Comparison

Homebaker vs Bread Engineer

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

Head to head
About

Homebaker

This app helps home bakers track bread recipes and baking sessions. It allows users to create custom recipes, log detailed session notes with timings and photos, and manage sourdough starters. Push notifications remind users of important steps and feeding times.

Highlights
  • Create custom bread recipes
  • Log detailed baking sessions with photos
  • Automatic baker's percentage calculation
  • Manage sourdough starter activity
  • Step-by-step baking session tracking
  • Push notification reminders
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Perfect your bread baking with Homebaker, the bread baking notes app for home bakers that want to keep track of their bread recipes and baking sessions. Whether you're just beginning your baking journey or you're a seasoned bread baker, Homebaker offers seamless tools to: - Perfect your recipes: Create your own bread baking recipes by adding your preferment, dough and non-dough ingredients, as well as detailed recipe steps. Homebaker automatically calculates baker's percentages and hydration. Use recipes as templates to pre-fill your baking sessions. You can also share your recipes with fellow bakers using a public link. - Log your baking sessions: Record every step of your baking sessions with detailed timings, descriptions, metadata (such as temperatures) and pictures. Review past sessions and refine your techniques for perfect results every time. - Step by step precision: Never forget to add salt again. Mark baking steps as done to keep track of where you are in a baking session. - Manage your sourdough starters: log your starter's activity and schedule feeding notifications - Get notified: Get notified with push notifications when step timers are completed in your baking session or when it's time to check on your sourdough starter. - Stay synced: With the Pro version (requires paid subscription) – access Homebaker from any device, including desktops, via our web app. A subscription to Homebaker Pro is optional and can be purchased in-app to unlock the following features: - Unlimited creation of recipes: In the free version of Homebaker the number of recipes you can create is limited. Upgrade to Pro to create as many recipes as you want, which also can be used as templates for your baking sessions - Access to the Homebaker web app: Your recipes and sessions get synced with your Homebaker account and can be accessed in the browser via the web app. This makes it easy to manage your baking notes on desktop devices. Subscriptions will be automatically renewed and charged on a monthly basis. You can cancel anytime in your iTunes account settings. You can find the Terms of Use (EULA) here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://www.homebaker.app/privacy Support: https://www.homebaker.app/support

About

Bread Engineer

Features
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Plan and track better bread, step by step. Bread Engineer combines guided recipes with equation-based fermentation timing so you can plan a bake around your dough and kitchenβ€”not guesswork. GUIDED BREAD RECIPES β€’ Choose from same-day white, overnight white and whole-wheat recipes β€’ Scale ingredients by loaf count β€’ See ingredients, directions and expected duration before you begin ADAPTIVE FERMENTATION TIMING β€’ Adjust dough mass, hydration, yeast, dough temperature, room temperature and humidity β€’ Recalculate fermentation timing on device using a deterministic equation β€’ Keep progress and remaining time visible during the bake RELIABLE STEP TIMERS β€’ Use native alarms when a bread step ends β€’ Keep the active timer visible on the Lock Screen β€’ Fall back to a local notification when alarms are unavailable RECORD YOUR RESULTS β€’ Keep completed recipes with photos, notes, crumb ratings and taste ratings β€’ Share a finished bake using native iOS sharing Bread Engineer is free and requires no account. Recipe data and photos stay on your device. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Homebaker4 screens
Bread Engineer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Bread Engineer at none against Homebaker's shown. Homebaker's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Homebaker sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and Bread Engineer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Homebaker ships an update fortnightly, Bread Engineer every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Β· 4 level
Homebaker versus Bread Engineer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHomebakerBread Engineer
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyFortnightly β€” betterEvery 6 months
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0.0 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size52 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSIMON RAYMOND SCHOENEric Savoie

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Homebaker

Subscriptions1
  • Homebaker Pro$1.991 Month
2 purchases

Bread Engineer

Subscriptions2
  • Bread Engineer Monthly2 Months trial$4.991 Month
  • Bread Engineer Annual2 Months trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Homebaker free?
Homebaker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bread Engineer free?
Bread Engineer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Homebaker or Bread Engineer have ads?
Homebaker shows ads; Bread Engineer does not.
Which is updated more often, Homebaker or Bread Engineer?
Homebaker ships an update fortnightly, and Bread Engineer every 6 months. Most recently, Homebaker was updated on September 19, 2026 and Bread Engineer on September 21, 2026.

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