# Bread Boss — user reviews > 14 indexed App Store user reviews of Bread Boss by Karen Benhar, rated 4.30/5 from 33 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bread-boss/id1304204584/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bread-boss/id1304204584.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 21 · 4★ 5 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 0 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 2/5 — The poor UI makes this nearly unusable *2020-12-10* My search for something to replace my BBGA-style spreadsheets continues. This app gets the math and method right, but it has an extremely poor UI. It's actually worse than just using a spreadsheet! ### 2/5 — Okay *2020-09-11* The app keeps crashing on me ### 2/5 — Support is poor *2020-06-08* There is a decent set of basic recipes and it's good to track variations but a core part of the app is not functioning and I have received no reply from support over 4 weeks. I can't recommend the app unfortunately. ### 2/5 — Not Consistent With BBGA Baker’s Percentage Standards *2018-12-08* It is not clear how the app’s author is calculating the percentages shown in the various bread formulas. After trying to make sense of the percentages shown in various formulas, what did become really clear is that the percentages in the formulas are NOT consistent with the standards for baker’s percentages by the Bread Baker’s Guild of America (BBGA). Perhaps they have a different system down under?? If you are looking for an app to create and save bread formulas according to BBGA standards, look elsewhere. **Developer response:** If you have trouble with any aspect of Bread Boss or just need help with your baking in general then you can always get excellent support via our website's Ask a question at: https://www.sourdoughbreadrecipe.com.au/ask-a-question/ or you can use the feedback tab in the app and send us an email. Bread Boss uses the same calculations as BBGA does. The only difference is BBGA requires formulas as excel spreadsheets, whereas Bread Boss presents the formula for iPhone/iPad use while making your bread. BBGA has the stages presented horizontally, which is ok for a spreadsheet on a desktop computer, but for iPhones and iPads a vertical presentation is more intuitive and easier to manipulate. Bread Boss presents the same information in a way that is designed to be used while actually making the recipe: the overall formula settings first, the resulting total flour controls all the subsequent calculations; next is the first stage that is required to be made, then the next to be made after that, etc., till you get to the final dough; and then after that you can also have additional production stages if required. The ingredients are presented in an order applicable for making the recipe: proceeding stages first, flours and seeds, other ingredients and lastly water ingredients. This is better for weighing out the ingredients: dry ingredients first and lastly wet ingredients. In edit mode the formula is presented in the most logical way for constructing a formula: base formula first (same as BBGA) then following stages. Again, Bread Boss stages are presented vertically, rather than horizontally. Below each stage that is made are notes that can be revealed. These are used to remind you how to make the stage and any other pertinent information for the recipe. The fermentation times and other settings are used to generate notifications for reminders: when you need to do each activity, as timing affects fermentation greatly. You can view the BBGA newsletter describing their layout if you wish to compare: https://www.bbga.org/files/2009FormulaFormattingSINGLES.pdf ### 3/5 — I’m A Bit Confused *2022-10-23* I love how this is set up but some areas I do t know what to do, IE water temp? Do I set that? Also the time reminders. Can I change the start time of the whole process and then all other times will adjust and I need to adhere to that? ### 3/5 — great app but needs some improvement *2020-08-08* I've downloaded other apps and concluded that for the price and all the provided features, Bread Boss is worth the price. Although it's not as aesthetic as Rise, it has much more features offered with proper calculations at a much cheaper price. However, there are some things this app can improve on. I took one star away because the app tutorial got me spinning. It made me very confused, and took me a while to figure out how to operate the app. I also wished that there were explanations on how the calculations were made because the percentages made me very confused and I had to hand calculate to figure out the math. The different stages were also a bit confusing because different terminology was being used. For example, what is usually referred to as a fed and active starter or levain is called "sourdough" in the app. Perhaps this should be explained (maybe a page for vocabs?). I took another star away because it doesn't give me the option to define my starter's hydration. The app makes the starter, or sourdough, a stiff starter at 50% hydration. I wish that users can changes their starter's hydration. Another thing about starter is that the app doesn't let you adjust how much starter you have, how much you fed it, and how much you used. If you enter that you fed your 15g starter 40g flour and 40g water, the app automatically assumes you uses 80g of starter although you could use less or more. Overall, it is a really nice and feature-full app, but the different functions and terminologies needs to be explain better. ### 3/5 — OK app. *2020-06-03* I recently purchased this app and quickly found a few items that would enhance the ease of use. I am use to using Excel for all my recipe calculations. First, since it is database driven, an extensive list of baking ingredients available by drop down would make it much easier to input new recipes. Now, you have to add each ingredient separately, unless you copy another recipe. Secondly, the ability to sort or list the ingredients in a recipe in the order desired. When I bake bread, I normally follow a set list of ingredients in the order I want to include them into the mix. At present, the app list them in the order it wants and I find that a bit irritating, not intuitive and prone to miss an ingredient. Third, have the ability to turn off all the extra bells and whistles, notices, explanations and other stuff that is on the page. A user should be able to setup the page in sections by turning a section on or off. For instance, I don’t need the alarm section on the recipe page unless I’m going to use them. Forth, there are several processes in the app that are not very user friendly or intuitive. They work, but until you figure out what the app wants, it can be a bit frustrating. I’ll most likely use the app for now, but will continue to look for updates or a better app. ### 3/5 — Great app but... *2018-01-20* Love the app but very disappointed that I can't print my recipes. If I could print, I’d give it 5 stars. **Developer response:** Don't worry, we are working on that and other things. ### 5/5 — Bread boss *2022-04-23* Makes good bread! ### 5/5 — Great support *2021-04-20* Boris provides great support to this app. He goes above and beyond to help with functions in the app. ## Most praised reviews (4 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Bread boss *2020-08-18* Great app, great recipes and great customer service/support. A winning combination. Thanks ### 5/5 — Reference Guide *2020-05-23* I have been baking sourdough bread for a number of years as a passion, and I find this App a brilliant reference tool to give great results. ### 5/5 — Very comprehensive bread baked no app *2019-09-07* This app allows very accurate hydration calculations for bread recipes. It accounts for the water needed for inclusions including any soakers needed for dry fruit, seeds etc. The developer is very responsive and offers an information packed website with recipes and tutorials. Multiple stages including levains, poolish, sourdoughs etc are possibile. Timers, personalized recipes and notes are supported. A number of starter recipes are included. This s the best bread baking app available. Buy it, you won’t regret it! ### 5/5 — Useful app for bread newbie *2019-06-21* Having done a short bread course, I found the app super useful to help me with figuring out measurements and providing reminders when it was time to do the next step. The instructions from the website were also really helpful and easy to follow. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-26.*