breadlens. vs Crust Log
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
breadlens.
This app helps bakers manage recipes and capture photos of their creations. It simplifies the baking process for both beginners and experts, allowing them to document their progress and refine their skills.
- Recipe storage
- Baking progress capture
- Simplified recipe management
- Baking documentation
- Craft perfection tool
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Breadlens is an essential tool for every baker. Streamline your baking process by storing cherished recipes and capturing stunning images of your creations. Designed for both novice and experienced bakers, breadlens. simplifies recipe management and helps you document your baking progress. Perfect your craft with every bake.
Crust Log
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Build a Better Loaf Crust Log is the sourdough companion app designed for bakers who care about the craft. Track hydration percentages, manage feeding schedules, log every bake, and use the reverse bake timer to plan your way to a perfect loaf. STARTER MANAGEMENT Create and track your sourdough starters with detailed feeding logs. Record flour type, hydration ratio, water and flour amounts, and temperature for every feeding. Set reminders so you never miss a feed. Monitor your starter's age and activity status at a glance. RECIPE LIBRARY Build your personal recipe collection with precise ingredient weights, hydration percentages calculated automatically, step-by-step instructions, and baker's notes. Organize by category — sourdough, focaccia, pizza, bagels, and more. See every loaf you've baked from each recipe in one place. BAKE LOG Record every detail of every bake: bulk fermentation time, proof duration, oven temperature, bake time, and a 1–5 star rating. Capture photos of your loaves. Write tasting notes on scoring, crumb, and crust. Over time, spot the patterns that separate a good bake from a great one. HYDRATION CALCULATOR Instantly calculate your true dough hydration — accounting for the flour and water in your starter. Input your dough flour, water, starter weight, and starter hydration to get an accurate total. Always free, always available. REVERSE BAKE TIMER The feature that changes how you plan a bake. Set the time you want your bread finished, and Crust Log works backward to schedule every step — mix, bulk fermentation, shaping, preheat, bake, and cool down. Customize durations for your recipe and get reminders before each phase so nothing slips. LOAF COMPARISON Compare two bakes side by side. See photos, ratings, fermentation times, oven temps, and bake durations together to understand what worked and what to adjust next time. ICLOUD SYNC Your starters, recipes, and bake logs sync automatically across all your devices. Plan on your iPhone, bake from your iPad. FREE FEATURES - 2 starters with full feeding logs - 10 bake logs with photos and ratings - Unlimited recipes - Hydration calculator - Reverse bake timer - iCloud sync PREMIUM — ONE-TIME PURCHASE - Unlimited starters - Unlimited bake logs - No subscriptions. Buy once, own it forever. No ads. No tracking. No subscriptions. Just a focused tool for bakers who want to improve with every bake.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: breadlens. at none against Crust Log's 1. Crust Log's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Crust Log sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. breadlens. asks for nothing beyond the download.
breadlens. ships an update fortnightly, Crust Log weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | breadlens. | Crust Log |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Glenn Brannelly | John Jacobsen |
In-app purchases
breadlens.
No in-app purchases
Crust Log
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