Comparison

Bash Baking vs Baker's Friend

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

Head to head
About

Bash Baking

Organize your recipes, generate instant grocery lists, and plan baking sessions effortlessly. This assistant helps manage your favorite recipes and makes baking stress-free for any occasion.

Highlights
  • Organize recipes for baking sessions
  • Generate instant grocery lists
  • Build and store recipe collection
  • Upload and store recipes
  • Search recipes by ingredients or type
Features
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Bake smarter, plan better, and enjoy every step of the process with Bash! Bash is your ultimate baking companion—helping you organize recipes, generate instant grocery lists, and make every baking session effortless. Whether you're preparing for a school bake sale, a birthday surprise, or just a weekend treat, Bash keeps your baking organized and stress-free. Why you'll love Bash: Plan your perfect bake – Create bashes to organize recipes for any baking session. Instant grocery lists – Add recipes to a bash and automatically generate a shopping list. Build your recipe collection – Save and organize your favorite recipes all in one place. Upload & store recipes – Snap a picture or add written recipes to keep them handy. Find what you need fast – Search your collection by ingredients, occasion, or type of bake. A bash is more than just a baking session—it’s a way to keep track of your best creations, plan ahead, and ensure you never forget an ingredient. Whether you're an experienced baker or just getting started, Bash makes baking fun, simple, and perfectly organized. Ready to bake without the hassle?

About

Baker's Friend

This app helps bakers manage recipes, scale batches, and calculate precise water temperatures for consistent results. It integrates pre-ferments and automates complex calculations, allowing bakers to focus on flavor and texture.

Highlights
  • Recipe management with weights and percentages
  • Batch scaling by weight, item count, or multiplier
  • Water temperature calculator for desired dough temperature
  • Pre-ferment integration with automatic yeast calculation
  • Step-by-step instructions
Features
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Bake with precision — anywhere, anytime. Baker’s Friend is the all-in-one baking app for professionals and passionate home bakers. Manage recipes, scale batches, calculate exact water temperatures, and integrate pre-ferments — all from your iPhone. Whether you’re making artisan sourdough, scaling up for production, or fine-tuning fermentation, Baker’s Friend takes the math out of baking so you can focus on flavor, texture, and consistency. Key Features • Recipe Management – Create, edit, and duplicate recipes with ingredient weights, baker’s percentages, and step-by-step instructions. Auto-fill ingredients from your most-used items. • Recipe Scaling – Scale by Total Dough Weight, Number of Items (e.g., 17 rolls @ 75g, 35 buns @ 125g, 9 loaves @ 650g), or by Multiplier (2x, 3x, etc.). Maintain perfect ratios every time. • Water Temperature Calculator – Hit your Desired Dough Temperature (DDT) with precision by factoring in friction, room temperature, and all ingredients over 20% baker’s percentage. • Pre-ferment Integration – Add poolish, biga, levain, or pâte fermentée with exact hydration, percentage, and fermentation time. Automatically calculate yeast amounts and timing for poolish and biga. Why Bakers Love It • Save time with instant, accurate calculations • Keep recipes organized and accessible anywhere • Improve consistency from small test batches to full production runs • Control dough temperature for predictable fermentation • Perfectly balance pre-ferments without manual math Baker’s Friend brings professional baking precision to your pocket. Whether you run a bakery or bake at home, it helps you deliver consistently great results — every time. Download Baker’s Friend today and bake with confidence.

Screenshots

Bash Baking4 screens
Baker's Friend4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Baker's Friend at 5.0 against Bash Baking's 4.5. Bash Baking's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.4). On price, review sentiment, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Baker's Friend holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Bash Baking versus Baker's Friend: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBash BakingBaker's Friend
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.4
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJody OakleyDan Levin

Customer experience

Bash Baking

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Baker's Friend

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Bash Baking

No in-app purchases

None

Baker's Friend

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bash Baking free?
Bash Baking is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Baker's Friend free?
Baker's Friend is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bash Baking or Baker's Friend?
Baker's Friend is rated higher. Bash Baking averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Baker's Friend averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Bash Baking or Baker's Friend have ads?
Neither Bash Baking nor Baker's Friend shows ads.

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