Simple Espresso Timer vs tulip
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.
tulip
Record or import videos of your latte art pours to analyze them step-by-step. The app visualizes milk flow and timing, allowing you to review your technique privately. All your practice sessions are stored in a gallery with notes.
- Record or import latte art pours
- Step-by-step pour analysis
- Milk flow visualization
- Timing and rhythm breakdown
- Private practice gallery
- Practice notes and timing data
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tulip replays your latte-art pours, step by step. RECORD OR IMPORT A POUR Film one pour from above, or import a video you already have. Trim to just the pour (up to 30 seconds) with the built-in trimmer. SEE HOW YOU POURED tulip follows where the milk lands across the cup and splits each pour into three steps: base, pattern and finish. The video and the timeline stay in sync — drag along the timeline to jump to any moment, or tap a step to go straight to it. EVERY POUR IN ONE GALLERY Every upload lives in one gallery. Keep photos and videos together with practice notes, and see how long the base and the pattern took on each video. HONEST BY DESIGN tulip does not score your technique or rank you against anyone. It shows what happened — timing, rhythm and where the milk landed — and leaves the judging to you. PRIVATE AND SIMPLE No account needed. Your library stays on your iPhone. Videos you analyze are uploaded without sound and deleted from our servers after 30 days.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: tulip at every 8 days against Simple Espresso Timer's every 6 months. Simple Espresso Timer's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Simple Espresso Timer against 5.0 for tulip. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
Simple Espresso Timer ships an update every 6 months, tulip every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Espresso Timer | tulip |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Bodskov | Bogeybot LLC |
Customer experience
Simple Espresso Timer
tulip
In-app purchases
Simple Espresso Timer
No in-app purchases
tulip
No in-app purchases
