Comparison

BakerMath vs Dough Maker

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

Head to head
About

BakerMath

Easily scale and manage your baking recipes with a personal assistant. Import recipes and access workshops on baking techniques. Enjoy an ad-free experience with premium subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Recipe scaling and management
  • Personal baking assistant
  • Smart recipe import
  • Baking techniques workshops
  • Ad-free premium experience
  • Subscription management
Features
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BakerMath is the baker's percentage calculator built for serious home bakers and pros. Scale any recipe instantly, dial in hydration with the Hydration Lab, and keep a Baking Journal of every loaf — what worked, what didn't, what to try next. 1. Instant recipe scaling (×0.1 to ×5) 2. Hydration Lab — see your dough at 60%, 75%, 90% hydration 3. AI-powered ingredient analysis for unusual recipes 4. Nutrition & calorie estimates 5. Baking Journal — log mood, lessons, and improvements per bake 6. Tags, Baker Plans, and recipe organization

About

Dough Maker

This app helps bakers create and manage dough recipes using baker's percentages. It allows for precise ingredient calculations in grams and supports a wide range of ingredients for various dough types. Save, organize, and sync your custom recipes across devices for easy access.

Highlights
  • Baker's percentage recipe creation
  • Automatic gram measurement calculation
  • Support for all dough ingredients
  • Save and organize recipes
  • Cross-device recipe syncing
  • Ideal for sourdough, pizza, and bagels
Features
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Dough Maker is a precision-focused baking companion built for people who think in baker’s percentages—not just ingredient lists. Store your recipes, build new recipes using percentage-based ingredients, and instantly generate exact gram measurements for any recipe. Whether you’re testing salt levels, dialing in yest amount, or experimenting with hydration, Dough Maker gives you full control over your dough. --- Why bakers choose Dough Maker • Create recipes using true baker’s math (baker’s percentages) • Include any ingredient—salt, olive oil, sugar, preferments, add-ins, and more • Automatically calculate final ingredient weights in grams • Save and organize recipes for quick reuse • Sync recipes across your devices --- Perfect for • Sourdough bread • Pizza dough • Bagels • Hydration experiments and scaling batches • Learning baker’s percentages Download Dough Maker and take control of your dough recipes.

Screenshots

BakerMath4 screens
Dough Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Dough Maker at every 2 weeks against BakerMath's monthly. BakerMath's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. BakerMath sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Dough Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BakerMath against 5.0 for Dough Maker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BakerMath ships an update monthly, Dough Maker every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 9, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BakerMath versus Dough Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBakerMathDough Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHeqing HuangHarry Wolff

Customer experience

BakerMath

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Dough Maker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

BakerMath

Subscriptions3
  • BakerMath Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • BakerMath Premium half year$25.996 Months
  • BakerMath Premium annually$45.991 Year
1 purchases

Dough Maker

One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade$4.99

Questions

Is BakerMath free?
BakerMath is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dough Maker free?
Dough Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BakerMath or Dough Maker?
BakerMath and Dough Maker are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do BakerMath or Dough Maker have ads?
Neither BakerMath nor Dough Maker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BakerMath or Dough Maker?
BakerMath ships an update monthly, and Dough Maker every 2 weeks. Most recently, BakerMath was updated on October 9, 2026 and Dough Maker on October 9, 2026.

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