# Impasto: Pizza Dough Planner — Plan backwards from dinner

> Pizza dough calculator and schedule planner for perfect results. (iPhone/iPad app by Mihai N. Barbat.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/impasto-pizza-dough-planner/id6782157714 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Mihai N. Barbat](https://appshunter.io/developer/6782157716)
- Category: Food & Drink, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.50/5 from 2 App Store ratings
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 9 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-06-30
- Data updated: 2026-09-08
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/impasto-pizza-dough-planner/id6782157714/reviews.md

## What is Impasto?

Pizza dough calculator and schedule planner for Neapolitan, New York, New Haven, Roman tonda, Detroit, Roman teglia, and home oven pizza.

Tell Impasto when you want to eat, and it works backwards, calculating hydration, fermentation, and every mix, fold, rest, and proof so your dough is ready on time. No more guessing. No more dough that needs three more hours when guests are already at the door.

Whether you use a pizza oven, kitchen oven, steel, or Detroit pan, Impasto gives you a recipe and timeline tuned to your equipment and schedule.

WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT

Plan around your life, not the dough. Pick your bake time and Impasto schedules everything in reverse. Every step shows the real time it should happen, such as “Fri 14:00,” not “after 4 hours.”

Read the timeline at a glance. Filled dots are moments when you act: mix, fold, ball, roll, top, or bake. Hollow dots are the long waits. You always know whether it is time to work or relax.

It respects your sleep. Impasto spots steps that would land in the middle of the night and helps move your bake time, so you are not setting a 3 a.m. alarm.

Optional reminders notify you when each hands-on step is due.

WHY IMPASTO SETS THE YEAST FOR YOU

Yeast quantity is not a flavour choice like hydration or preferment share. It is the lever the timeline uses to land your dough on time.

Choose when you want to eat, your fermentation pace, and your kitchen temperature. Impasto calculates the yeast needed for that schedule using baker’s percentages and temperature-aware fermentation.

It also accounts for yeast freshness. Older yeast works more slowly, so Impasto compensates to help the dough stay on schedule. Baking with sourdough? Impasto calculates the levain instead, including starter hydration, starter strength, and cold or room-temperature fermentation.

DIAL IN YOUR PIZZA

Seven styles: Home Oven, Neapolitan, New York, New Haven, Roman tonda, Detroit, and Roman teglia. Each has its own hydration range, fermentation behaviour, shaping method, and oven profile, New York, New Haven, Roman tonda, Detroit.

Round or pan. Most round styles are sized by pizza count and ball weight. Roman tonda is different: choose the finished diameter and thickness, and Impasto calculates the ball weight for a thin, rolling-pin-shaped crust. Detroit and Roman teglia are sized by the pan itself. Enter your tin, choose a thickness, and Impasto calculates the dough. Pan oil is listed separately from the dough.

Three paces: Quick, Classic, and Flavour. Choose a same-day route, overnight dough, or longer cold ferment for deeper flavour.

Four methods: direct dough, poolish, biga, or sourdough, with preferment quantities, levain maths, starter strength, and cold or room-temperature fermentation handled for you.

Flour guidance matches flour strength to your recipe, with recommendations for Caputo, King Arthur, Le 5 Stagioni, bread flour, 00 flour, and suitable blends.

Bake and shaping instructions fit the selected style, from rolling Roman tonda thin and crisp from centre to edge, to taking Detroit cheese to the pan wall, or handling Roman teglia gently to preserve its open crumb.

KEEP A BAKE DIARY

Il Risultato lets you log each bake with a star rating, tasting notes, and photos of your crust and crumb.

Recent and Saved tabs keep your history and favourite recipes one tap away. Re-bake any saved recipe with a fresh schedule.

MADE TO LIVE ON YOUR PHONE

Works offline. No account or sign-up required.

Your recipes and journal stay on your device. Export a full backup whenever you like and restore it just as easily.

Share recipes as clean, readable text or a visual recipe card.

Available in 11 languages, including English, Italian, Spanish, German, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, and Turkish.

Choose metric or imperial units.

Impasto is free and ad-free. An optional tip supports continued development, but every feature remains free.

Pick a time. Make the dough. Eat great pizza.

## Key features

- Reverse schedule planner
- Customizable pizza styles
- Multiple fermentation paces
- Adjustable hydration and ball weight
- Yeast freshness compensation
- Optional reminders

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Espresso tip | $1.99 | one-time |
| Aglianico tip | $14.99 | one-time |
| Margherita tip | $4.99 | one-time |



## Frequently asked questions about Impasto

### Does Impasto have ads?

No, Impasto is ad-free, allowing for an uninterrupted planning experience.

### What pizza styles can Impasto plan for?

Impasto supports four main styles: Neapolitan, New York, New Haven, and Home Oven, each with specific hydration ranges and fermentation behaviors.

### How does Impasto handle yeast calculation?

Impasto calculates the precise yeast quantity needed based on your desired schedule, kitchen temperature, and yeast freshness, ensuring optimal fermentation.

### Can Impasto adjust for different fermentation times?

Yes, Impasto offers three fermentation paces: Quick (same day), Classic (overnight), and Flavour (2-3 day cold ferment), allowing for complex crust development.

### What devices is Impasto available on?

Impasto is available on iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices.

### How does Impasto ensure the dough is ready on time?

Impasto works backward from your desired bake time, calculating each step (mix, fold, rest, proof) and providing real clock times for each action.

### Does Impasto account for sourdough baking?

Yes, when baking sourdough, Impasto sizes your levain appropriately and handles starter strength and fermentation temperatures.

### What is the update frequency for Impasto?

Impasto was last updated on July 17, 2026, with version 1.3.2, indicating regular maintenance and feature additions.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.7.1 — 2026-09-02

Impasto — Il Risultato improvements

Your bake journal is safer and easier to use.

Fixed

Bakes with a rating, notes or photos are no longer removed from Recent when you make new pizzas. They stay until you save or delete them yourself.
Editing or deleting an entry in a saved recipe's history could affect the wrong bake. Entries now always match what's on screen.
Browsing history with the arrows could show blank cards or an incorrect count.
Re-using a recent bake now continues the original saved recipe's history instead of starting a new one.
Photos shared between a recent bake and its saved recipe are no longer deleted from one when removed from the other.
Deleting a saved recipe no longer removes the bakes you logged from it. Only the link is removed.
Delete and photo removal prompts now work reliably on all Android devices.

Improved

Star ratings and the notes field now work properly with VoiceOver and TalkBack.
The Recent tab now describes accurately how long bakes are kept.
Confirmation dialogs are clearer about what will be deleted.

### 1.7.0 — 2026-08-29

This update adds more personalised mixing guidance and further improves Proof Check reliability.

Mixing instructions now adapt to whether you work by hand, with a stand mixer or in a food processor, with technique and development guidance tailored to each method. Preferment readiness cues have also been refined to focus on clear, observable signs.

Proof Check notifications now follow the actual fermentation path more reliably, including cold-to-warm transitions. Tapping a Proof Check notification opens the temperature check correctly, and repeated or mistimed notifications around final proof have been fixed.

Plus translation improvements and many smaller timeline and reliability fixes throughout Impasto.

### 1.6.0 — 2026-08-22

This update improves fermentation guidance, recipe consistency and reliability throughout Impasto.

Poolish and biga workflows are simpler, with ripe preferments used directly and more of the cold fermentation moved to the final dough. Sourdough mixing is now continuous, and water-temperature guidance is more accurate for active dry yeast.

Ingredient quantities are displayed more consistently across recipes, timelines and sharing. Scheduling, duplicate detection, backups and older saved recipes are also more robust.

Proof Check now appears at the right stage of fermentation, and accessibility has been improved across dialogs, keyboard navigation and focus handling.

Plus plenty of smaller fixes and refinements throughout the app.

### 1.5.4 — 2026-08-14

Reminders are more reliable. Deleting a pizza now clears every reminder it owned, switching timeline reminders off silences all of them including the fridge nudge, and editing a bake time no longer leaves an old alarm behind.
The proof check now speaks to the dough you actually have: a Detroit pan, a Roman teglia on the bench, or balls waiting to be rolled.

### 1.5.3 — 2026-08-12

Fixed the setup wizard asking "How many pans?" for round pizzas after you had picked Detroit or Roman teglia earlier in the session.

The pan step now reads correctly throughout: the heading, the explanatory line and the screen reader labels all switch together, in every language.

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