Comparison

Fermento vs Bubbles

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

Head to head
About

Fermento

Track and manage all your fermentation projects, from sourdough and cheese to kombucha and pickles. Features smart timelines, custom reminders, and helpful calculators for precise results. Includes advanced logging and export options for professional use.

Highlights
  • Unlimited fermentation batches
  • Customizable timelines and milestones
  • Smart reminders for tasks
  • pH, salt %, and weight tracking
  • Culture management
  • HACCP decision-tree builder
  • Recipe scaling calculators
Features
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Fermento keeps pickles, sourdough, cheeses, kombucha, charcuterie and more on schedule with smart timelines, reminders, calculators and exportable logs—for beginners and pros. Projects & timelines - Unlimited batches with custom milestones and photo notes - pH, salt %, weight and observations—timestamped in one place - Smart reminders for feeds, flips, checks and cures Culture management - Starters, SCOBY hotels and kefir grains—health, feeds and lineage together HACCP (for pros) - Decision-tree builder for hazards and CCPs - Monitoring/verification logs with corrective actions - Export tidy PDFs for audits and compliance Calculators & scaling - Hydration, salt %, inoculation ratios and timing helpers - Instant scaling and saved methods Insights - Compare batches, spot trends and review pH/tempo curves - Equipment notes and calibration history (keep sensors honest) Why Fermento? Made by fermentation obsessives. Private, focused and practical—whether it's your first kimchi or a full curing chamber. Terms of Use: https://drobinin.com/apps/terms/fermento/

About

Bubbles

Track your home fermentation projects with recipes, reminders, and notes. This app helps you manage sauerkraut, kimchi, kombucha, and more, with options to create your own recipes and store your progress.

Highlights
  • Fermentation recipes
  • Custom recipe creation
  • Batch notes and photos
  • Ferment archive
  • Guides on fermentation
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Bubbles keeps track of your home fermentation. Pick a recipe, follow the steps, and get a reminder when it's time to burp, taste, or move the jar to the fridge. - Recipes for sauerkraut, kimchi, kombucha, sourdough starter, tepache and more - Write your own recipes, or import one from a website link or pasted text (Premium) - Add notes and photos to each batch, and look back at finished ferments in the archive - Back up your ferments, recipes and photos and restore them on a new phone (backup with Premium, restoring is free) - Guides on salt, acidity, temperature, mold vs kahm yeast, cleaning and storage Made in Europe Bubbles is built by a small team in Europe and designed around GDPR principles. You don't need an account, and the app works offline. Your data stays on your device unless you turn on cloud backup, which stores it on our servers in the EU. We never sell data. Privacy Policy: https://bubblesferment.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://bubblesferment.com/terms-of-service

Screenshots

Fermento4 screens
Bubbles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bubbles at 5.0 against Fermento's 2.0. Bubbles also leads on iOS requirement (15.3 vs 17.0). Fermento's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. Fermento sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Bubbles sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bubbles holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fermento ships an update monthly, Bubbles every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Fermento versus Bubbles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFermentoBubbles
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB95 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDrobinin LimitedMANTAS LATKAUSKAS

Customer experience

Fermento

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bubbles

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Fermento

Subscriptions4
  • Fermentation Tracker Unlimited$3.997 Days
  • Culture & Probiotic Pro$7.991 Month
  • Fermentation Tracker Unlimited3 Days trial$59.991 Year
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  • HACCP Safety Compliance Pro$179.991 Year
2 purchases

Bubbles

Subscriptions2
  • Bubbles Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Bubbles Premium Annual1 Month trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Fermento free?
Fermento is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bubbles free?
Bubbles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fermento or Bubbles?
Bubbles is rated higher. Fermento averages 2.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Bubbles averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Fermento or Bubbles have ads?
Neither Fermento nor Bubbles shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fermento or Bubbles?
Fermento ships an update monthly, and Bubbles every 3 months. Most recently, Fermento was updated on November 7, 2026 and Bubbles on October 31, 2026.

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