Comparison

Just Bread vs Half Lemons

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Just Bread

Discover recipes for healthy and delicious homemade bread. This app guides you through the baking process with easy steps, includes a hydration calculator, and offers reminders. Enjoy the simple pleasure of fresh, preservative-free bread.

Highlights
  • Homemade bread recipes
  • Hydration calculator
  • Step-by-step guidance
  • Baking reminders
  • Yeast and sourdough options
Features
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Just Bread is an application created for all lovers of home baking. Find a recipe for tasty and healthy breadstuff, create homemade bread, and see for yourself how simple it is! Use the Hydration Calculator tool to quickly calculate the irrigation of your bread. Choose the right ratio of water to flour and leaven, and learn about their dependence. You will gain knowledge and experience on how hydration effect the type of bread you create. Every beginner will be able to get through a few easy steps to enjoy real, valuable, and delicious bread. Don't worry if sourdough bread is overly time-consuming for you - JustBread also includes recipes for yeast bread. Be up to date with the recipe's steps and set a dedicated reminder. A house that smells of bread is a memory that you always come back to. Homemade bread stays fresh longer and tastes better because it doesn't contain unnecessary chemical ingredients or preservatives. The ingredients of the bread are flour, water, salt, and depending on the recipe, leaven, or yeast. Grains and spices are also an interesting and tasty addition that gives your bread a unique flavor and expressiveness. Find out how pleasant baking bread at home can be - it's a relaxing and appreciative ritual that boosts your mood. A gently cooled, crispy loaf disappears at a blistering pace, especially when you spread slices of bread with butter. And it's all only bread. Just Bread! Help us improve the application - we believe that every opinion/feedback is valuable and necessary for the development of new functionalities.

About

Half Lemons

Discover hundreds of creative recipes using only the ingredients you already have at home. This app acts as your digital pantry, helping you decide what to cook without needing extra trips to the store. Easily filter recipes by key ingredients and generate grocery lists for any missing items.

Highlights
  • Ingredient-based recipe generation
  • Digital pantry tracking
  • Filter recipes by key ingredient
  • Automatic grocery list creation
  • Save favorite recipes
  • Always-on app screen during recipes
Features
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Half Lemons is a recipe app for everyday cooking that serves up recipes using the ingredients you have at home. Make deciding what’s for dinner a no brainer. Get hundreds of creative recipes using the ingredients you have on hand. No trips to the store necessary. The App at a Glance: * Your digital pantry. Enter the ingredients you have at home with an easy tap interface. We keep track of them from one meal to the next. * Hundreds of recipes with no missing ingredients Recipes you can actually make with the things you have on hand. No missing ingredients. No funky substitutions needed. And definitely no trips to the store! *Always on app-screen When you follow a recipe, your phone will never go dark. No more chicken juice fingers trying to open your phone. * Filter recipes by key ingredient Want to use up the last chicken thighs? Or maybe your fresh cilantro is starting to look tired. No problem! Filter recipes using any ingredient in your kitchen. *Grocery lists. See a recipe you want to make? Missing a few ingredients? Automatically add them to a grocery list. * Save recipes you want to make If a recipe looks good save it for later. If you loved it and want to make it again save it. No limits! * All recipes are hand-picked with at least 4 stars and up * Thousands of recipes from the best sources & food bloggers Recipes are sourced from favorites like: NYT Cooking, Half Baked Harvest, Epicurious, Smitten Kitchen, Skinny Taste, BBC food, Jamie Oliver and so many more great bloggers. Our terms of use: https://www.halflemons.com/terms-of-use

Screenshots

Just Bread4 screens
Half Lemons4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Just Bread at none against Half Lemons's 5. Just Bread also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). Half Lemons's advantage is ratings volume (161 vs 2) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads 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. Half Lemons sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Just Bread asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Just Bread holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Half Lemons has 161 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Just Bread's written reviews are positive against 89% of Half Lemons's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Just Bread ships an update every 3 weeks, Half Lemons every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Just Bread versus Half Lemons: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJust BreadHalf Lemons
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.6 (161 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better88.6% of reviews
Number of ratings2161 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOskar PoprawskiTheodore Goodman

Customer experience

Just Bread

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Half Lemons

All ratings159 ratings
Positive89.9%
Neutral1.3%
Negative8.8%
Written reviews88 reviews
Positive88.6%
Neutral4.5%
Negative6.8%

Bugs and requests

Just Bread

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Half Lemons

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App stuck on false 'no internet connection' error
  • Search returns irrelevant results (e.g., only French fries)
  • App crashes or freezes on startup
  • Pantry feature no longer functional after updates
  • Inconsistent recipe suggestions despite ingredient input

Requested features

11 requests
  • Multi-language support (Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian, French)
  • Account sharing for families and partners
  • Star/rating system for recipes
  • Recipe favoriting and saving functionality
  • Cloud sync across multiple devices (iPhone, iPad)
Show 6 more
  • Expanded ingredient database with more variety
  • Alternative login methods beyond Apple ID
  • Search functionality for pantry ingredients
  • Donation/tip jar option
  • Expanded Asian produce and recipe options
  • Regional ingredient name variations (e.g., arugula/rocket)

In-app purchases

None

Just Bread

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Half Lemons

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited Pro Access$0.991 Month
  • Unlimited Pro Access$3.991 Month
One-time3
  • Unlimited Pro Access$19.99
  • Unlimited Pro Access$29.99
  • Unlimited Pro Access$49.95

Questions

Is Just Bread free?
Just Bread is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Half Lemons free?
Half Lemons is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Just Bread or Half Lemons?
Just Bread is rated higher. Just Bread averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Half Lemons averages 4.6 from 161 ratings.
Do Just Bread or Half Lemons have ads?
Neither Just Bread nor Half Lemons shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Just Bread or Half Lemons?
Just Bread ships an update every 3 weeks, and Half Lemons every 11 days. Most recently, Just Bread was updated on October 6, 2026 and Half Lemons on October 24, 2026.

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