Comparison

Bread Book vs Baker Buddy

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

Head to head
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.

About

Baker Buddy

This app helps home bakers calculate ingredient weights using baker's percentages. Simply input your desired percentages and target weight, and it handles all the math for you. It also includes a multiplier for scaling recipes.

Highlights
  • Baker's percentage calculations
  • Ingredient weight determination
  • Target end weight input
  • Recipe scaling multiplier
  • Recipe storage and editing
Features
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Baker Buddy is the app built by home bakers, for home bakers. When determining the correct formula for a recipe, bakers use baker's percentages — weights calculated as a percentage of the flour weight. This app allows a baker to simply enter their ingredient percentages and all the calculations are taken care of. Determining measurements for the perfect loaf of bread is tedious. With Baker Buddy all you have to do is enter your target end weight and the baker percentages of your ingredients. Instead of manually calculating your ingredients based on the weight of the flour, the app takes care of everything for you. There's even a handy multiplier feature for when you need to scale up. All of your recipes are stored in your phone for later editing and viewing.

Screenshots

Bread Book3 screens
Baker Buddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bread Book at Free against Baker Buddy's $0.99. Bread Book also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). Baker Buddy's advantage is chart position (#188 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.2). On review sentiment, 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

Bread Book is free to download; Baker Buddy costs $0.99 up front. 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 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bread Book has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 75% and 75% positive.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Bread Book versus Baker Buddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBread BookBaker Buddy
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.7 (11 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
Ads—No
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#188 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.210.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSandro TurriateJoshua Piedimonte

Customer experience

Bread Book

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

Baker Buddy

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

None

Bread Book

No in-app purchases

None

Baker Buddy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bread Book free?
Bread Book is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Baker Buddy free?
Baker Buddy costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bread Book or Baker Buddy?
Bread Book is rated higher. Bread Book averages 4.7 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Baker Buddy averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.

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