Comparison

BakeMaster vs Balloon Brain

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

Head to head
About

BakeMaster

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Run your bakery like a pro. BakeMaster is the all-in-one business companion for home bakers, cottage food businesses and micro-bakeries — orders, recipe costing, allergen labels, stock and food-safety records, all in one beautifully dark, gold-trimmed app. BakeMaster now has AI built in. • Point the camera at any receipt — vendor, VAT, category and line items fill themselves, and your stock levels & ingredient costs update from what you bought • Paste a customer's message and watch the order draft itself • Speak your fridge temperatures — proper food-safety logs, no typing • Month in review: plain-English insights on your income and spending • Marketing copy — shelf labels, captions & hashtags from any recipe • New bank-style document scanner with live edge detection Plus dozens of fixes to recipe costing, stock linking and allergen tracking. YOUR DAY, AT A GLANCE Open the app to Today: every bake due, in departure order, with allergen flags, statuses and the money you've taken. No spreadsheets, no sticky notes. EVERY ORDER, ONE PIPELINE Track each order from To Bake → Baking → Ready → Done. Search and filter, take deposits, chase balances, and mark bakes paid in a tap. Link an order to its recipe and the price and allergens come across automatically. KNOW YOUR MARGIN ON EVERY BAKE Cost every recipe by ingredient, see your margin as the headline number, and scale a batch with live re-costing. Stop guessing what your cakes earn. COUNTER MODE Prop your phone or tablet behind the scales: a jumbo kitchen dashboard with the next bake out, an oven timer, and your live fridge temperature. Tap a bake to advance it — floury fingers welcome. ALLERGENS, HANDLED Statutory allergen packs for the UK & EU (14), US (Big 9) and Australia/NZ (FSANZ). Declared allergens flow from recipes to orders to printed labels automatically. COMPLIANT LABELS IN SECONDS Fill a label straight from a recipe — ingredients, declared allergens, batch ID, production and use-by dates, your business details and a QR code. Print to PDF, share, or send to a thermal label printer. INSPECTION-READY FOOD SAFETY Daily opening checks, temperature logs, cleaning records, incidents, food waste and risk assessments — with a read-only, PIN-locked Inspection Mode you can hand to the inspector. AND THE REST OF YOUR BACK OFFICE • Stock with reorder points and auto-built shopping lists • Customers with allergy flags and lifetime value • Finance: income & expenses with receipt scanning (OCR) • Wedding consultations, custom order forms & event worksheets • Cake designer with instant quotes • Calendar, staff records, training logs and printable reports • Works beautifully on tablets with side-by-side views Built by bakers' requests, priced for small businesses, and backed up to the cloud. Start your bakery's best week yet — download BakeMaster.

About

Balloon Brain

This app simplifies quoting, invoicing, and client management for balloon decorators. It helps you calculate costs, track payments, and generate professional invoices, allowing you to focus on creative design.

Highlights
  • Professional estimate generation
  • Cost breakdown calculators
  • Branded PDF invoice creation
  • Payment tracking
  • Client contact management
  • Profit margin visibility
Features
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Now available in GBP Ā· USD Ā· EUR Ā· AUD Ā· CAD with more currencies coming soon. Running a balloon business means juggling creativity, logistics, and pricing, all at once. Balloon Brain was built by a balloon decorator, for balloon decorators. It takes the guesswork out of quoting so you can focus on what you love: making beautiful things with balloons. Quote with confidence Build professional estimates in minutes. Add elements, set your prices, include extras like delivery or setup fees, and apply discounts. See your profit margin before you send a single quote. Know your costs before you quote Stop guessing how many balloons you need or what a job will cost you. Balloon Brain's calculators give you instant breakdowns for classic arches, organic arches, columns, balloon stacks, towers, and helium. Based on your actual balloon costs. Send professional invoices in seconds Turn any estimate into a branded PDF invoice with one tap. Add your logo, business details, and payment terms. Your clients receive a clean, professional document that reflects the quality of your work. Track payments, stay organized Record deposits and final payments, track what's outstanding, and keep all your client invoices in one place. No more chasing spreadsheets or trying to remember who paid what. Manage your clients Keep a full client contact book with invoice history, total spend, and easy access to create new estimates for returning customers. Built for balloon artists Every detail has been designed with balloon decorators in mind, from the way balloon costs are calculated per bag, to the profit breakdown that's only visible to you, not your clients. Your data stays on your device. No accounts, no cloud. Just a powerful tool that helps you run your balloon business better.

Screenshots

BakeMaster4 screens
Balloon Brain4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BakeMaster at Free against Balloon Brain's $5.99. BakeMaster also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). Balloon Brain's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

BakeMaster is free to download; Balloon Brain costs $5.99 up front. BakeMaster sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Balloon Brain asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BakeMaster ships an update every 5 days, Balloon Brain every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 5 level
BakeMaster versus Balloon Brain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBakeMasterBalloon Brain
PriceFree — better$5.99
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.515.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDAVID MICHAEL ROBERTSSarah Smith

In-app purchases

2 purchases

BakeMaster

Subscriptions2
  • BakeMaster Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
  • BakeMaster Premium Yearly$99.991 Year
None

Balloon Brain

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BakeMaster free?
BakeMaster is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Balloon Brain free?
Balloon Brain costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do BakeMaster or Balloon Brain have ads?
Neither BakeMaster nor Balloon Brain shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BakeMaster or Balloon Brain?
BakeMaster ships an update every 5 days, and Balloon Brain every 2 weeks. Most recently, BakeMaster was updated on October 1, 2026 and Balloon Brain on October 8, 2026.

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