Artisan Bread Maker vs Grape Base
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Grape Base
Discover perfect wine and food pairings with this intelligent assistant. It suggests wines for your meals or dishes for your wine, offering insights on serving, aging, and vintage quality. Explore global wine regions and grape varietals with data-driven vintage scores.
- Food and wine pairing suggestions
- Dish and cuisine recommendations
- Wine serving temperature
- Bottle aging advice
- Vintage charts with scores
- Region and grape exploration
- Machine learning vintage predictions
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Grape Base is your personal food and wine pairing assistant. Grape Base uses data collected from years of research to suggest the top wines to pair with the food you're eating. Know what wine you want to drink? Grape Base has you covered and will suggest dishes, cuisines, and flavors to pair with your bottle. Know what food you want to eat? Grape Base pairs the perfect wine to whatever you're eating. Try new combinations or learn more about the classics. Wine and food pairing has never been easier. No complicated filters or quizzes, just search for what you want to eat or drink and we'll pair the perfect wines or dishes for you. You'll immediately see what you should definitely try, what's worth trying and even what to avoid. Want more? Grape Base will take your wine pairings to an all new level. Learn what temp to serve each wine at, what type of decanter to use or even how long you can age a bottle at home. We've introduced a revolutionary new way to explore wine. After discovering the perfect pairing you can explore the best vintages of the region or grape you're pairing with. Our vintage "charts" make finding the perfect year, or the ones to avoid, simple and easy. Select the region or grape, and instantly see scores for that pair. No more scouring the internet or squinting at tiny tables to get the data you want. Grape Base takes vintage "charts" one step further - our machine learning and proprietary weather model allow us to provide vintage scores for any officially recognized region in the world and the primary grapes grown there. Want to know how the current year ended up? We can provide scores the minute harvest ends so you don't have to wait for scores to be published in a year's time. Grape Base is the ultimate food and wine pairing app. From wine pairings to vintage charts to serving and aging suggestions, Grape Base is the only wine app you'll ever need.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Grape Base at 4.5 against Artisan Bread Maker's 3.5. Grape Base also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). Artisan Bread Maker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and review sentiment (68% vs 50%). On price, ratings volume, 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. Grape Base sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Artisan Bread Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Grape Base holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 13 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of Artisan Bread Maker's written reviews are positive against 50% of Grape Base's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Artisan Bread Maker ships an update every 4 months, Grape Base monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Artisan Bread Maker | Grape Base |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (10 ratings) | 4.5 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.9% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Jacqueline Ghosin | Wine Grounds LLC |
Customer experience
Artisan Bread Maker
Grape Base
In-app purchases
Artisan Bread Maker
No in-app purchases
Grape Base
- The Almanac3 Months trial$0.991 Month
- The Vintner3 Months trial$1.991 Month
- Serving and Aging$0.99
- Top Vintages$0.99
- Pairing types$0.99







