breadly vs Levain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
breadly
This app helps bakers of all levels create and schedule unlimited sourdough recipes. It includes a hydration calculator, automatic timers, and progress tracking. Capture crumb shots to ensure consistent results and access detailed information for each step.
- Create & Schedule Unlimited Recipes
- Hydration Calculator
- Automatic Timers & Real Time Progress View
- Grouped Notifications
- Crumb Shot Capture
- Step-by-Step Information
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breadly is an all in one solution for your baking needs. From professional bakers to aficionados, breadly can be used to improve your sourdough game. ▼ Key Features: ▼ ● Create & Schedule Unlimited Recipes ● Hydration Calculator ● Automatic Timers & Real Time Progress View ● Unlimited GROUPED (per recipe) Notifications ● Crumb shots, because repeatability is key ● Tap on a step to reveal information about time breadly is built by an indie developer. To support this effort and allow for continued support of the app breadly offers a monthly or annual subscription. Subscriptions come with a 14 day free trial. After the trial ends, the subscription will auto-renew on a monthly or yearly basis. You will receive your first charge 14 days after starting your trial. You can turn off the auto-renew for this subscription at any time by going to your iTunes Account Settings. If you do not want to be billed during your trial, you must turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before it expires. Terms of Service https://www.notion.so/paulabrudan/Terms-of-Service-dfa22f44d0aa45ef923712f5c0a55d65 Privacy Policy https://www.notion.so/paulabrudan/Privacy-Policy-f176a2d70fe9436e85be5860cb374ab8
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 rating: Levain at 4.8 against breadly's 4.0. Levain also leads on ads (none vs shown). breadly's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. breadly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Levain sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Levain holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
breadly ships an update every 3 days, Levain every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | breadly | Levain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paul Abrudan | Michael Klug |
Customer experience
breadly
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In-app purchases
breadly
- Breadly Premium3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Breadly Premium3 Days trial$5.491 Year
Levain
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$4.99
- Large Tip$9.99
