Comparison

Bread Book vs Microbakery Pro

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

Microbakery Pro

Features
Currently charting
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Microbakery Pro helps small bakeries manage the work behind every bake day. Track customer orders, recipe batches, production needs, ingredient totals, supply levels, pricing, and payment status in one focused app. Built for cottage bakers, sourdough sellers, market bakers, and small bakery operators who need a practical way to plan what to make and what it will cost. Features include: Order tracking for pickups, wholesale accounts, markets, and custom requests Bake planning based on real orders and pickup windows Total dough and ingredient needs across selected orders Recipe costing with supply prices and labor estimates Inventory tracking with reorder points Venmo payment request helpers Optional iCloud Sync across your Apple devices Support, privacy, and business settings inside the app Microbakery Pro is designed to stay simple enough for daily use while giving you the numbers you need before flour hits the table.

Screenshots

Bread Book3 screens
Microbakery Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bread Book at Free against Microbakery Pro's $4.99. Microbakery Pro's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 5 days) and chart position (#66 vs unranked). On in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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; Microbakery Pro costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bread Book ships an update every 5 days, Microbakery Pro daily. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Bread Book versus Microbakery Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBread BookMicrobakery Pro
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.7 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysDaily — better
Ads—No
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank—#66 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSandro TurriateBrian Vess

In-app purchases

None

Bread Book

No in-app purchases

None

Microbakery Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bread Book free?
Bread Book is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Microbakery Pro free?
Microbakery Pro costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which is updated more often, Bread Book or Microbakery Pro?
Bread Book ships an update every 5 days, and Microbakery Pro daily. Most recently, Bread Book was updated on October 4, 2026 and Microbakery Pro on September 29, 2026.

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