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Coffee vs Caffeinate: catalog facts
Coffee	Caffeinate
Best for: Keeping an Android screen on temporarily with one tap	Best for: Android developers and users who need the screen to stay on temporarily
Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Android	Android
Quick settings tile for one-tap toggling Leaves the system screen timeout unchanged All 3 strengths for Coffee Quick settings tile for one-tap toggling Leaves the system screen timeout unchanged Also available as an app button and shortcut	Quick settings tile for one-tap toggling Configurable keep-awake duration All 3 strengths for Caffeinate Quick settings tile for one-tap toggling Configurable keep-awake duration Leaves system timeout settings untouched
The quick settings tile needs Android 7 or higher Keeping the screen on drains the battery faster	Requires Android 7 or newer Single-purpose tool
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: GPL-3.0-only
No account needed	No account needed
Offline features available	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Coffee github.com/mueller-ma/Coffee f-droid.org/packages/com.github.muellerma.coffee Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Caffeinate github.com/abdalmoniem/Caffeinate f-droid.org/packages/com.hifnawy.caffeinate Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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