Comparison

Coffee Brew Timer & Journal vs Rebrew Coffee

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

Head to head
About

Coffee Brew Timer & Journal

Features
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Great coffee is not luck. It is a ratio, a grind, a temperature and a clock โ€” and Carafe keeps all four in your pocket so every cup you make tomorrow is a little better than today's. Most brewing apps are either a timer or a notebook. Carafe is both, wired together: ten dialed-in recipes, a grind guide you can actually feel, a cellar for the beans you own, and a journal that turns rated cups into insight. Everything lives on your phone, works without a signal, and never asks you to sign up. WHAT YOU GET โ€ข Nail the recipe on the first try โ€” V60, Chemex, AeroPress, French press, Moka pot, espresso, cold brew, drip, Turkish and siphon, each with its exact coffee-to-water ratio, grind, time and water temperature โ€ข Stop guessing at the grinder โ€” seven grind sizes from Extra Fine to Extra Coarse, each described by feel (flour, table salt, beach sand, sea salt) and matched to the brewers it was made for โ€ข Brew to the second โ€” a phase-aware timer that flags the bloom window for pour-over styles and taps you at start, bloom and finish so your eyes stay on the kettle โ€ข Know what is in rotation and how fresh it is โ€” log origin, roast level, tasting notes and roast date, and Carafe tells you whether a bag is resting, at peak, fading or past its prime โ€ข Remember what worked โ€” every session records the method, the bean, a 1โ€“5 rating and the tweak to try next time โ€ข See your habits at a glance โ€” total brews, average rating, this week's count, your top method and top bean PERFECT FOR โ€ข Home baristas chasing a repeatable morning cup โ€ข Pour-over and filter drinkers dialing in a new bag โ€ข Espresso owners tired of wasting shots to find the sweet spot โ€ข Anyone who buys good beans and wants to taste the difference WHY NOT JUST USE THE KITCHEN TIMER AND A NOTES APP? Because the timer does not know when the bloom ends, and the notes app does not know which bean or method you meant. Carafe ties the recipe, the timer, the bean and the rating into one record, so three weeks from now you can open the cellar and see exactly why the Ethiopian was better at a finer grind. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No cloud. No analytics riding along with your coffee. Your recipes, beans and sessions are stored on your device only, and the app works completely offline โ€” in a cabin, on a plane, at 5 a.m. before the router wakes up. FULL ACCESS Carafe is a paid app. Choose the plan that suits you: a weekly subscription or a yearly subscription. Both unlock every brew method, unlimited beans and sessions, the grind guide and insights. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel them anytime in your App Store account settings. Download Carafe, log the bag on your counter and time your next pour with the bloom phase on. Terms of Service: https://pnkl26.web.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://pnkl26.web.app/privacy-policy Support: pnkhanhlinh0206@gmail.com

About

Rebrew Coffee

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Rebrew turns coffee brewing into a repeatable ritual. Build a recipe once โ€” your ratio, dose, grind, and steps โ€” then follow a calm, guided timer every morning and get the same great cup. WHY REBREW โ€ข Ratio-first. Set a coffee:water ratio and Rebrew keeps your dose and water locked to it. Change the dose and the water follows automatically โ€” no mental math. โ€ข Your units, per recipe. Weigh water in grams, milliliters, or liters. Coffee stays in grams, the way your scale reads it. โ€ข Guided Brew Mode. A step-by-step flow with countdowns, a Lock Screen Live Activity, and a gentle alert when each timed pour is done โ€” so you can keep your hands on the kettle. โ€ข Dial it in. Log every brew with a rating, notes, and how long it actually took versus the target. Your Brews history helps you taste the difference and get better. โ€ข Make it yours. Track any variable โ€” grind setting, temperature, bloom time โ€” and write step targets that reference them, like "pour to 60% of water." โ€ข Start from built-in methods. Pour Over, Espresso, French Press, AeroPress, and more, ready to brew or customize. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No tracking. No ads. Your recipes and brew logs live on your device and sync through your own private iCloud โ€” we never see them, and there are no servers to hack. Works fully offline. Syncs automatically across your iPhone and iPad. Brew better coffee, one repeatable cup at a time.

Screenshots

Coffee Brew Timer & Journal4 screens
Rebrew Coffee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rebrew Coffee at none against Coffee Brew Timer & Journal'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. Coffee Brew Timer & Journal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Rebrew Coffee asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Coffee Brew Timer & Journal versus Rebrew Coffee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoffee Brew Timer & JournalRebrew Coffee
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size4 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLinh Phan Nhat KhanhColton Harker

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Coffee Brew Timer & Journal

Subscriptions2
  • Carafe Coffee Brew Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Carafe Coffee Brew Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Bean Freshness Lifetime$29.99
None

Rebrew Coffee

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Coffee Brew Timer & Journal free?
Coffee Brew Timer & Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rebrew Coffee free?
Rebrew Coffee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Coffee Brew Timer & Journal or Rebrew Coffee have ads?
Neither Coffee Brew Timer & Journal nor Rebrew Coffee shows ads.

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