Comparison

Levain vs Dough Maker

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

Dough Maker

This app helps bakers create and manage dough recipes using baker's percentages. It allows for precise ingredient calculations in grams and supports a wide range of ingredients for various dough types. Save, organize, and sync your custom recipes across devices for easy access.

Highlights
  • Baker's percentage recipe creation
  • Automatic gram measurement calculation
  • Support for all dough ingredients
  • Save and organize recipes
  • Cross-device recipe syncing
  • Ideal for sourdough, pizza, and bagels
Features
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Dough Maker is a precision-focused baking companion built for people who think in baker’s percentages—not just ingredient lists. Store your recipes, build new recipes using percentage-based ingredients, and instantly generate exact gram measurements for any recipe. Whether you’re testing salt levels, dialing in yest amount, or experimenting with hydration, Dough Maker gives you full control over your dough. --- Why bakers choose Dough Maker • Create recipes using true baker’s math (baker’s percentages) • Include any ingredient—salt, olive oil, sugar, preferments, add-ins, and more • Automatically calculate final ingredient weights in grams • Save and organize recipes for quick reuse • Sync recipes across your devices --- Perfect for • Sourdough bread • Pizza dough • Bagels • Hydration experiments and scaling batches • Learning baker’s percentages Download Dough Maker and take control of your dough recipes.

Screenshots

Levain4 screens
Dough Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dough Maker at 5.0 against Levain's 4.8. Levain's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Levain sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Dough Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dough Maker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Levain versus Dough Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLevainDough Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael KlugHarry Wolff

Customer experience

Levain

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

Dough Maker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Levain

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

Dough Maker

One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade$4.99

Questions

Is Levain free?
Levain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dough Maker free?
Dough Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Levain or Dough Maker?
Dough Maker is rated higher. Levain averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Dough Maker averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Levain or Dough Maker have ads?
Neither Levain nor Dough Maker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Levain or Dough Maker?
Levain ships an update every 2 weeks, and Dough Maker every 2 weeks. Most recently, Levain was updated on September 22, 2026 and Dough Maker on October 9, 2026.

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