Comparison

Bread Diary vs Bread Memo

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

Bread Memo

Features
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■ Turn every bake into a record Log each loaf you bake and build your own baking notebook over time. Capture the bread type, the date, your recipe notes, and how it turned out. ■ Keep your best recipes close Mark the bakes that came out great as favorites, and pull up the recipe with a single tap the next time you bake. ■ See your progress Charts show your bakes per month, your streak of baking weeks, the rating distribution, and the average rating for each type of bread. ■ Home screen widget Check this month's bake count and your latest results right from your home screen. ■ Everything stays on your device Records are saved only on your device — no account, no internet connection required. Export to CSV anytime. ■ Made for ・Home bakers using a bread machine or kneading by hand ・Anyone refining recipes over many bakes ・Bakers who like to look back on what they've made

Screenshots

Bread Diary4 screens
Bread Memo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Bread Memo at every 2 days against Bread Diary's every 10 days. Bread Diary's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, 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. Bread Diary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Bread Memo 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, Bread Memo every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bread Diary versus Bread Memo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBread DiaryBread Memo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developersanguk park丽佳 施

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bread Diary

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

Bread Memo

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99

Questions

Is Bread Diary free?
Bread Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bread Memo free?
Bread Memo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bread Diary or Bread Memo have ads?
Both Bread Diary and Bread Memo show ads.
Which is updated more often, Bread Diary or Bread Memo?
Bread Diary ships an update every 10 days, and Bread Memo every 2 days. Most recently, Bread Diary was updated on September 23, 2026 and Bread Memo on September 11, 2026.

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