BakeSide vs Starter Club
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BakeSide
This AI-powered companion helps you understand your sourdough starter by analyzing photos and providing personalized guidance. It offers custom bake plans, adaptable recipes, and troubleshooting advice to ensure successful baking.
- AI starter analysis from photos
- Personalized bake schedules
- Adaptable sourdough recipes
- Troubleshooting via chat
- Starter health assessment
- Recipe sharing
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BakeSide is your AI sourdough companion, for the moment you look at your starter and think "is this right?" WHEN TO REACH FOR BAKESIDE • Your starter isn't rising and you don't know why • You're not sure if it's ready to bake, or if it's dead • You want your loaf ready at a specific time, not whenever • Your dough is sticky, your ferment is slow, and the guides all say something different READ YOUR STARTER FROM A PHOTO Snap a photo, add your temperature, the smell, and how long it's been in the fridge. BakeSide tells you what's going on and exactly what to do next: feed it, wait, or bake. BAKE PLANS TIMED TO YOU Tell BakeSide when you want your loaf out of the oven. It builds a schedule backwards from that moment so you're not guessing when to feed, mix, shape, and bake. RECIPES THAT ADAPT TO YOU Browse a catalog of sourdough recipes, then make any of them yours. BakeSide fits the recipe to your starter, your schedule, and your kitchen. Share your bakes and recipes with other bakers. TROUBLESHOOTING THAT ACTUALLY LISTENS Weak starter, sticky dough, slow fermentation, flat loaf: ask in plain language. BakeSide's chat adapts to your kitchen, your tools, and your goals instead of handing you a generic answer. BUILT FOR • Beginners who want a second opinion they can trust • Experienced bakers who want tighter timing and fewer failed bakes • Anyone reviving a neglected starter BakeSide has already analyzed thousands of sourdough starter photos, and it gets sharper with every bake. BakeSide is free to start. For bakers who want more, BakeSide Plus is an optional subscription. You'll always know what's free and what's Plus before anything changes. Questions or feedback? We read everything. Made by the team behind Superbaking. Terms of Use: https://www.bakeside.app/app-terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://www.bakeside.app/app-privacy-policy
Starter Club
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Starter Club is a private, invite-only home for sourdough friends. Create a club for your baking circle, or join one with an invite from a friend. Inside, you'll find everything a community of bakers needs: NEWS FEED: Share photos of your latest loaves, celebrate wins, and cheer each other on. RECIPES: Save and swap your best sourdough recipes, from beginner loaves to ambitious bakes. THE STARTER HOTEL: Going away? Find a fellow member to look after your starter while you're gone. No more asking friends to feed a jar they don't understand. FEEDING LOG: Keep track of when you last fed each of your starters, so none of them go hungry. MEMBERS: See who's in your club and what they're baking. DISCOVER: Browse public bakes shared by the wider Starter Club community for inspiration. Whether you're nurturing your first starter or you've got a fridge full of them, Starter Club keeps your baking community close. Here for the dough.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Starter Club at none against BakeSide's 4. Starter Club also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. BakeSide sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Starter Club asks for nothing beyond the download.
BakeSide ships an update fortnightly, Starter Club weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BakeSide | Starter Club |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (14 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | White Sand | Hive Holdings Limited |
In-app purchases
BakeSide
- BakeSide Plus (Monthly)$9.991 Month
- BakeSide Plus Founding$79.991 Year
- BakeSide Plus (Yearly)$99.991 Year
- BakeSide Credit Pack$4.99
Starter Club
No in-app purchases
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