Artisan Bread Maker vs Levain
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
Levain
Manage your sourdough starters and bread baking recipes in one place. Track recipe steps, get notifications for feeding and baking, and monitor progress with widgets. Syncs across devices via iCloud.
- Recipe management
- Sourdough starter maintenance
- Baking step tracking
- Customizable notifications
- Home and lock screen widgets
- iCloud synchronization
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Bread Baking and Sourdough Maintenance Management for iOS and iPadOS Keep all your bread baking recipes in one single place. Define the individual recipe steps entering all details relevant to you (step duration, automatic or manual start, ingredients, temperatures, equipment etc) Bring your recipes to life by creating bakings. Get notified when a step is ready to start or has just started. Manage your sourdoughs and get notified when it’s time to feed or store them. Monitor your bakings and levains without opening the app by using the home screen and lock screen widgets. iCloud support: your recipes, bakings and levains will be available across all your iOS/iPadOS devices. Levain is totally free, In-App-Purchases allow you to tip the developer and have no impact on the app's functionality.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Levain at 4.8 against Artisan Bread Maker's 3.5. Levain also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 68%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). Artisan Bread Maker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.6). 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. Levain sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Artisan Bread Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Levain holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Artisan Bread Maker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Levain's.
Artisan Bread Maker ships an update every 4 months, Levain every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Artisan Bread Maker | Levain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (10 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jacqueline Ghosin | Michael Klug |
Customer experience
Artisan Bread Maker
Levain
In-app purchases
Artisan Bread Maker
No in-app purchases
Levain
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$4.99
- Large Tip$9.99
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