Comparison

Bread Baker vs Rise

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

Rise

This app is a comprehensive tool for bread baking enthusiasts, offering curated recipes, advanced editing capabilities, and intelligent scheduling. It helps users plan, track, and perfect their bakes with features like recipe import, custom creation, and dynamic rise time calculations. Users can also journal their baking experiences and share creations with others.

Highlights
  • Curated and customizable recipes
  • Magic recipe import from websites/photos
  • Intuitive recipe creation tools
  • Dynamic rise time scheduling
  • Baking journal with notes and photos
  • Recipe and bake sharing
  • Helpful baking articles and resources
Features
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Rise is devoted to every aspect of making yummy bread! It includes great recipes, makes planning & scheduling easy, and serves as a baking journal. Rise syncs across all of your devices and supports sharing recipes with others. Rise has everything you need to bake bread for both beginners and experts. Beginners can use our easy to follow recipes and articles, while experts can use Rise’s powerful editing tools to perfect their bread. Rise helps you plan your recipe with a schedule overview from start to finish, so you know exactly when you’ll perform each step at a glance. Schedule notifications alert you when it’s time to complete each task. Rise even takes the guesswork out of fermentation by dynamically calculating bulk rise and proof times using your dough’s temperature and ingredients. FEATURED RECIPES • Recipes created in-house, from our favorite bakers, and from the community • Easily customize any recipe before making by adjusting weight, hydration, and yield MAGIC IMPORT • Import recipes from any website, photos, or from your own text • Our AI scans the recipe and imports all ingredients & steps in the Rise format • Describe changes to any recipe and our AI will make a new one with those changes! CREATE YOUR OWN RECIPES • Add your own recipes to Rise using its intuitive card-based interface • Ingredients can be adjusted by total weight, yield, or baker’s percentages • Each step card can have any number of tasks, timers, and other useful widgets SCHEDULING & MAKING • Rise makes following a recipe’s schedule a breeze, and even handles multi-day recipes • The Overview screen shows a recipe’s entire schedule from start to finish • Get reminder notifications when it’s time to move to the next step or task, or when a timer is up • Use Magic Rise Time widgets to schedule the bulk and proof phases automatically, based on the temperature and ingredients of your dough. For proofing, you can even decide to refrigerate overnight • Flexible scheduling means you can finish a step early, back up a step, or add more time if needed JOURNALING • The My Rises tab gives you a thorough history of your sourdough adventure, with each item representing one single baking experience • Each rise has a Journal section for you to add notes and observations about each bake • Take photos of your process and the final product for sharing or browsing later SHARING • Share any rise or recipe you’ve made with others! Just turn on Sharing to get a short URL that you can share with friends or post online • The shared web page shows your ingredients, method, and photos, so you can share entire recipes with anyone! Others can import your recipe into Rise right from the same page • Share recipes with the community and they'll show up in the Featured tab for everyone to enjoy! RESOURCES Rise includes helpful articles and references for things like sourdough starter care, folding & shaping techniques, gear to get you started, and more UTILITIES • Starter Feed Reminders: Get notified when it’s time to feed your starter • Rise Times: Calculate ideal rise times based on temperature, starter percentage, hydration, and salt content • Hydration: Calculate hydration (both baker’s and “true”) along with baker’s percentages for all ingredients • Desired Dough Temperature: We include both the traditional formula and our own custom formula which is 12x more accurate • Unit Converter: Convert between weight and volume for common ingredient types • Rise Factor: Represents how much your bread rose while baking using a single number. Noting the rise factor for each loaf is a great way to track your improvement CLOUD SYNC Seamlessly sync across all your iPad & iPhone devices, even when making! FREE & PAID OPTIONS Rise is free with limited access to recipes and features. Unlock all recipes with flexible purchase options. Privacy policy and Terms of Use: http://bakewithrise.com/privacy/index.html

Screenshots

Bread Baker4 screens
Rise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rise at 90% against Bread Baker's 43%. Rise also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.5) and ads (none vs shown). Bread Baker's advantage is iOS requirement (14.7 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Rise sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rise holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rise has 336 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Bread Baker's written reviews are positive against 90% of Rise's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bread Baker ships an update every 6 weeks, Rise every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Bread Baker versus Rise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBread BakerRise
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (10 ratings)4.9 (336 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews89.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10336 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#195 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.7 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOXiGENATOR LLCMade by Windmill, LLC

Customer experience

Bread Baker

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

Rise

All ratings336 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral0.6%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive89.7%
Neutral1.7%
Negative8.6%

Bugs and requests

Bread Baker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Rise

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Text constantly deletes itself
  • Text in recipe steps covered by UI
  • Ingredients list resets itself
  • Scaling recipes does not work as intended
  • App idles without loading
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  • App quits in the middle of steps
  • Cannot enter tsp amounts smaller than 1/2 tsp
  • Notes added on one device are overwritten on another
  • Custom recipe ingredient amounts change slightly when baking
  • Smart DDT calculator may have errors
  • Notification alarms not received

Requested features

8 requests
  • Export/import recipes
  • Widgets for home/lock screen
  • Timer pause function
  • Ability to share community recipes
  • Separate ingredient sections for levain and dough
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  • End time scheduling for recipes
  • Support for BBGA formulas
  • Ability to run multiple recipes simultaneously

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
7 purchases

Rise

Subscriptions5
  • Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • 3 Month Subscription7 Days trial$8.993 Months
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  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • One time purchase2 variants$19.99
  • One time purchase$34.99

Questions

Is Bread Baker free?
Bread Baker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rise free?
Rise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bread Baker or Rise?
Rise is rated higher. Bread Baker averages 3.5 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Rise averages 4.9 from 336 ratings.
Do Bread Baker or Rise have ads?
Bread Baker shows ads; Rise does not.
Which is updated more often, Bread Baker or Rise?
Bread Baker ships an update every 6 weeks, and Rise every 5 weeks. Most recently, Bread Baker was updated on October 29, 2026 and Rise on October 27, 2026.

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