Fermentis vs Baker's Calc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fermentis
Explore the world of fermentation with this app. Discover a wide range of fermentation solutions and products. Stay updated on the latest news and launches, and utilize fermentation tools to select the ideal yeast for your projects.
- Discover fermentation solutions
- Find products easily
- Latest news and launches
- Fermentation tools
- Choose the right yeast
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The tasty world of Fermentation is now a click away. Discover our whole range of fermentation solutions. Find our products easily wherever you are. Be aware of our latest news and launches. Enter our fermentation tools to choose the right yeast for your creations. And many more features… Download the Fermentis app. and enter the world of yeasts and fermentation solutions.
Baker's Calc
This baking calculator helps enthusiasts improve their skills by providing instant access to crucial information. It focuses on weight-based ratios for sourdough, white dough, pizza dough, and yeast conversions, allowing for precise recipe scaling and repeatable results.
- Weight-based dough calculations
- Sourdough hydration formula
- Pizza dough calculator
- White bread recipe science
- Yeast conversion
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Simply upgrade your baking skills! This baker's calc gives you instant access to the most important information a baking enthusiast needs! Improve your baking by leaving your cups and spoons behind! This app can take your baking to the next level by using the simple ratios by weight. Covers four main areas: 1. Sourdough 2. White dough 3. Pizza dough 4. Yeast conversions Perfect your Sourdough hydration formula for one or one hundred loaves. The Pizza base is the foundation of a delicious pizza and now you can calculate the perfect dough. Choose how many pizzas you want and what size - the dough calculator does the rest! Calculate the best white bread recipe and experiment using science to give you repeatable results and improvements.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fermentis at 2.1 against Baker's Calc's 1.0. Fermentis also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (14 vs 4). Baker's Calc's advantage is review sentiment (25% vs 16%). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Fermentis holds the better App Store score, 2.1 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 16% of Fermentis's written reviews are positive against 25% of Baker's Calc's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Fermentis ships an update every 6 weeks, Baker's Calc every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fermentis | Baker's Calc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (14 ratings) — better | 1.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 15.8% of reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SOCIETE INDUSTRIELLE LESAFFRE | Michael glucz |
Customer experience
Fermentis
Baker's Calc
In-app purchases
Fermentis
No in-app purchases
Baker's Calc
No in-app purchases
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