Coffee Brew Timer & Journal vs Bloom
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Coffee Brew Timer & Journal
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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 โข 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 โข 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 โข 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 โข 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 โข Remember what worked โ every session records the method, the bean, a 1โ5 rating and the tweak to try next time โข See your habits at a glance โ total brews, average rating, this week's count, your top method and top bean PERFECT FOR โข Home baristas chasing a repeatable morning cup โข Pour-over and filter drinkers dialing in a new bag โข Espresso owners tired of wasting shots to find the sweet spot โข 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
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 โข 8 languages, switchable instantly in-app โข Celsius/Fahrenheit and grams/ml/oz units โข Light, Dark, and System themes โข 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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Coffee Brew Timer & Journal at none against Bloom's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Bloom sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Coffee Brew Timer & Journal asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Coffee Brew Timer & Journal | Bloom |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | โ |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad โ better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Linh Phan Nhat Khanh | ismail kirenli |
In-app purchases
Coffee Brew Timer & Journal
No in-app purchases
Bloom
- Bloom Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Bloom Pro Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Bloom Pro Lifetime$79.99
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