Simple Espresso Timer vs Timer.Coffee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Espresso Timer
This app automatically starts a timer when it detects the sound of your espresso machine brewing. Simply press stop when your shot is complete. It's designed to be placed near your machine for easy use.
- Automatic timer start via sound detection
- Manual stop function
- Simple, minimalist interface
- Designed for proximity to espresso machine
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When you're ready to start brewing your shot, you just start the app and place your phone near your espresso machine. The app will detect sound from your microphone and the timer will start counting. Once your shot is done, you press stop and that's it.
Timer.Coffee
This app provides a free, open-source timer and calculator for coffee brewing, offering step-by-step instructions for numerous methods. It allows users to adjust quantities, save grind settings, and track their brewing history. Enjoy real-time community insights and share your own custom recipes.
- 22 Brewing Methods
- Coffee Calculator
- Custom Grind Size
- Background Brewing
- Live Activities
- Create & Share Recipes
- Brew Diary
- Bean Tracking
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Timer.Coffee is a free, open-source coffee brewing timer and calculator designed to enhance your brewing experience. The app is completely free. Optional in-app donations support ongoing development and never affect access to features. Key Features - 27 Brewing Methods: Step-by-step instructions for Hario V60, AeroPress, Chemex, French Press, Clever Dripper, Kalita Wave, Wilfa Svart Pour Over, Origami Dripper, Hario Switch, and more. - Coffee Calculator: Adjust coffee and water quantities on the fly. - Custom Grind Size: Save your grind settings per recipe — never forget your Comandante clicks again. - Background Brewing: The timer keeps running accurately when you minimize the app — switch apps or check a message without losing your place. - Live Activities: Follow your brew step-by-step on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island without unlocking your phone. - Pulse: See what coffee lovers around the world are brewing right now, in real time. - Create & Share Recipes: Build your own brewing recipes and share them with the community. - Brew Diary: Automatically save timer-guided brews or add entries manually, with notes, ratings, taste, tags, grind, water temperature, and extraction. - Bean Tracking: Manage your coffee bean inventory with AI-powered label recognition. - Favorites: Quick access to your most-used recipes. - Audio Chime: Audio alerts for every brewing step. - Dial In Your Beans: Search and filter your history, bookmark best cups, compare attempts, follow bean journeys, and review monthly progress. - Device Sync: Recipes, beans, and brews synced across all your devices. - 22 Languages: Fully localized for a global audience. - Dark Mode: Easy on the eyes at any hour.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Espresso Timer at none against Timer.Coffee's 3. Timer.Coffee's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (133 vs 4). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Timer.Coffee sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Simple Espresso Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Simple Espresso Timer against 5.0 for Timer.Coffee. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timer.Coffee has 133 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Simple Espresso Timer ships an update every 6 months, Timer.Coffee every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Espresso Timer | Timer.Coffee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (133 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 133 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Bodskov | Anton Karliner |
Customer experience
Simple Espresso Timer
Timer.Coffee
In-app purchases
Simple Espresso Timer
No in-app purchases
Timer.Coffee
- Buy a small coffee$1.99
- Buy a medium coffee$4.99
- Buy a large coffee$9.99
Questions
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