Comparison

Fromaggio vs Crustello

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

Head to head
About

Fromaggio

Create and customize a wide range of cheese recipes, from soft to hard, including vegan and non-dairy options. Save, share, and age your creations for endless culinary possibilities.

Highlights
  • Choose classic or custom cheese recipes
  • Make soft and hard cheeses
  • Create vegan and non-dairy cheeses
  • Save and share recipes
  • Age cheese after creation
Features
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Choose a classic cheese recipe with a few clicks, or create your own unique cheese recipes. Then save or share the recipes in the app, or online. Fromaggio makes a wide variety of soft or hard cheeses, from mozzarella, cream cheese and American, to halloumi, gouda, vegan, and many others. It can also make many types of non-dairy, vegan, and vegetarian cheese. From mac & cheese recipes to 30 min mozzarella, the possibilities are endless. Users can remove the cheese and then age it if they desire.

About

Crustello

This app helps bakers perfect their dough and sourdough starters by monitoring fermentation with real-time data, smart alerts, and historical analysis. It works with companion hardware to track rise, temperature, and activity, making baking more predictable and delicious.

Highlights
  • Track fermentation with real-time data
  • Receive smart alerts for peak rise and temperature
  • Monitor sourdough starter activity and feeding schedules
  • Log and analyze past baking sessions
  • Compare fermentation graphs for technique refinement
  • Utilize a smart calculator for precise baking plans
  • Connect and manage multiple sensors remotely
Features
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Crustello is the smart companion app for the Crustello Starter Kit and Proofing Kit — helping you perfect your dough, sourdough starter, and every stage of fermentation with real-time data, alerts, and insights. Whether you’re cultivating a thriving starter or proofing dough for bread, pizza, focaccia, or pastries, Crustello takes the guesswork out of fermentation by tracking the things that matter most: rise, temperature, activity, and timing. Get instant notifications, monitor your dough from anywhere, and follow guided steps designed to make every bake more predictable and more delicious. • Track Fermentation Monitor your dough with complete clarity. The Crustello app records fermentation and shows graphs for dough, bowl, and room temperature, giving you full information over every stage of proofing. • Smart Alerts Never miss the right moment again. Set smart alerts in the Crustello app to notify you when your dough reaches peak rise, when the temperature falls outside the range, or even at custom stages of fermentation. • Sourdough Tracking Crustello makes it easy to know your starter’s rhythm. The smart bowl measures its growth, and the app’s graphs reveal the perfect moment to feed or use it, ensuring you always add your starter at peak strength. • Log Your Feedings Log every sourdough feeding in the Crustello app, including the exact ratios of starter, flour, and water. This makes it easy to track your routine, stay consistent, and see how different methods affect your starter’s growth. • History & Analysis Keep a complete record of your baking journey. Every dough and sourdough session is saved in the Crustello app, with detailed graphs you can revisit anytime to learn from past bakes and improve. • Data & Comparison See how your methods evolve over time. The Crustello app lets you compare recordings by overlaying graphs, making it easy to spot differences, refine techniques, and achieve consistent results. • Smart Calculator Plan your bake with precision before you even start. Enter your flour, water, salt, oil, yeast, or starter amounts along with fermentation times, and let the Crustello app calculate everything for a smooth, accurate workflow. • Connect Your Sensor Pair the app with the Crustello Smart Sensor via Wi-Fi and monitor from anywhere — even when you’re not home. You can connect and manage multiple sensors at once. The Crustello app works hand-in-hand with our Proofing/Starter Bowls and our Smart Sensor to provide a complete experience that helps you track your dough and sourdough consistently.

Screenshots

Fromaggio4 screens
Crustello4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Fromaggio at 2.0 against Crustello's 1.0. Fromaggio also leads on review sentiment (20% vs 0%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fromaggio holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Fromaggio's written reviews are positive against 0% of Crustello's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fromaggio ships an update every 11 days, Crustello every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Fromaggio versus Crustello: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFromaggioCrustello
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (5 ratings) — better1.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size125 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGlen FederRaceBox Motorsport Llc

Customer experience

Fromaggio

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

Crustello

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Fromaggio

No in-app purchases

None

Crustello

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fromaggio free?
Fromaggio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Crustello free?
Crustello is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fromaggio or Crustello?
Fromaggio is rated higher. Fromaggio averages 2.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Crustello averages 1.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Fromaggio or Crustello have ads?
Neither Fromaggio nor Crustello shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fromaggio or Crustello?
Fromaggio ships an update every 11 days, and Crustello every 2 weeks. Most recently, Fromaggio was updated on October 1, 2026 and Crustello on September 20, 2026.

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