Kneady vs Homebaker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kneady
Discover over 600 top-rated bread and baking recipes from professional bakers. This app offers step-by-step guidance, community features, and helpful tools like timers and unit conversion to elevate your home baking experience.
- 600+ award-winning recipes
- Step-by-step guidance
- Global baking community
- Save favorite recipes
- Baking timers
- Metric/imperial unit toggle
- Distraction-free Baking Mode
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Kneady is the #1 home-baking app, made for bakers of all levels. Discover 600+ award-winning recipes from professional bakers, save your favourite recipes, join a passionate global community & much more. ** About Kneady ** - The #1 home-baking app, suitable for bakers of all levels - Professional recipes perfected for home cooking, with clear step-by-step guidance - Join a buzzing community, share your culinary masterpieces and learn from others! - Save your favourite recipes for easier repeat bakes - Set handy timers for rise phases, kneading time, oven time and more - Toggle between metric/imperial measures for all recipes - Distraction-free Baking Mode - Use advanced filters to narrow your search ** Our Mission ** We’re on a mission to help you take your home baking to the next level. Many people love bread and love baking, but bread recipes are often unnecessarily complex and buried deep in recipe books. Kneady combines inspiring, time-tested recipes with simplicity and convenience. Follow step-by-step instructions on your smartphone, from the comfort of your home kitchen. ** Collaboration & Support ** Looking to collaborate, or have a question or suggestion? Pop us a message at team@kneady.io and we'll be in touch as soon as possible. ** About Kneady Pro ** In addition to a free plan, Kneady offers two auto-renewing subscription options. Subscription will automatically renew unless turned off in your iTunes Account Settings at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can go to your iTunes Account settings to manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew. Your iTunes Account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed. Read the terms and conditions here: https://kneady.io/terms Read the privacy policy here: https://kneady.io/privacy
Homebaker
This app helps home bakers track bread recipes and baking sessions. It allows users to create custom recipes, log detailed session notes with timings and photos, and manage sourdough starters. Push notifications remind users of important steps and feeding times.
- Create custom bread recipes
- Log detailed baking sessions with photos
- Automatic baker's percentage calculation
- Manage sourdough starter activity
- Step-by-step baking session tracking
- Push notification reminders
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Perfect your bread baking with Homebaker, the bread baking notes app for home bakers that want to keep track of their bread recipes and baking sessions. Whether you're just beginning your baking journey or you're a seasoned bread baker, Homebaker offers seamless tools to: - Perfect your recipes: Create your own bread baking recipes by adding your preferment, dough and non-dough ingredients, as well as detailed recipe steps. Homebaker automatically calculates baker's percentages and hydration. Use recipes as templates to pre-fill your baking sessions. You can also share your recipes with fellow bakers using a public link. - Log your baking sessions: Record every step of your baking sessions with detailed timings, descriptions, metadata (such as temperatures) and pictures. Review past sessions and refine your techniques for perfect results every time. - Step by step precision: Never forget to add salt again. Mark baking steps as done to keep track of where you are in a baking session. - Manage your sourdough starters: log your starter's activity and schedule feeding notifications - Get notified: Get notified with push notifications when step timers are completed in your baking session or when it's time to check on your sourdough starter. - Stay synced: With the Pro version (requires paid subscription) – access Homebaker from any device, including desktops, via our web app. A subscription to Homebaker Pro is optional and can be purchased in-app to unlock the following features: - Unlimited creation of recipes: In the free version of Homebaker the number of recipes you can create is limited. Upgrade to Pro to create as many recipes as you want, which also can be used as templates for your baking sessions - Access to the Homebaker web app: Your recipes and sessions get synced with your Homebaker account and can be accessed in the browser via the web app. This makes it easy to manage your baking notes on desktop devices. Subscriptions will be automatically renewed and charged on a monthly basis. You can cancel anytime in your iTunes account settings. You can find the Terms of Use (EULA) here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://www.homebaker.app/privacy Support: https://www.homebaker.app/support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Kneady at none against Homebaker's shown. Kneady also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). Homebaker's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 85%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Kneady sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Homebaker sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Kneady ships an update every 3 days, Homebaker fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kneady | Homebaker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (721 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 721 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Quillbound Studios Ltd | SIMON RAYMOND SCHOEN |
Customer experience
Kneady
Homebaker
Bugs and requests
Kneady
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login screen freezes
- Incompatibility with older devices
- Recipes not displaying properly in baking mode
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to save custom recipes
- Printing option for pro users
- More free recipes and less locked content
- Improved search and recipe organization
Homebaker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Kneady
- Kneady Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Kneady Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Kneady Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$3.491 Month
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- Kneady Pro - Monthly$3.991 Month
- Kneady Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
- Kneady Pro - Monthly$6.991 Month
- Kneady Pro - Annual14 Days trial$11.491 Year
- Kneady Pro - Quarterly7 Days trial$12.993 Months
- Kneady Pro - Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Kneady Pro - Annual14 Days trial$21.991 Year
- Kneady Pro - Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Kneady Pro - Annual14 Days trial$28.491 Year
- Kneady Pro - Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
Homebaker
- Homebaker Pro$1.991 Month









