Kneady vs Bread Engineer
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
Bread Engineer
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Plan and track better bread, step by step. Bread Engineer combines guided recipes with equation-based fermentation timing so you can plan a bake around your dough and kitchen—not guesswork. GUIDED BREAD RECIPES • Choose from same-day white, overnight white and whole-wheat recipes • Scale ingredients by loaf count • See ingredients, directions and expected duration before you begin ADAPTIVE FERMENTATION TIMING • Adjust dough mass, hydration, yeast, dough temperature, room temperature and humidity • Recalculate fermentation timing on device using a deterministic equation • Keep progress and remaining time visible during the bake RELIABLE STEP TIMERS • Use native alarms when a bread step ends • Keep the active timer visible on the Lock Screen • Fall back to a local notification when alarms are unavailable RECORD YOUR RESULTS • Keep completed recipes with photos, notes, crumb ratings and taste ratings • Share a finished bake using native iOS sharing Bread Engineer is free and requires no account. Recipe data and photos stay on your device. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Kneady at every 3 days against Bread Engineer's every 6 months. Kneady also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Kneady sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Bread Engineer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Kneady ships an update every 3 days, Bread Engineer every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kneady | Bread Engineer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (721 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 721 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Quillbound Studios Ltd | Eric Savoie |
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
Bread Engineer
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
Bread Engineer
- Bread Engineer Monthly2 Months trial$4.991 Month
- Bread Engineer Annual2 Months trial$34.991 Year









