Comparison

Crouton vs GetBolla

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

GetBolla

Features
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GetBolla is the sensor for home kombucha brewers who are tired of opening the jar every day hoping to guess the right moment. The sensor sits directly in the jar alongside the SCOBY. It measures pH and temperature every 5 minutes and sends the data to the app. When your kombucha reaches the ideal bottling point, you get a push notification. No more blind tasting. No more wasted batches. — WHAT THE APP DOES — · Real-time fermentation status: Fresh / Active / Almost Ready / Ready / Too Sour · pH and temperature charts hour by hour, annotated by phase · Acidity trend: falling, stable, or rising · Estimated time to the ideal bottling moment · Push notifications for: ready to bottle, too sour, temperature out of range, sensor offline · Second fermentation guide with flavor selection and per-bottle notes · Full batch history: pH drop, fermentation rate, thermal stability · Home screen widget: pH, temperature, and trend always visible · Educational cards on the science of fermentation · Contextual tips for every stage of the batch · No subscription. App is free. The sensor is a one-time purchase. — HOW IT WORKS — The GetBolla sensor connects to your home WiFi with no additional hub. Once set up with the app, it works on its own: measures, records, notifies. It has a built-in display showing the current fermentation stage, readable directly from outside the jar. Powered via USB-C from any standard charger. — WHO IT'S FOR — Home brewers who have been making kombucha for a while and want to stop wasting batches. Beginners who want to start without fear of failure. Experienced brewers who already use a pH meter but want continuous automated monitoring instead of manual snapshots. GetBolla. Your kombucha ready at exactly the right moment.

Screenshots

Crouton4 screens
GetBolla4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GetBolla at none against Crouton's 8. GetBolla also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Crouton's advantage is chart position (#54 vs unranked) and device support (5 vs 1). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Crouton sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. GetBolla asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crouton ships an update monthly, GetBolla weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Crouton versus GetBolla: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCroutonGetBolla
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.9K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.9K — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#54 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size345 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCrouton LLCMarco Boffo

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

GetBolla

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
None

GetBolla

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Crouton free?
Crouton is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GetBolla free?
GetBolla is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Crouton or GetBolla have ads?
Neither Crouton nor GetBolla shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Crouton or GetBolla?
Crouton ships an update monthly, and GetBolla weekly. Most recently, Crouton was updated on October 29, 2026 and GetBolla on October 28, 2026.

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