Levain vs Baker Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Baker Notes
This app helps bakers calculate ingredient percentages for recipes, from single loaves to large batches. It includes a recipe library and allows users to create their own and log baking notes.
- Baker percentage calculation
- Recipe library
- Custom recipe creation
- Baking notes
- Supports large batch calculations
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Baker Notes provides a powerful baker percentage calculator to calculate anything from one bread loaf to 100's of bread rolls. Explore a library of recipes that includes breads and cookies, or create your own recipes. Write and keep notes of your baking attempts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Levain at 100% against Baker Notes's 0%. Levain also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0). Baker Notes's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, ratings volume, 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. Levain sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Baker Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Levain holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Levain's written reviews are positive against 0% of Baker Notes's.
| Parameter | Levain | Baker Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Klug | OneByte, LLC |
Customer experience
Levain
Baker Notes
In-app purchases
Levain
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$4.99
- Large Tip$9.99
Baker Notes
- Baker Notes Unlocked$4.99
