Comparison

Levain vs KitchenTakt

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

KitchenTakt

A minimalist kitchen timer designed for simplicity and elegance. Easily time your coffee, eggs, cakes, and oven-baked goods with clear visuals and focused modes.

Highlights
  • Minimalist design
  • Clear visuals
  • Focused timing modes
  • Ideal for coffee, eggs, and cakes
  • Elegant user experience
Features
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KitchenTakt is a minimalist, beautifully designed kitchen timer for coffee, eggs, cake and oven use. Clear visuals and focused modes make timing in the kitchen simple and elegant. FOUR MODES • Coffee — espresso (single or double), French press, filter • Eggs — S, M, L, each soft, medium or hard • Cake — muffins, fruit tart, cheesecake • Oven — vegetables, roast, bake SEVERAL TIMERS AT ONCE Boil an egg while the cake is baking: every timer keeps running on its own, even after you close the app. RIGHT ON THE LOCK SCREEN Live Activity and Dynamic Island show the time left and let you pause, restart or end a timer without opening the app. WIDGETS One tap on the Home Screen starts a 20-minute timer. The ring fills with the time that has passed. Plus your four timers as shortcuts that jump straight into the right one. APPLE WATCH The running timer on your wrist: time left, progress and the timer's icon at a glance. Start a timer right from the watch, a quick espresso or a duration you set yourself and pause, resume or cancel any running timer. When it's done, your watch taps you.

Screenshots

Levain4 screens
KitchenTakt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: KitchenTakt at none against Levain's 3. KitchenTakt also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Levain's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Levain sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. KitchenTakt asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

KitchenTakt 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

Levain ships an update every 2 weeks, KitchenTakt fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Levain versus KitchenTakt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLevainKitchenTakt
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael KlugFlorian Schneider

Customer experience

Levain

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

KitchenTakt

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
None

KitchenTakt

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Levain free?
Levain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is KitchenTakt free?
KitchenTakt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Levain or KitchenTakt?
KitchenTakt is rated higher. Levain averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while KitchenTakt averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Levain or KitchenTakt have ads?
Neither Levain nor KitchenTakt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Levain or KitchenTakt?
Levain ships an update every 2 weeks, and KitchenTakt fortnightly. Most recently, Levain was updated on September 22, 2026 and KitchenTakt on September 28, 2026.

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