Bread Planner vs Levain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bread Planner
Automate your bread baking schedule with custom reminders for each step. This free app also helps you remember to feed your sourdough starter on a daily or weekly basis, streamlining your baking process.
- Custom baking schedule automation
- Step-by-step reminder notifications
- Sourdough starter feeding reminders
- Daily and weekly feeding options
- Streamlines baking process
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Often when I 'd bake bread on the weekends, I'd get tired of setting so many timers. So, I built this app that allowed me to enter my custom baking schedule and it would send me reminder notifications whenever it was time to start the next step. Plus, it helps remind bakers that they need to feed their starter - whether you feed daily or weekly. It's a free application that should help streamline the baking process - enjoy!
Levain
Manage your sourdough starters and bread baking recipes in one place. Track recipe steps, get notifications for feeding and baking, and monitor progress with widgets. Syncs across devices via iCloud.
- Recipe management
- Sourdough starter maintenance
- Baking step tracking
- Customizable notifications
- Home and lock screen widgets
- iCloud synchronization
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Bread Baking and Sourdough Maintenance Management for iOS and iPadOS Keep all your bread baking recipes in one single place. Define the individual recipe steps entering all details relevant to you (step duration, automatic or manual start, ingredients, temperatures, equipment etc) Bring your recipes to life by creating bakings. Get notified when a step is ready to start or has just started. Manage your sourdoughs and get notified when it’s time to feed or store them. Monitor your bakings and levains without opening the app by using the home screen and lock screen widgets. iCloud support: your recipes, bakings and levains will be available across all your iOS/iPadOS devices. Levain is totally free, In-App-Purchases allow you to tip the developer and have no impact on the app's functionality.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Levain at 100% against Bread Planner's 25%. Levain also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.8). Bread Planner's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.2 vs 17.6). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Levain sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Bread Planner asks for nothing beyond the download.
Levain holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Bread Planner's written reviews are positive against 100% of Levain's.
| Parameter | Bread Planner | Levain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (6 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aryaman Sharda | Michael Klug |
Customer experience
Bread Planner
Levain
In-app purchases
Bread Planner
No in-app purchases
Levain
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$4.99
- Large Tip$9.99
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