Dough Buddy vs NFC Read Write
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dough Buddy
This app simplifies baking by providing a powerful dough calculator with step-by-step instructions and photos. It allows for recipe customization using baker's percentages and scales recipes accurately for any batch size. It also offers volume estimates for ingredients when a scale is unavailable.
- Dough calculator
- Baker's percentages
- Recipe scaling
- Step-by-step instructions
- Ingredient volume estimates
- Multiple recipe variations
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Dough Buddy is a powerful dough calculator hidden under a fun and dynamic interface. Making pizzas, calzones, baguettes and bread is easy with Dough Buddy. Step-by-step instructions with photos makes baking foolproof. Dough Buddy uses baker’s percentages to customize recipes while accurately scaling from one to a hundred or more items. Three recipe variatons are included based on how quickly you want to get to baking. Ranging from several hours to overnight you can choose the recipe that is right for you. Additional tips are included in the step-by-step instructions to insure a perfect bake every time! Don’t have a scale? Dough Buddy includes estimates using cups, tablespoons and teaspoons for use in a pinch. Dough Buddy was created with love and rigorously tested by an at-home baker. Hundreds of pizzas and calzones were the result, happily consumed by friends and family.
NFC Read Write
Easily read and write NFC tags using your iPhone. Securely store encrypted records or unencrypted data like URLs, text, and contact information. Connect to Wi-Fi networks instantly without sharing passwords.
- Read and write NFC tags
- Write encrypted NFConnect records
- Write unencrypted NDEF data
- Store URLs, text, phone numbers, and more
- Join WiFi networks without passwords
- Supports various NFC tag types
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Read and Write NFC tags and inlays with iPhone built-in NFC. Write secure encrypted NFConnect records using Serialio.com NFConnect tags or inlays. Don't have NFC NFConnect tags or inlays? No problem. Write NFConnect records (un-encrypted) to any NDEF tag with sufficient memory. For encrypted NFConnect records In-App-Purchase option enables to write encrypted NFConnect records to many tag types that support NDEF. Use tags and inlays with NFConnect records to join WiFi network without giving out your WiFi password. Now your visitors, friends, business associates, etc. can connect to your WiFi network without knowing your WiFi password. Writes NDEF (NFC Data Exchange Format) data to all the NFC tag types shown above: tags, badges, wristbands, keyfobs, cups, plates, PPE (personal protection equipment), etc. Store URL/URI, Plain TEXT, Phone number, SMS, GEO Location, Email, Application, Business Card, and more. Also write RAW data (not formatted like NDEF). Note: NDEF/RAW data can be used by apps like iScanBrowser, Cloud-In-Hand stratus-io Attendance, Mobile Grid, SerialMagic Keys. Contact serialio.com for more information and to purchase NFC-RFID tags, inlays, wireless readers, software applications Starting with iPhone-11 and iOS 13, iPhone built-in NFC supports reading and writing many types of NFC tags and inlays. Some example NFC tag types are ISO-14443A(*1,2,4) tags like NXP NTAG213, NTAG215, NTAG216, Mifare Classic EV1, Mifare Ultralight (aka Mifare UL), Mifare DESFire, Mifare Plus-SE, Mifare Plus-S, Mifare Plus-X, my-d move - SLE66R01P, FM11RF08, ISO-14443B(*4) tags like AT88RF020, SR176, SRIX512, SRIX4K, and Sony FeliCa(*4) tags, and ISO-15693 tags like ICODE SLI, SLI-X, SLI-X2, Tag-It HF-I Plus. *1 NFC Forum Tag Type 1 *2 NFC Forum Tag Type 2 *3 NFC Forum Tag Type 3 *4 NFC Forum Tag Type 4
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NFC Read Write at 100% against Dough Buddy's 50%. NFC Read Write also leads on price (Free vs $2.99). Dough Buddy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). On update cadence, 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
NFC Read Write is free to download; Dough Buddy costs $2.99 up front. NFC Read Write sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Dough Buddy asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dough Buddy ships an update every 3 months, NFC Read Write every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dough Buddy | NFC Read Write |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NiftyK | Serialio Ltd. |
Customer experience
Dough Buddy
NFC Read Write
In-app purchases
Dough Buddy
No in-app purchases
NFC Read Write
- Scanning more tags$9.99
- Unlock SmartPoster writing$24.99
- NDEF Text language$24.99
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- MQTT Support$199.99









