Comparison

Artisan Bread Maker vs Mensa Balance

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

Head to head
About

Artisan Bread Maker

This app allows experienced bakers to meticulously record, edit, and scale their unique bread recipes. Track detailed notes, photos of your creations, and rate your bakes. Share your culinary masterpieces with others via email or export them to a compatible device.

Highlights
  • Enter new recipes
  • Edit existing recipes
  • Scale recipes for different quantities
  • Display percentages and hydration rates
  • Store baking notes and photos
  • Rate bread recipes
  • Email and export recipes
Features
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For the artisan bread maker wanting to track the details of his artistry. Please Note: This is not a compendium of existing bread recipes! It does enable the accomplished baker to: •Enter new recipes •Edit Recipes •Create new recipes using existing ones as a template •Scale recipes for various quantities of finished product •Display percentages and hydration rates •Store and display baking notes •Take and store photos of the breads and their “crumb” •Rate bread recipes •Email recipes to others •Sort recipes by date, name, and rating •Export a bread recipe to an iPad running its Artisan Bread app

About

Mensa Balance

Easily check your Mensa card balance and last transaction details using NFC. This open-source app supports numerous universities and is free to use.

Highlights
  • Read Mensa card balance
  • View last transaction
  • Display card ID
  • NFC scanning
  • Open Source
  • Supports many universities
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This app allows you to read the current balance, last transaction and card ID of your Mensa Card via NFC. It is Open Source (https://github.com/schorschii/MensaGuthaben-iOS). I'm happy about suggestions for improvement, pull requests or just a star :) Successfully testet with cards of the following universities: * TU Dresden (Studentenwerk Emeal card and TU Campuscard!) * Uni Leipzig * HS/Uni Flensburg (Studentenwerk SH) * TU Darmstadt * Uni Trier * Uni Greifswald * Leibniz Universität Hannover * Ruhr-Uni Bochum * h_da (hochschule darmstadt) * THOSKA der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Hochschule für Musik „Franz List“ Weimar * THOSKA der Uni Jena * TU Ilmenau * Uni Bielefeld * Hochschule der Medien, Stuttgart * Uni Stuttgart * Uni Hohenheim * Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg * Hochschule Furtwangen (HFU) * Studierendenwerk Freiburg-Schwarzwald (SWFR) * Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg * Deutsche Sporthochschule * Uni Würzburg * Universität Oldenburg * Jadehochschule Oldenburg/Wilhelmshaven/Elsfleth * Hochschule Emden/Leer * Hochschule Koblenz * HAW Hamburg * FH Erfurt * TU Braunschweig * Otto-Friedrich Universität Bamberg * HS/Uni Bremen * Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel If your University is not listed, it is possible that the app works anyway. Please try it out and send me a mail if it works.

Screenshots

Artisan Bread Maker4 screens
Mensa Balance1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Mensa Balance at free against Artisan Bread Maker's paid. Mensa Balance also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 68%). Artisan Bread Maker's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Artisan Bread Maker versus Mensa Balance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArtisan Bread MakerMensa Balance
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews67.9% of reviews90.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJacqueline GhosinGeorg Sieber

Customer experience

Artisan Bread Maker

All ratings10 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive67.9%
Neutral17.9%
Negative14.3%

Mensa Balance

Written reviews20 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative5.0%

In-app purchases

None

Artisan Bread Maker

No in-app purchases

None

Mensa Balance

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Artisan Bread Maker free?
Artisan Bread Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mensa Balance free?
Mensa Balance is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Artisan Bread Maker or Mensa Balance have ads?
Neither Artisan Bread Maker nor Mensa Balance shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Artisan Bread Maker or Mensa Balance?
Artisan Bread Maker ships an update every 4 months, and Mensa Balance every 4 months. Most recently, Artisan Bread Maker was updated on June 11, 2026 and Mensa Balance on September 21, 2026.

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