Comparison

Bread Diary vs Brewing Tag

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

Brewing Tag

Features
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Brewing Tag is designed to beautifully streamline your entire coffee journey from logging and customizing to sharing. The flavor of coffee shifts with every subtle change in the brewing process. Start keeping a log today to brew a cup that is even better than yesterday's, or to achieve that perfect, consistent taste. From referencing new coffee bean guides and tailoring recipes to your preference to organizing them in your own style and sharing them with others—Brewing Tag makes this entire process effortless. We provide a wide range of recipe templates and customization options tailored to your brewing style. We have prepared various layouts, ranging from a simple style for those who prefer quick logging to a detailed template where you can record water flow and brief notes. On top of that, you can customize the colors to make each recipe uniquely yours, and quickly find the exact card you need from your organized list. Export your completed recipes as clean images to easily share them with others or keep them as physical cards.Save your personalized recipes directly to your camera roll to share them with friends and fellow coffee lovers. Since they are saved in a ratio perfect for business cards, you can easily print them out to build your own tangible, analog recipe card collection. As a growing service, Brewing Tag will continuously evolve by actively listening to your valuable feedback. Starting with hand-drip (pour-over) brewing, we plan to expand our support to additional brewing methods, more diverse template styles, and convenient new features to elevate your home cafe experience. Download Brewing Tag today and open your own little daily cafe.

Screenshots

Bread Diary4 screens
Brewing Tag4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Brewing Tag at none against Bread Diary's 2. Brewing Tag also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). Bread Diary's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price and 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

Both are free to download. Bread Diary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Brewing Tag asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bread Diary ships an update every 10 days, Brewing Tag every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bread Diary versus Brewing Tag: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBread DiaryBrewing Tag
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developersanguk parkTae Hyung Lee

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bread Diary

Subscriptions2
  • Baking Club 1month$3.991 Month
  • Baking Club 1year$39.991 Year
None

Brewing Tag

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bread Diary free?
Bread Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Brewing Tag free?
Brewing Tag is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bread Diary or Brewing Tag have ads?
Both Bread Diary and Brewing Tag show ads.
Which is updated more often, Bread Diary or Brewing Tag?
Bread Diary ships an update every 10 days, and Brewing Tag every 4 days. Most recently, Bread Diary was updated on October 9, 2026 and Brewing Tag on October 18, 2026.

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