Comparison

Recipes for Bread Machine vs Bread Book

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

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About

Recipes for Bread Machine

Discover over 100 bread machine recipes, from classic white and French loaves to unique variations like chocolate, focaccia, and gluten-free options. Explore diverse ingredients and flavor profiles for delicious homemade bread.

Highlights
  • Over 100 bread machine recipes
  • White, French, and brioche bread
  • Specialty breads (chocolate, focaccia, pizza dough)
  • Wholemeal and gluten-free options
  • Diverse ingredient variations
  • Cake recipes
Features
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More than 100 recipes for the bread machine! Recipes for white bread, pan brioche, French bread, oat and spelt bread, chocolate bread, focaccia, pizza doughs, cakes, wholemeal and gluten-free bread, seasoned bread and fruit bread, milk bread and many other variations: chestnuts, beer, chickpea flour, ginger, raisins, honey, rye, lemon, yoghurt, cassetta, honey wheat, corn, kamut, rice, buckwheat flour, flaxseed and much more!

About

Bread Book

Easily convert recipe ingredient amounts and adjust serving sizes with a slider. Capture photos of your bakes and add detailed notes for consistency. Share your culinary creations with friends and family.

Highlights
  • Ingredient conversion
  • Adjustable serving sizes
  • Recipe photo capture
  • Flexible notes section
  • Recipe sharing
Features
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Bread Book is a conversion tool for bakers and home cooks. Add your favorite recipes and instantly see the baker's percentage for each ingredient. *Adjust servings* Move the slider up and down to adjust the serving size for each recipe. Need to make half as much as last time? Slide down until you see "0.5x". Making double? Slide up. Making a feast for all of your friends and family? Edit the recipe to increase the maximum serving size to 4x, 8x, 20x, as high as you want and then slide up! *Capture the moment* Bake the perfect loaf of bread? Take a picture of it on the recipe page to show your friends, and in the future, use the photo to compare against your next great loaf. *Flexible notes* Can't remember whether to bake at 450° or 500°? Write it down in the notes section. You might also take notes on how many folds and at what interval, or how much starter to use, or what happened when you increased or decreased the hydration, whether to use a steam tray, or how long to let your bread cool. Remember, baking is a science, and notes help you stay consistent. *Share your recipe* Tap the share button to send your friends and family a copy of your recipe.

Screenshots

Recipes for Bread Machine3 screens
Bread Book3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bread Book at 75% against Recipes for Bread Machine's 0%. Bread Book also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.8) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 7 months). Recipes for Bread Machine's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.2). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bread Book holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Recipes for Bread Machine's written reviews are positive against 75% of Bread Book's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Recipes for Bread Machine ships an update every 7 months, Bread Book every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Recipes for Bread Machine versus Bread Book: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecipes for Bread MachineBread Book
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (6 ratings)4.7 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings611 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsYes—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.2
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB25 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperManuela Gaia RaucciSandro Turriate

Customer experience

Recipes for Bread Machine

All ratings6 ratings
Positive16.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bread Book

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Recipes for Bread Machine

No in-app purchases

None

Bread Book

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Recipes for Bread Machine free?
Recipes for Bread Machine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bread Book free?
Bread Book is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Recipes for Bread Machine or Bread Book?
Bread Book is rated higher. Recipes for Bread Machine averages 1.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Bread Book averages 4.7 from 11 ratings.
Which is updated more often, Recipes for Bread Machine or Bread Book?
Recipes for Bread Machine ships an update every 7 months, and Bread Book every 5 days. Most recently, Recipes for Bread Machine was updated on June 1, 2026 and Bread Book on September 8, 2026.

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