SourFriend vs KneadNotes

Your Personal Sourdough Assistant SourFriend is the ultimate companion for sourdough enthusiasts. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced baker, our app helps you maintain a healthy starter and achieve consistent, delicious results—with or without a SourFriend device. Key Features: Fermentation Plans & Monitoring - Create fermentation plans and track feeding, storage, and fermentation stages from Home - Follow progress with clear status and timing on the Home screen - With a connected SourFriend device, monitor temperature and humidity in real time - Receive notifications when a stage is complete Starter Health Tracking - Monitor your starter's performance over time - Get graded assessments (S, A, B, C, D grades) - View Ferment Score and history in the Record tab (List / Calendar) Performance Analytics - Track fermentation speed and consistency - Review trends across speed, gap, temperature, and humidity - Identify factors affecting your starter's health Smart Notifications - Get notified when fermentation stages complete or need attention - Stay informed about your starter and connected device status - Badge count is cleared when you open the app Useful Tools & Records - Access guides and a ratio calculator from Menu - Add photos and notes to your fermentation records - Manage starters and account settings in Menu Why SourFriend? - Simple & Intuitive: Easy to use interface designed for bakers - Data-Driven: Make informed decisions based on real data - Privacy First: Your data is secure and private - Always Improving: Regular updates with new features Perfect For: - Home bakers maintaining sourdough starters - Beginners learning sourdough fermentation - Experienced bakers optimizing their process - SourFriend device owners who want connected monitoring Start your sourdough journey with SourFriend today!

Become a better sourdough baker. KneadNotes is the baking journal that helps you track every loaf, manage your starter, and finally bake consistent bread — then share your best results. Most baking apps hand you a recipe. KneadNotes helps you learn from your own bakes, so each loaf is better than the last. Sourdough, yeasted loaves, focaccia, enriched breads, bagels, pizza dough — if you bake it, you can track it. TRACK EVERY BAKE - Log flour types, hydration, and baker's percentages - Record fermentation times, oven temps, and bake duration - Fahrenheit or Celsius on every field - Rate each bake and add detailed notes - Attach photos to document your crumb, crust, and scoring MASTER YOUR STARTER - Track starters with hydration levels and health status - Feeding reminders so you never miss a feed - Full feeding history and activity logs - Archive dormant starters without losing data SHARE YOUR BEST LOAVES - Generate beautiful bake cards with your stats and photo - Share straight to Messages, Instagram, or your camera roll BAKE WITH GUIDANCE - Built-in recipe templates by type and difficulty - Step-by-step guided sessions with smart background timers - Mark favorites and re-bake a recipe in one tap EVERYTHING SYNCED & PRIVATE - Automatic cloud backup and sync across devices - Sign in with Apple or email + Face ID - The developer does not collect your data Free to start. Premium unlocks unlimited bakes, starters, favorites, the full recipe library, multiple simultaneous sessions, and one-tap re-bakes.