Comparison

Bread Baker vs Bread Planner

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Bread Baker

This app guides you through the bread-making process with step-by-step instructions and notifications. It includes popular recipes, allows you to add your own, and recalculates ingredients based on desired weight. Enjoy visual progress tracking and share your creations.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step baking process control
  • Push notifications for process completion
  • Visual progress presentation
  • Ingredient recalculation by target weight
  • Custom recipe creation and import
  • Metric and imperial unit support
Features
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Bread baking process long and tricky! With Bread Baker app you will control the dough preparation and baking step-by-step. You receive notifications once each step is complete. Process can be visually controlled and adjusted. As a bonus we include several popular bread recipes. You can also add your own recipes with ingredients and step-by-step process. Changing target weight will recalculate amount of ingredients required. Recipes can be shared via messages and iCloud. Feature list: * List of popular bread recipes, including ingredients and processes * All recipes are localized to English (default) and some native languages (multiple languages supported) * Ability to re-calculate required ingredients based on target bread weight * Support for metric (kg/g) and imperial (lb/oz) weights and temperatures * Visual presentation of process progress * Gantt chart to visually change the process that is running * Push notifications when step or whole process is complete * Ability to add your own recipes, their ingredients and step-by-step process * Share your recipes via standard iOS means (email, message, social) or via iCloud Terms of Use While you may use Bread Baker application for free as recipe storage, you will need to purchase a subscription to use process and notification features. Please pick one of available subscriptions in the In-App Store to control baking process and receive completion notifications. Having active subscription will also hide in-app advertisements. There are two types of auto-renewable subscriptions: monthly (length is 1 month) and annual (length is 12 months). Price for each subscription type is shown in the In-App store page as well as on Apple App Store. Payment for a subscription will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Privacy Policy can be obtained from our website at https://oxigenator.com/products/breadbaker/privacy-policy/ Link to Terms of Use: https://oxigenator.com/products/breadbaker/terms-of-use/ NOTE: When you purchase a subscription first time - you will be billed only after 7 first free trial days. If you cancel your first monthly subscription during these first trial days - you will NOT be charged at all.

About

Bread Planner

Automate your bread baking schedule with custom reminders for each step. This free app also helps you remember to feed your sourdough starter on a daily or weekly basis, streamlining your baking process.

Highlights
  • Custom baking schedule automation
  • Step-by-step reminder notifications
  • Sourdough starter feeding reminders
  • Daily and weekly feeding options
  • Streamlines baking process
Features
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Often when I 'd bake bread on the weekends, I'd get tired of setting so many timers. So, I built this app that allowed me to enter my custom baking schedule and it would send me reminder notifications whenever it was time to start the next step. Plus, it helps remind bakers that they need to feed their starter - whether you feed daily or weekly. It's a free application that should help streamline the baking process - enjoy!

Screenshots

Bread Baker4 screens
Bread Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bread Baker at 3.5 against Bread Planner's 2.8. Bread Baker also leads on review sentiment (43% vs 25%). Bread Planner's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bread Baker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Bread Planner asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bread Baker holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Bread Baker's written reviews are positive against 25% of Bread Planner's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bread Baker versus Bread Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBread BakerBread Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (10 ratings) — better2.8 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings10 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.713.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOXiGENATOR LLCAryaman Sharda

Customer experience

Bread Baker

All ratings10 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.1%

Bread Planner

All ratings6 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative62.5%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bread Baker

Subscriptions2
  • Bake feature, 1 month7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Bake feature, 1 year7 Days trial$24.991 Year
None

Bread Planner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bread Baker free?
Bread Baker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bread Planner free?
Bread Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bread Baker or Bread Planner?
Bread Baker is rated higher. Bread Baker averages 3.5 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Bread Planner averages 2.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Bread Baker or Bread Planner have ads?
Bread Baker shows ads; Bread Planner does not.

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