Comparison

Levain vs Sourdough Starter Tracker

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Recipe management
  • Sourdough starter maintenance
  • Baking step tracking
  • Customizable notifications
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • iCloud synchronization
Features
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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.

About

Sourdough Starter Tracker

Easily track your sourdough starter's feeding schedule, health, and receive real-time safety alerts. This app offers smart reminders and detailed health insights for home bakers. Enjoy a simple, offline experience with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Log feedings with details
  • Smart feeding reminders
  • Real-time safety alerts
  • Starter health monitoring
  • Beginner's guide
  • Feeding calendar and charts
  • Manage multiple starters
Features
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The simplest sourdough starter tracker — log feedings, set smart reminders, and keep your starter healthy with real-time safety alerts. No subscription, no AI gimmicks. Pay once, use forever. Works offline, no account needed. Built for home bakers who want to track their sourdough starter without complicated recipe apps or overcomplicated features. Just feeding logs, health tracking, smart alerts, and reliable reminders. FEATURES: • Safety Alerts (Free) – Instant pop-up warnings for the situations that matter most: unusual smell, overheating risk, no visible activity, and beginner SOS. Never lose a starter again. • Smart Health Tips (Premium) – In-depth analysis across 6 dimensions: temperature range, hydration ratio, smell diagnostics, rise timing, bubble activity, and feeding interval. Know exactly what your starter needs. • Before Baking Checklist – Run through your pre-bake routine before every loaf. Bake with confidence, every time. • Beginner's Guide – 10 essential topics covering everything a new baker needs to know, fully fact-checked and always accessible from the Tools section. • Never miss a feeding – Custom reminders based on your starter's status. Active starters get 12-hour reminders, refrigerated starters weekly, and dormant starters no reminders. • Track feeding history – Log every feeding with flour type or custom ingredients, feeding ratio (1:1:1, 1:2:2, custom), optional temperature, texture, and notes. • Quick Notes – Keep starter-specific reminders, flour details, hydration notes, or experiment details visible on the starter page. • Creation Day – Keep Day 1 separate from feeding logs so your calendar and feeding stats stay clean. • Starter health monitoring – Quick checkboxes for smell, rise quality, bubble activity, and optional texture. • Multiple starters – Manage unlimited starters with different schedules. Perfect for white, whole wheat, and rye starters simultaneously. • Feeding calendar – Visual monthly calendar showing all your feeding dates at a glance. • Frequency charts – Bar charts showing your feeding patterns over the last 30 days. • Feeding calculator – Calculate flour and water from your starter amount and chosen feeding ratio. • Custom ratios – Quick buttons for common ratios or create fully custom ratios for your specific needs. • Photo support – Add photos to each starter profile to track visual changes over time. • Status management – Mark starters as Active, Refrigerated, or Dormant to adjust reminder schedules automatically. • Notes – Add optional notes to each feeding for temperature, hydration details, or observations. Perfect for: • Daily sourdough bread baking • Artisan bakers managing multiple starters • Beginner bakers learning starter maintenance • Refrigerated starter maintenance schedules • Long-term starter health tracking • Preparing for weekend baking WHY SOURDOUGH STARTER TRACKER? • Simple and fast – Log feedings in under 10 seconds • No recipe clutter – Focused only on starter feeding and health • Real-time safety alerts – Know immediately when something's wrong • Works completely offline – No account, no internet required • No subscriptions – One-time purchase unlocks Smart Health Tips and removes ads • Built by sourdough bakers, for sourdough bakers Whether you're maintaining a decades-old family starter or just starting your sourdough journey, this tracker keeps your starter healthy and your feeding schedule on point. Keep your levain alive. Bake better bread. Made by QuickSeed Labs

Screenshots

Levain4 screens
Sourdough Starter Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Levain at none against Sourdough Starter Tracker's shown. Levain also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 89%). Sourdough Starter Tracker's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (25 vs 4). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Levain sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Sourdough Starter Tracker sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Levain against 4.8 for Sourdough Starter Tracker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sourdough Starter Tracker has 25 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Levain's written reviews are positive against 89% of Sourdough Starter Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Levain ships an update every 2 weeks, Sourdough Starter Tracker every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Levain versus Sourdough Starter Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLevainSourdough Starter Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings)4.8 (25 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better88.9% of reviews
Number of ratings425 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael KlugMyQuietSpot Inc.

Customer experience

Levain

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sourdough Starter Tracker

All ratings25 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Levain

One-time3
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99
2 purchases

Sourdough Starter Tracker

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Premium$9.99

Questions

Is Levain free?
Levain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sourdough Starter Tracker free?
Sourdough Starter Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Levain or Sourdough Starter Tracker?
Levain and Sourdough Starter Tracker are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 25 ratings respectively.
Do Levain or Sourdough Starter Tracker have ads?
Sourdough Starter Tracker shows ads; Levain does not.
Which is updated more often, Levain or Sourdough Starter Tracker?
Levain ships an update every 2 weeks, and Sourdough Starter Tracker every 5 days. Most recently, Levain was updated on September 22, 2026 and Sourdough Starter Tracker on September 14, 2026.

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