Comparison

Crouton vs Homebaker

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

Head to head
About

Crouton

Organize your favorite recipes from any source, plan your weekly meals, and generate grocery lists automatically. Features step-by-step cooking guidance, integrated timers, and AI-powered recipe importing.

Highlights
  • Import recipes from websites, books, and handwritten notes
  • AI and OCR recipe scanning
  • Weekly meal planning and automatic plan generation
  • Step-by-step cooking mode with hands-free navigation
  • Integrated timers and ingredient quantity display
  • Automatic grocery list creation
  • Cloud syncing across devices
Features
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Crouton is simple feature packed recipe organizer & meal planner. The best place to store your favorite recipes from where ever you find them, websites, cookbooks or a handwritten note from your Grandma. IMPORT ANYWHERE Crouton supports importing recipes from almost everywhere! Pull recipes automatically out of websites and just save the bits you need. You can also scan recipes straight out of your recipe book using AI and OCR PLAN YOUR WEEK With your favourite recipes on hand, Crouton makes it very easy to plan your meals for the week (or even long into the future). If you’re stuck for recipe ideas let Crouton automatically generate the meal plan from your organized dinner recipes. STEP BY STEP MODE Crouton offers a unique step by step mode. Focus on one recipe step at time as you cook, you can tap on ingredients within a step to get the quantity (saves you jumping back and forth between the steps and ingredients). With hands free mode you can move between steps without touching your device! Perfect for when you have messy hands. TIMERS Start timers with a tap. Crouton detects times within recipes and lets you start timers straight from the steps. A convenient heads up display keeps the times front of mind while you continue to use the app. GROCERY LISTS Create shopping lists directly from your recipes, easily copy just the ingredients you need to your list. Integrates with Reminders for convenient access. Your groceries have never been easier! CLOUD SYNCING All of your recipes are conveniently synced between all of your devices using iCloud. RECIPE FEEDS Save your favourite recipe RSS feeds into Crouton to see new recipes as they’re published from your favourite blogs. AI IMPORTING Quickly import recipes using AI. Import a recipe from a single photo with no manual entry required. Also supports plain text and images. FAMILY SHARING Share your recipes with friends and family using iCloud, so everyone knows what’s for dinner. GUIDED WEIGHING Pair to supported Bluetooth scales (such as the Acaia coffee scales) and have Crouton guide you through weighing your ingredients, avoid the mental juggling of recipe steps and amounts COMBUSTION PROBE SUPPORT Crouton pairs with Combustion's temperature prove to provide live updates on your cook Crouton also offers a range of customization including custom icons and app colors. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Homebaker

This app helps home bakers track bread recipes and baking sessions. It allows users to create custom recipes, log detailed session notes with timings and photos, and manage sourdough starters. Push notifications remind users of important steps and feeding times.

Highlights
  • Create custom bread recipes
  • Log detailed baking sessions with photos
  • Automatic baker's percentage calculation
  • Manage sourdough starter activity
  • Step-by-step baking session tracking
  • Push notification reminders
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Perfect your bread baking with Homebaker, the bread baking notes app for home bakers that want to keep track of their bread recipes and baking sessions. Whether you're just beginning your baking journey or you're a seasoned bread baker, Homebaker offers seamless tools to: - Perfect your recipes: Create your own bread baking recipes by adding your preferment, dough and non-dough ingredients, as well as detailed recipe steps. Homebaker automatically calculates baker's percentages and hydration. Use recipes as templates to pre-fill your baking sessions. You can also share your recipes with fellow bakers using a public link. - Log your baking sessions: Record every step of your baking sessions with detailed timings, descriptions, metadata (such as temperatures) and pictures. Review past sessions and refine your techniques for perfect results every time. - Step by step precision: Never forget to add salt again. Mark baking steps as done to keep track of where you are in a baking session. - Manage your sourdough starters: log your starter's activity and schedule feeding notifications - Get notified: Get notified with push notifications when step timers are completed in your baking session or when it's time to check on your sourdough starter. - Stay synced: With the Pro version (requires paid subscription) – access Homebaker from any device, including desktops, via our web app. A subscription to Homebaker Pro is optional and can be purchased in-app to unlock the following features: - Unlimited creation of recipes: In the free version of Homebaker the number of recipes you can create is limited. Upgrade to Pro to create as many recipes as you want, which also can be used as templates for your baking sessions - Access to the Homebaker web app: Your recipes and sessions get synced with your Homebaker account and can be accessed in the browser via the web app. This makes it easy to manage your baking notes on desktop devices. Subscriptions will be automatically renewed and charged on a monthly basis. You can cancel anytime in your iTunes account settings. You can find the Terms of Use (EULA) here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://www.homebaker.app/privacy Support: https://www.homebaker.app/support

Screenshots

Crouton4 screens
Homebaker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Crouton at 4.8 against Homebaker's 1.0. Crouton also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (2.9K vs 1). Homebaker's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 79%) and iOS requirement (14.0.0 vs 16.1). 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. Crouton sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Homebaker sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Crouton holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crouton has 2.9K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of Crouton's written reviews are positive against 100% of Homebaker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crouton ships an update monthly, Homebaker fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Crouton versus Homebaker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCroutonHomebaker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.9K ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews78.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.9K — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#49 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.114.0.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size345 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCrouton LLCSIMON RAYMOND SCHOEN

Customer experience

Crouton

All ratings2,910 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral1.7%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews539 reviews
Positive78.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative13.0%

Homebaker

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Crouton

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Grocery list not remembering checked items
  • Syncing issues between devices
  • Inability to add more than 5 recipes in free version

Requested features

6 requests
  • Recipe rating system
  • Nutrition information
  • Ability to add recipe notes and descriptions
  • Improved grocery list organization
  • Web/Windows app version
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  • Ability to export recipes in bulk

Homebaker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Crouton

Subscriptions2
  • Discover Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Discover Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time6
  • Kind Tip$0.99
  • Great Tip$1.99
  • Amazing Tip$3.99
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  • Outrageous Tip$7.99
  • Crouton+ Early Bird$17.99
  • Crouton Plus$24.99
1 purchases

Homebaker

Subscriptions1
  • Homebaker Pro$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Crouton free?
Crouton is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Homebaker free?
Homebaker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Crouton or Homebaker?
Crouton is rated higher. Crouton averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.9K ratings, while Homebaker averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Crouton or Homebaker have ads?
Homebaker shows ads; Crouton does not.
Which is updated more often, Crouton or Homebaker?
Crouton ships an update monthly, and Homebaker fortnightly. Most recently, Crouton was updated on October 29, 2026 and Homebaker on October 24, 2026.

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