Comparison

Yeasta vs Bakers Timer

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

Head to head
About

Yeasta

Easily manage your sourdough starters, log feedings, and schedule maintenance. This companion app helps both beginners and experienced bakers track fermentation, store recipes, and receive timely reminders for a stress-free baking experience.

Highlights
  • Track multiple sourdough starters
  • Log feedings with details
  • Set feeding reminders
  • View feeding history and trends
  • Store and organize recipes
  • Includes timer capabilities
  • Supports light and dark mode
Features
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Yeasta is the sourdough companion that knows what's next. Whether you're nurturing your first culture or juggling four starters at once, Yeasta keeps every feeding, every bake, and every outcome in one place. Open the app and it tells you the one thing that matters most right now. KNOW WHAT'S NEXT Smart Today watches your starters and your bakes. Overdue feeding, starter nearing its peak, bake halfway through bulk — the Home screen surfaces the one thing you should do next, the moment you open the app. A running bake shows its time left in big numbers, every starter gets a bar showing how close it is to its peak, and a Coming up list lines up your next feedings and bake steps. BAKE WITH A GUIDE Start a guided bake from any recipe and Yeasta walks you through it step by step. Live timers tick on your lock screen so you can step away and never lose your place. Mark steps complete, add notes, log the outcome when the loaf comes out. CARE FOR EVERY STARTER Track rhythm, ratios, and readiness across every jar you keep. Log feedings in seconds. See which starters are peaking, which are napping, which need feeding right now. Edit or delete any log entry whenever you need to. RECIPES THAT TRAVEL WITH YOU Browse a growing sourdough library: classic country loaves, same-day breads, focaccia, pizza dough, and more. Scale any recipe by tap. Save your favorites. Start a guided session when you're ready. MATH MADE FOR BAKERS Built-in tools handle the math you used to do on the back of a napkin: hydration, baker's percentages, salt, levain ratios, starter scheduling, and temperature conversion. PRO TOOLS FOR SERIOUS BAKERS Five dedicated pro tools take your baking further: - Levain Builder: calculate exact flour, water, and starter ratios for any levain, with optional two-flour blending - What Can I Bake?: find recipes that match your starter, available time, and mood - split into "make now" and "plan ahead" - Fridge Starter Planner: generate a personalized fridge-to-bake timeline with automatic milestone reminders - Starter Revival: symptom-based revival plans with a day-by-day feeding schedule and notifications - Starter Smell Guide: diagnose your starter's health from eight common smell symptoms in seconds EVERY BAKE, REMEMBERED The Journal keeps every feeding, every bake, every outcome. Feedings read like a baker's log, and bakes of the same recipe line up side by side so you can see what changed. Search by name, or just scroll and remember that perfect loaf from last March. Want the raw numbers? Export the whole journal to one CSV file, free. YEASTA PRO - Fully guided bake sessions with live timers and lock screen updates - Unlimited starters - Advanced planning and revival tools - Full baking history, not just today - Unlimited favorite and custom recipes - New tools added continuously Monthly, annual, or Lifetime. Cancel anytime. BUILT WITH CARE No ads. No tracking. No data harvesting. Your baking is yours, backed up to your own iCloud and synced across your devices, free for everyone. Warm light and dark mode, Dynamic Island, Live Activities, Siri shortcuts: Yeasta feels like the rest of your phone. Yeasta may include Amazon affiliate links to baking tools, books, and ingredients. As an Amazon Associate, Yeasta earns from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you. Built by one baker, for other bakers. Enjoy the rhythm! SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in iOS Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.mordsmith.com/apps/yeasta/privacy

About

Bakers Timer

Features
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Bread runs on its own schedule. Bakers Timer keeps track of it so you don't have to. Build a timeline once — mix, autolyse, bulk ferment, shape, cold proof, bake — and the app counts down every step, tells you exactly when the loaf comes out, and wakes you for the 6 a.m. fold. RUN SEVERAL BAKES AT ONCE Sourdough in bulk fermentation, pizza dough proofing, croissants cold-proofing overnight — every bake gets its own countdown on one screen, ordered by whatever needs you next. ALARMS THAT ACTUALLY WAKE YOU Step alarms are time-sensitive, so they break through Focus and Sleep modes. Overnight steps show the wall-clock time they'll ring. Add a minute or skip ahead straight from the notification. ALWAYS KNOW WHEN IT'S DONE Every timeline shows "ready by" — before you start and while it runs. Plan a bake around dinner instead of guessing. ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN The current step, its countdown and the finish time live on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. No unlocking to check the dough. BAKER'S PERCENTAGES Add a formula to any timeline: set the flour weight and every ingredient rescales with it. Total dough weight and hydration are worked out as you type. START FROM A CLASSIC Browse curated collections — a beginner's path from starter to first loaf, plus schedules for baguettes, focaccia, milk bread, bagels and Neapolitan pizza. Tap Get and it's yours to edit. SHARE A TIMELINE Send a bake to a friend as a link — they tap it and the whole schedule lands in their app. Publish your own and see how many bakers use it. YOUR RECIPES STAY YOURS Timelines and history back up to your iCloud, so they survive a new phone or a reinstall. No ads. No account needed.

Screenshots

Yeasta4 screens
Bakers Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bakers Timer at none against Yeasta's 7. Bakers Timer also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Yeasta sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Bakers Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Yeasta ships an update weekly, Bakers Timer every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Yeasta versus Bakers Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYeastaBakers Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (23 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMor AlmalachARTSIOM MIKLUSHOU

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Yeasta

Subscriptions3
  • Yeasta Pro3 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Yeasta Pro Annual Offer$19.991 Year
  • Yeasta Pro1 Year trial$39.991 Year
One-time4
  • You Rock!$2.99
  • You're Awesome!$3.99
  • You're a Legend!$4.99
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  • Yeasta Pro - Lifetime$69.99
None

Bakers Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Yeasta free?
Yeasta is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bakers Timer free?
Bakers Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Yeasta or Bakers Timer have ads?
Neither Yeasta nor Bakers Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Yeasta or Bakers Timer?
Yeasta ships an update weekly, and Bakers Timer every 2 days. Most recently, Yeasta was updated on October 24, 2026 and Bakers Timer on October 16, 2026.

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