nine Steeps sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Kiri ships an update every 6 weeks, Nine Steeps every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kiri | Nine Steeps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ivan Ostrolutskyi | Rizk Corsight, LLC |
In-app purchases
Kiri
- Kiri Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Kiri Pro - Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
Nine Steeps
- 3-Day TrialFree
- Nine Steeps Full Access$1.99
- Nine Steeps Pro$1.99
