Comparison

Bread Boss vs KneadNotes

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

Head to head
About

Bread Boss

This app simplifies bread making by handling the scientific calculations, allowing users to focus on creativity. It offers supplied recipes, conversion tools for existing recipes, and automated reminders for each step of the baking process.

Highlights
  • Supplied sourdough recipes
  • Recipe conversion to baker's percentages
  • Automatic scaling of recipes
  • Reminder alarms for baking tasks
  • Recipe sharing with other users
  • Starter refresh calculator
Features
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Making amazing and healthy bread is both an art and a science. Bread Boss takes care of the science, freeing your creative spirit and allowing you to spend your time doing what people do best: art! If you want more than a recipe book then Bread Boss is the tool for you. You can build novel recipes from working examples. You can convert your existing recipes and turn them into baker’s formulas (with percentages), allowing you to scale up or down your bread volume to suit your needs at any given time – no more calculations necessary – that’s Bread Boss’ job. New to bread making? Don’t worry as Bread Boss comes with a set of supplied recipes developed by a master baker. Your home oven could be baking one of our delicious sourdough breads, a Rustic White, Stoneground, Walnut and Cranberry (we call it Walberry), Spelt, Quinoa and Mixed Seed, Hungarian Light Rye, Dark Rye, Olive and Thyme and many more. New recipes are regularly being added to the list. Bread Boss creates alarms or notifications to remind you when each important task needs to be done, so you don’t need to worry or keep track of time. You can easily shift the alarms forward and back to align with your personal schedule. Once you’ve perfected your recipe, you can photograph the result to save with the recipe and share it with your fellow Bread Bosses. Bread Boss is the synthesis and culmination of experience in baking and software engineering. Two brothers from different fields working together to create an app that removes the guess work and tedium of traditional bread making, so that you the Bread Boss can express your creative passions for healthy, tasty and beautiful bread. Bread Boss is the indispensable tool for Bakers, Chefs, Baking Students, and Artisan Bread Makers. Quick Overview of Features ===================== * Supplied list of recipes * New recipes added regularly * Full and detailed help at http://www.sourdoughbreadrecipe.com.au/bread-boss-ios-help/ * Simple scaling of volume and units or by total flour available * Automatic generation of increase starter stage * Each recipe can have variations * Recipes can be defined in bakers percentages * Recipes can be converted from weights using the weights input method * Recipes are defined in terms of stages, each stage can have fermentation or process times to influence alarms * Production stages can be defined to group ingredients and specify how and when they are combined into the recipe * Recipes have reminder alarms to prompt you to perform the next task in the process * Alarms can be adjusted forward or back as a whole to easily shift schedules * Different recipes can have different alarm ringtones * Multiple photos can be saved with a recipe * Recipes can be shared with other Bread Boss users * Refresh starter calculator * Screen lock while viewing recipe * Notes and URL links can be set with recipe stages * Community of like minded Bread Bosses where you can ask advice, offer suggestions or show off your talents. * Support website where you can get information and help with all things sourdough bread, baking and Bread Boss related. Visit us at: http://sourdoughbreadrecipe.com.au or G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104678082173842999474 or FB: https://www.facebook.com/sourdoughbreadrecipe Join our facebook Bread Boss community/group to share recipes and experience with other Bread Bosses: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BreadBoss/ Oh, and by the way, it's Ad free.

About

KneadNotes

Track your bread baking process, manage your sourdough starter, and share your creations. Learn from each bake to improve your results, with guided sessions and recipe templates.

Highlights
  • Log bake details (flour, hydration, percentages)
  • Track starter activity and feeding schedules
  • Attach photos to document bakes
  • Guided baking sessions with timers
  • Generate and share bake cards
  • Cloud backup and sync
Features
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Become a better sourdough baker. KneadNotes is the baking journal that helps you track every loaf, manage your starter, and finally bake consistent bread — then share your best results. Most baking apps hand you a recipe. KneadNotes helps you learn from your own bakes, so each loaf is better than the last. Sourdough, yeasted loaves, focaccia, enriched breads, bagels, pizza dough — if you bake it, you can track it. TRACK EVERY BAKE - Log flour types, hydration, and baker's percentages - Record fermentation times, oven temps, and bake duration - Fahrenheit or Celsius on every field - Rate each bake and add detailed notes - Attach photos to document your crumb, crust, and scoring MASTER YOUR STARTER - Track starters with hydration levels and health status - Feeding reminders so you never miss a feed - Full feeding history and activity logs - Archive dormant starters without losing data SHARE YOUR BEST LOAVES - Generate beautiful bake cards with your stats and photo - Share straight to Messages, Instagram, or your camera roll BAKE WITH GUIDANCE - Built-in recipe templates by type and difficulty - Step-by-step guided sessions with smart background timers - Mark favorites and re-bake a recipe in one tap EVERYTHING SYNCED & PRIVATE - Automatic cloud backup and sync across devices - Sign in with Apple or email + Face ID - The developer does not collect your data Free to start. Premium unlocks unlimited bakes, starters, favorites, the full recipe library, multiple simultaneous sessions, and one-tap re-bakes.

Screenshots

Bread Boss4 screens
KneadNotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: KneadNotes at Free against Bread Boss's $5.99. KneadNotes also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months). Bread Boss's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (33 vs 2). On ads and device support 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

KneadNotes is free to download; Bread Boss costs $5.99 up front. KneadNotes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Bread Boss asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

KneadNotes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bread Boss has 33 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bread Boss ships an update every 3 months, KneadNotes every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and July 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Bread Boss versus KneadNotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBread BossKneadNotes
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (33 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings33 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
Best chart rank#130 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.1 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKaren BenharThink Up! LLC

In-app purchases

None

Bread Boss

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

KneadNotes

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Premium Annual$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Bread Boss free?
Bread Boss costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is KneadNotes free?
KneadNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bread Boss or KneadNotes?
KneadNotes is rated higher. Bread Boss averages 4.3 out of 5 from 33 ratings, while KneadNotes averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Bread Boss or KneadNotes have ads?
Neither Bread Boss nor KneadNotes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bread Boss or KneadNotes?
Bread Boss ships an update every 3 months, and KneadNotes every 5 days. Most recently, Bread Boss was updated on September 25, 2026 and KneadNotes on July 3, 2026.

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