Brot Magazin vs Levain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brot Magazin
Explore the global production, cultural significance, and homemade recipes of bread. Discover how to enhance this fundamental food with various ingredients and techniques. This digital magazine offers in-depth articles and practical advice for bread enthusiasts.
- Global bread production insights
- Cultural significance of bread
- Homemade bread recipes
- Ingredient and enhancement ideas
- In-depth articles on bread
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Wie wird Brot in anderen Ländern und Kulturen produziert? Wo findet man es? Wie kann man es mit Hausmitteln selbst herstellen? Womit lässt es sich veredeln? BROT liefert Antworten auf diese und viele andere Fragen zu einem der oft unterschätztesten Grundnahrungsmittel. * 1-Monats-Abo: 9,99€ * 3-Monats-Abo: 27,99€ * 6-Monats-Abo: 52,99€ * 12-Monats-Abo: 99,99€ Bitte beachten Sie: Sobald Sie das Abo bestätigt haben, wird Ihr Apple-Konto mit dem entsprechenden Betrag belastet. Das Abo verlängert sich automatisch um die entsprechende Laufzeit, wenn Sie die Verlängerung nicht bis 24 Stunden vor Ende der Laufzeit in Ihren iTunes-Benutzereinstellungen deaktivieren. Ihre Abos können Sie direkt nach dem Kauf in den Einstellungen Ihres Gerätes einsehen, bearbeiten und die Funktion der automatischen Verlängerung deaktivieren. Wenn Sie Ihr Abo nicht deaktivieren, wird Ihr Apple-Konto innerhalb der 24 Stunden vor Ablauf des Abonnements mit dem entsprechenden Betrag belastet. Eine Rückvergütung ist nicht möglich, sollten Sie das Abonnement während der Laufzeit kündigen wollen. Sie erhalten in jedem Fall alle Ausgaben bis zum Ende der abgeschlossenen Laufzeit. Nähere Informationen zu den Datenschutzrichtlinien (https://www.wm-medien.de/datenschutzerklaerung/) und Nutzungsbestimmungen (https://www.wm-medien.de/impressum/)
Levain
Manage your sourdough starters and bread baking recipes in one place. Track recipe steps, get notifications for feeding and baking, and monitor progress with widgets. Syncs across devices via iCloud.
- Recipe management
- Sourdough starter maintenance
- Baking step tracking
- Customizable notifications
- Home and lock screen widgets
- iCloud synchronization
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Bread Baking and Sourdough Maintenance Management for iOS and iPadOS Keep all your bread baking recipes in one single place. Define the individual recipe steps entering all details relevant to you (step duration, automatic or manual start, ingredients, temperatures, equipment etc) Bring your recipes to life by creating bakings. Get notified when a step is ready to start or has just started. Manage your sourdoughs and get notified when it’s time to feed or store them. Monitor your bakings and levains without opening the app by using the home screen and lock screen widgets. iCloud support: your recipes, bakings and levains will be available across all your iOS/iPadOS devices. Levain is totally free, In-App-Purchases allow you to tip the developer and have no impact on the app's functionality.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Levain at every 2 weeks against Brot Magazin's every 13 months. Levain also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Brot Magazin's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Brot Magazin sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and Levain sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Brot Magazin against 4.8 for Levain. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Brot Magazin's written reviews are positive against 100% of Levain's.
Brot Magazin ships an update every 13 months, Levain every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brot Magazin | Levain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | 4.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 162 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wellhausen & Marquardt Medien | Michael Klug |
Customer experience
Brot Magazin
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In-app purchases
Brot Magazin
- 1-Monats-Abo$8.991 Month
- Brot Adventsbäckerei$2.99
- Brot 06/20172 variants$3.99
- Brot 02/2018$3.99
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- Brot 06/2018$3.99
- Brot 01/2019$3.99
- Brot 01/2021$3.99
- Brot Grill-Special 2018$5.99
- Brot Frühstück-Special 2018$5.99
Levain
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$4.99
- Large Tip$9.99
