Comparison

Homebaker vs Sourdough Forge

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — 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

Sourdough Forge

This app helps you manage your sourdough starter, plan fermentation, and improve your baking with tracking tools and an AI coach. Log feedings, calculate hydration, and troubleshoot issues to achieve better bread results.

Highlights
  • Starter feeding reminders
  • Hydration and flour ratio tracking
  • Fermentation and proof timing
  • Dough calculators
  • AI sourdough troubleshooting
  • Bake journaling
  • Recipe timelines
Features
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Sourdough Forge is a focused sourdough starter tracker for home bakers who want clearer feeding reminders, better bake planning, and practical bread-making tools. STARTER TRACKER - Track one or multiple sourdough starters - Log feedings, hydration, flour mix, ratios, and observations - Set reminders so your starter stays active and ready - Review starter history to spot patterns over time BAKE PLANNING - Follow built-in sourdough recipes - Plan each bake with step-by-step timelines - Track bulk fermentation, proofing, and baking - Keep notes so your next loaf improves HYDRATION & BAKER'S TOOLS - Hydration calculator - Formula builder - Feeding ratio calculator - Levain build tools - Dough temperature helpers - Rise time and fermentation estimates - Unit conversions and recipe scaling BAKING JOURNAL - Save feedings, completed bakes, notes, and ratings - Compare what worked across loaves - Build a useful logbook for better crumb, timing, and flavor SOURDOUGH PRO Unlock the full toolkit with unlimited starters, custom recipes, advanced calculators, full journal history, insights, and CSV export. Whether you are building your first starter or refining a weekly bread routine, Sourdough Forge gives you a simple way to track, plan, calculate, and improve every bake. Terms of Use: https://app.notion.com/p/Terms-of-Use-Sourdough-Forge-2de880124e85806487d4dd0e4fb29265 Privacy Policy: https://app.notion.com/p/Privacy-Policy-Sourdough-Forge-2d1880124e8580189725c4601f9f7225

Screenshots

Homebaker4 screens
Sourdough Forge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Sourdough Forge at none against Homebaker's shown. Sourdough Forge also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Homebaker's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 89%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Homebaker sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and Sourdough Forge sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Homebaker ships an update fortnightly, Sourdough Forge weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Homebaker versus Sourdough Forge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHomebakerSourdough Forge
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better88.9% of reviews
Number of ratings—7 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSIMON RAYMOND SCHOENHadrien Patin

Customer experience

Homebaker

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sourdough Forge

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Homebaker

Subscriptions1
  • Homebaker Pro$1.991 Month
4 purchases

Sourdough Forge

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Subscription$3.991 Month
  • Sourdough Forge Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$23.991 Year
  • Sourdough Forge Pro - Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$39.99

Questions

Is Homebaker free?
Homebaker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sourdough Forge free?
Sourdough Forge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Homebaker or Sourdough Forge have ads?
Homebaker shows ads; Sourdough Forge does not.
Which is updated more often, Homebaker or Sourdough Forge?
Homebaker ships an update fortnightly, and Sourdough Forge weekly. Most recently, Homebaker was updated on October 6, 2026 and Sourdough Forge on October 2, 2026.

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