Comparison

Bread Book vs Levain

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

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.

Highlights
  • Recipe management
  • Sourdough starter maintenance
  • Baking step tracking
  • Customizable notifications
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • iCloud synchronization
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Bread Book3 screens
Levain4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bread Book at none against Levain's 3. Bread Book also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). Levain's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

Both are free to download. Levain sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Bread Book asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Bread Book against 4.8 for Levain. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 4 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Bread Book's written reviews are positive against 100% of Levain's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bread Book ships an update every 5 days, Levain every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bread Book versus Levain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBread BookLevain
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (11 ratings)4.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
Ads—No
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.2 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSandro TurriateMichael Klug

Customer experience

Bread Book

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

Levain

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Bread Book

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Levain

One-time3
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99

Questions

Is Bread Book free?
Bread Book is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Levain free?
Levain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bread Book or Levain?
Levain is rated higher. Bread Book averages 4.7 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Levain averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Which is updated more often, Bread Book or Levain?
Bread Book ships an update every 5 days, and Levain every 2 weeks. Most recently, Bread Book was updated on September 8, 2026 and Levain on September 22, 2026.

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