BakerMath vs impasto
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Recipe scaling and management
- Personal baking assistant
- Smart recipe import
- Baking techniques workshops
- Ad-free premium experience
- Subscription management
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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
impasto
This app helps bakers improve their results by tracking, analyzing, and refining their baking processes. It offers tools for logging details, building recipe libraries, and measuring progress with AI-powered insights. Users can also scale recipes and connect with a community of bakers.
- Log bake details with timers
- Build and organize recipe library
- Rate bakes and upload photos
- AI-powered crumb structure analysis
- Dough calculator for recipe scaling
- Share bakes and join challenges
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impasto – Smarter Baking Bake better bread with data, not guesswork. Track, analyze, and improve every bake — from sourdough to pizza and beyond. Track Every Bake Log every detail with built-in timers for autolyse, bulk fermentation, proofing, and baking. Stay consistent and never miss a step. Build Your Recipe Library Save and organize recipes your way. Import from URLs or create your own with baker’s percentages, hydration, and multi-flour blends. Measure & Improve Rate your bakes, upload photos, and track progress over time. See what’s working and refine your process. AI-powered photo analysis helps evaluate crumb structure and guide your next bake. Dough Calculator Scale recipes instantly with support for preferments and multi-flour blends. No double entry required. Import calculated dough directly into your recipe — no rewriting, no friction. Bake Together Share your bakes, follow other bakers, and join challenges. Built For: Sourdough bakers Pizza & focaccia makers Home bakers chasing consistency Stop guessing. Start improving. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: impasto at fortnightly against BakerMath's monthly. impasto also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 2). BakerMath's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. BakerMath sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and impasto sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BakerMath against 5.0 for impasto. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
BakerMath ships an update monthly, impasto fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BakerMath | impasto |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Heqing Huang | Wehler Digital LLC |
Customer experience
BakerMath
impasto
In-app purchases
BakerMath
- BakerMath Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
- BakerMath Premium half year$25.996 Months
- BakerMath Premium annually$45.991 Year
impasto
- impasto Premium14 Days trial$3.991 Month
- impasto Premium14 Days trial$34.991 Year









