Comparison

Pour Over Coffee Timer & Drip vs Bloom

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

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About

Pour Over Coffee Timer & Drip

Features
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PREMIUM โ€” PURCHASE REQUIRED: All features described below are part of Pro and require a purchase: a weekly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Pour Over Coffee Timer walks you through every phase of a pour-over brew โ€” bloom, pulse pours and drawdown โ€” with the exact water grams and timing for each step. Pick V60, Kalita Wave, Chemex or AeroPress, press start, and pour when the ring tells you to. Every recipe uses the coffee-to-water ratio each brewer's manufacturer actually publishes โ€” 1:16.7 for Hario V60, 1:16 for Kalita Wave and Chemex, 1:13.5 for the inverted AeroPress โ€” stated as ratios so they scale honestly to any dose. And the app is straight with you about what a timer can and cannot fix: the built-in brew guide names the six variables that really move the cup (grind size, water temperature, bean freshness, filter, agitation, altitude) and gives you a calibrate-once procedure instead of pretending one schedule suits every bean. WHAT YOU GET โ€ข A brew that runs itself: each phase shows its target grams and a pour hint, taps a countdown haptic in the last 3 seconds so you can lift the kettle without looking, and cues you the moment the next pour starts โ€ข Manufacturer-accurate recipes for Hario V60, Kalita Wave, Chemex and AeroPress โ€” published ratios, not guesses โ€ข Scale any recipe to your dose: set 22 g instead of 15 g and every pour target moves with the ratio, while phase times honestly stay put โ€” brew time is set by grind, not dose โ€ข Build your own pour schedules step by step: bloom length, pulse count, grams per pour โ€ข A brew log that records what actually happened โ€” beans, water, how long the timer really ran, your star rating and tasting notes โ€ข A timer you cannot break: the screen stays awake mid-pour, the brew keeps running if you leave the screen, and a notification still fires with your phone face-down next to the scale PERFECT FOR โ€ข Home brewers who want Tuesday's V60 to taste like Saturday's โ€ข Anyone who just bought a gooseneck kettle and a scale and needs to know what to actually do with them โ€ข AeroPress owners who want the inverted method timed instead of guessed โ€ข Coffee people dialing in a new bag and keeping notes on what worked WHY NOT JUST USE A KITCHEN TIMER? A kitchen timer tells you when three minutes are up. It does not tell you that at 0:30 the bloom ends and 60 g of water should already be in the bed, or that a Chemex drawdown needs a full extra minute. Pour-over is a schedule of pours, not one countdown โ€” this app runs the schedule for you. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your brew log lives on your device. No account, no ads, no tracking, and nothing leaves your phone. PREMIUM (PURCHASE REQUIRED) Full access unlocks the complete recipe set (Kalita Wave, Chemex and AeroPress), the custom recipe builder and the dose scaler. Pick the plan that suits you: a weekly subscription, a yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Grind your beans, tap start, and pour the best cup you've made all week โ€” today. Terms of Use: https://leanstudio.asia/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://leanstudio.asia/privacy-policy Support: support@leanstudio.asia

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Bloom

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Bloom turns your V60, Chemex, AeroPress, French Press, Kalita Wave, or espresso routine into a precise, repeatable ritual โ€” no more guesswork, no more inconsistent cups. PRECISION RATIO & DOSE CALCULATOR Enter your coffee dose or target water and Bloom instantly calculates the other โ€” with ratio presets (1:12, 1:15, 1:16.6, 1:18) or a custom decimal ratio slider from 1:10 to 1:22. Scale for 1 to 6 cups in seconds. LIVE BREWING TIMER WITH DYNAMIC ISLAND Multi-stage pour timers for every method โ€” bloom, pour 1, pour 2, drawdown โ€” with haptic and audio cues so you never have to stare at your screen. Track pour weight and stage countdown right from the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. CHAMPIONSHIP RECIPE LIBRARY Brew world-champion recipes including James Hoffmann's Ultimate V60, Tetsu Kasuya's 4:6 Method, AeroPress Championship Inverted, and Lance Hedrick's high-extraction method โ€” or build and save your own custom multi-stage recipes. BEAN CELLAR & TASTING JOURNAL Log every bag of beans โ€” roaster, origin, process, roast date โ€” and every brew: grind setting, water temperature, rating, and flavor notes. Bloom even adjusts your bloom time automatically based on roast date to account for degassing. MADE FOR SPECIALTY COFFEE โ€ข 8 languages, switchable instantly in-app โ€ข Celsius/Fahrenheit and grams/ml/oz units โ€ข Light, Dark, and System themes โ€ข 100% on-device โ€” no accounts, no tracking BLOOM PRO Unlock unlimited custom recipes, the full championship recipe library, unlimited bean cellar and brew history, extraction analysis, degassing predictions, and iCloud sync with a Monthly (3-day free trial), Annual, or one-time Lifetime purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://krenixstudios.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Pour Over Coffee Timer & Drip4 screens
Bloom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pour Over Coffee Timer & Drip at none against Bloom's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Bloom sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Pour Over Coffee Timer & Drip asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Pour Over Coffee Timer & Drip versus Bloom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPour Over Coffee Timer & DripBloom
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLEAN ASIA CO., LTDismail kirenli

In-app purchases

None

Pour Over Coffee Timer & Drip

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Bloom

Subscriptions2
  • Bloom Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Bloom Pro Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Bloom Pro Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Pour Over Coffee Timer & Drip free?
Pour Over Coffee Timer & Drip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bloom free?
Bloom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pour Over Coffee Timer & Drip or Bloom have ads?
Neither Pour Over Coffee Timer & Drip nor Bloom shows ads.

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