Comparison

FermentApp vs Meat Curing Tracker

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

Head to head
About

FermentApp

Learn the art of fermentation and pickling with step-by-step lessons and guided recipes. Explore a variety of techniques, from basic lactofermentation to making kimchi, with audio options for on-the-go learning. This app offers a comprehensive guide for beginners to create delicious homemade ferments.

Highlights
  • 10 illustrated theory lessons
  • Audio versions of lessons
  • 16 guided step-by-step recipes
  • Recipe alerts and notifications
  • Vegan options for recipes
  • Content in English and Spanish
Features
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Hands-on crash course for homemade Ferments & Pickles. FermentApp is the ultimate app to learn fermentation and pickling techniques from scratch and at your own pace: - 10 lessons with all the theory on veggie lactofermentation fundamentals, beautifully illustrated. You can also listen to the lessons while doing other stuff as they're also available in audio format. More than two hours of fun and rigorous content. - 16 guided recipes, step by step, with alerts and notifications that will guide you through the whole process. Recipes are in order of difficulty, so we'll start with easy recipes and we'll end up making our own kimchi, our graduation recipe. All the recipes are vegan or have a vegan option. And with more recipes coming soon! All the content is available in English and Spanish. Lesson index: 1. Course introduction 2. Why fermenting? 3. Fermentation technique 4. Pickling technique 5. Hygiene and cleanliness 6. Best practices 7. Problem solving 8. Recommended tools 9. Fermentation decalog 10. Bibliography and references Recipe index (more recipes will be published in the next months): 1. Quick pickles 2. Sauerkraut 3. Avocado pickles 4. Sourdough 5. Preserved lemons 6. Red sauerkraut 7. Vietnamese pickles 8. Sima 9. Ginger bug 10. Giardiniera (Chicago Style) 11. Fermented salsa 12. Tepache 13. Fermented mustard 14. Kvass 15. Ginger ale 16. Kimchi FUTURE PLANS This course, like our ferments, is alive! Here is the open roadmap for the app. If you have any suggestion, we want to hear from you: - Continuous lesson updates and additional content. - New seasonal and extra recipes included in the course. - Newsletter service for FermentApp users. - Optional expansion packs with new courses covering specific topics: koji, vinegars, milk, vegan cheeses, regional ferments and pickles, drinks... - Collaborations with chefs and experts to cover new content tracks. - User profile and community tools. - Recipe customisation to create your own variants. - Personal cookbooks: create and publish your own recipes.

About

Meat Curing Tracker

Features
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Salumi is a curing log for home charcutiers: follow each batch from cure to table by its weight loss, log your chamber's temperature and humidity, and keep your own recipes. CURING PROJECTS - 26 product types, from bresaola, coppa and pancetta to salami, chorizo, 'nduja, bacon and pastrami - Record the cut, starting weight, cure method (equilibrium, excess, brine or dry rub), Cure #1 or Cure #2, spices, casing, hang date and target weight loss - Salt and cure amounts worked out from the meat weight and your percentages, with a warning when the cure type does not suit the product - Follow each batch through curing, equalizing, fermenting and aging with weight checks and progress toward your target - The home screen flags aging batches with no weight check for 7 days and those close to their target CHAMBER - Describe your chamber (dedicated chamber, converted fridge, wine cooler, basement or walk-in), its controller, humidifier, fan and target ranges - Log temperature in °C or °F and humidity, and see whether conditions are in range - Note issues and keep the full chamber history - A mold guide shows which molds are welcome, which to wipe off and when to discard a piece YOUR RECIPES Save your own recipes with salt and cure percentages, seasonings, cure and post-cure steps, casing, starter culture, fermentation temperature and target pH, chamber conditions, target weight loss, smoking and cooking notes. FREE Up to 3 projects, 10 weight checks per project, 15 chamber logs and 5 recipes. SALUMI PRO - Unlimited projects, weight checks, chamber logs and recipes - A weight loss chart for every project - Expenses for each project with the cost per kg - Cure together: invite a partner to follow and log the same batches, chambers and recipes on their own iPhone, with their Pro included Salumi Pro is a monthly or yearly subscription that renews automatically. Cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

FermentApp4 screens
Meat Curing Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Meat Curing Tracker at Free against FermentApp's $4.99. FermentApp's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 8 days vs monthly). On ads 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

Meat Curing Tracker is free to download; FermentApp costs $4.99 up front. Meat Curing Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. FermentApp asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FermentApp ships an update every 8 days, Meat Curing Tracker monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
FermentApp versus Meat Curing Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFermentAppMeat Curing Tracker
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better18
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB12 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLostium ProjectKarol Jaworski

In-app purchases

None

FermentApp

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Meat Curing Tracker

Subscriptions3
  • Salumi Pro$4.991 Month
  • Salumi Pro$39.991 Year
  • Salumi Pro1 Year trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is FermentApp free?
FermentApp costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Meat Curing Tracker free?
Meat Curing Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FermentApp or Meat Curing Tracker have ads?
Neither FermentApp nor Meat Curing Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FermentApp or Meat Curing Tracker?
FermentApp ships an update every 8 days, and Meat Curing Tracker monthly. Most recently, FermentApp was updated on November 12, 2026 and Meat Curing Tracker on November 9, 2026.

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