Comparison

Bread Diary vs Baker's Note

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

Head to head
About

Bread Diary

This app helps bread enthusiasts manage their recipes and streamline the baking process. It allows users to search ingredients, create and save custom recipes, and automatically calculate baker's percentages. Users can also adjust ingredient quantities for different pan sizes and record their bakes with ratings.

Highlights
  • Recipe management
  • Ingredient search
  • Baker's percentage calculation
  • Quantity adjustment for pan sizes
  • Bake recording and rating
Features
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“Bread Diary” is a baking journal made for bread lovers. Manage your bread recipes and simplify the tedious prep process of calculating ingredient ratios every time. - Search ingredients and create & save recipes - Calculate baker’s percentages based on flour weight - Adjust ingredient quantities when changing pan sizes - Record your bakes and leave ratings ■ BakingClub subscription - Subscription: BakingClub (auto-renewing, 1 month) - Benefits: unlimited recipe imports and ad-free importing - Price: shown on the subscription screen in the app and on the App Store purchase sheet. - Your subscription renews automatically and your App Store account is charged the same amount unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://bread-diary.karrot42.com/en/terms Privacy Policy: https://bread-diary.karrot42.com/en/privacy

About

Baker's Note

Features
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Baker's Note is a simple recipe notebook for home and artisan bread bakers. Create and organize your bread recipes with ingredients, baker's percentages, baking temperatures, notes, and photos—all in one place. Scale any recipe instantly by flour weight or loaf count, so you can adjust formulas without doing the math yourself. Whether you're baking sourdough, baguettes, sandwich bread, focaccia, bagels, or other artisan breads, Baker's Note helps you keep every recipe organized and easy to revisit. [Features] • Organize recipes by category • Calculate baker's percentages automatically • Support for levain, poolish, biga, and other preferments • Scale recipes by flour weight or number of loaves • Record baking temperatures and multiple baking stages • Save notes, tips, and photos for every recipe • Share beautiful recipe cards with others • Customize font size for comfortable reading [Baker's Note Plus] Upgrade with a one-time purchase to: • Remove ads • Save unlimited recipes No subscriptions. Pay once and keep it forever.

Screenshots

Bread Diary4 screens
Baker's Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Baker's Note at none against Bread Diary's shown. Baker's Note also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, in-app purchases 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. Bread Diary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Baker's Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bread Diary ships an update every 10 days, Baker's Note every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bread Diary versus Baker's Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBread DiaryBaker's Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developersanguk parkSangA Joo

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bread Diary

Subscriptions2
  • Baking Club 1month$3.991 Month
  • Baking Club 1year$39.991 Year
1 purchases

Baker's Note

One-time1
  • Baker’s Note Plus$3.99

Questions

Is Bread Diary free?
Bread Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Baker's Note free?
Baker's Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bread Diary or Baker's Note have ads?
Bread Diary shows ads; Baker's Note does not.
Which is updated more often, Bread Diary or Baker's Note?
Bread Diary ships an update every 10 days, and Baker's Note every 2 days. Most recently, Bread Diary was updated on October 9, 2026 and Baker's Note on October 8, 2026.

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