Comparison

Sourdough Tracker vs Fermenta

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

Head to head
About

Sourdough Tracker

Track your sourdough starter feedings, predict its peak, and time your bread baking phases. Document every loaf, recipe, and starter activity in a personal baking journal. Understand fermentation and hydration to improve your bakes.

Highlights
  • Log starter feedings and discards
  • Predict starter peak times
  • Time bake phases with live timers
  • Document homemade loaves
  • Store sourdough recipes
  • Kitchen Mode for hands-free baking
  • Live Activity and widget support
Features
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Crumb is a sourdough starter tracker and baking companion for home bakers who love the ritual of making real, artisan bread. Log your daily starter feedings, learn when your sourdough starter peaks, time every phase of your dough, and keep a record of every homemade loaf in one place. Whether you are nurturing your very first starter or baking weekly for family and friends, Crumb keeps a clear history of your bread making: feedings and discards, dough preparation steps, your go-to baking recipes, and timers from autolyse through the final bake. By tracking your own process you start to understand fermentation timing, hydration ratios, proofing windows, and how small adjustments shape the final crumb. FREE • Sourdough starter tracker: one starter with a feeding timeline. Log every feeding and discard, and watch its activity build up. • Bread baking log: record up to 2 bakes with recipe notes, observations and dough preparation details. • Recipe keeper: save one bread recipe, bread machine recipes included, to come back to whenever you bake. • Feeding calculator: the starter, water and flour ratio maths, on its own tab. • Bulk fermentation calculator: estimate bulk timing from your dough temperature. • Kitchen bake timers: autolyse, bulk fermentation, proofing and the bake itself. • Your data is yours: export starters, bakes and recipes to CSV at any time, free on every plan. CRUMB+ • Unlimited starters, bakes and recipes. • Kitchen Mode: a large-type, hands-free companion for floury fingers. It walks you through any saved recipe step by step, runs a starter feeding helper, and keeps the screen awake. • Live bake tracking: follow your loaf phase by phase while it bakes, without unlocking your phone. • Peak-time predictions: Crumb learns when your starter peaks from your own temperature and feeding history, then tells you when the window is open. • Feeding reminders: a nudge when each starter is due. • Feeding ratio and temperature logging: the exact ratio and dough temperature behind every feeding. • Sourdough hydration calculator: water, levain, flour and salt weights from any formula, with a built-in sourdough bread calculator. • Bake and starter photos: every stage of your loaf, from the bubbly rise to the final scoring, plus a photo of your jar on the starter profile and on any single feeding. • Bake rating and scoring: crust, crumb, ear, flavor and rise. • Bake statistics: hydration trends, flour usage and baking frequency. • Feeding streaks and milestones. • Recipe Box: import a curated library of tested sourdough recipes. • Share cards and bread reports: shareable cards of your proudest bakes, and a full bread report as a PDF. No account. No ads. No analytics. Your baking records stay on your device. Crumb+ is available weekly, monthly, yearly, or as a one-time Lifetime purchase. A 3-day free trial is offered on the Monthly and Yearly plans. Prices are shown in the app before you buy. Bake, learn, improve. One loaf at a time. Privacy Policy: https://creativeadventureslab.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-Crumb-Sourdough-Tracker-3239f4ad1ce9809e9fafc8016de4f06b Terms of Use: https://creativeadventureslab.notion.site/Terms-of-Use-Crumb-Sourdough-Tracker-3359f4ad1ce98042b0bee4f9c91a2d35 Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Fermenta

Features
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Fermentation is rewarding, but timing, safety checks, and scattered notes can make it harder than it needs to be. Fermenta gives you a clear way to start, follow, and finish homemade ferments with confidence. With Fermenta, making your favourite fermented foods becomes simple. Choose a guided recipe, start a batch, follow the steps, and keep track of what needs your attention. Each recipe helps you prepare the right ingredients and equipment, understand what to look for, and decide when to taste, store, bottle, or keep fermenting. Use Fermenta for sourdough, kombucha, kimchi, yoghurt and more. What Fermenta helps you do: • Discover guided fermentation recipes • Start a batch from a recipe • Follow clear step-by-step actions • Get reminders and see what is due today • Track batch progress over time • Add notes and observations • Check ingredients, equipment, timelines, storage, and safety notes Fermenta is made for beginners and curious home fermenters who want practical guidance without overcomplication. It keeps the process calm, organised, and easy to return to. Fermenta gives practical guidance, but it does not replace trusted food-safety advice. Always use clean equipment, follow recipe safety notes, and discard anything that looks or smells unsafe. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://getfermenta.com/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: https://getfermenta.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Sourdough Tracker4 screens
Fermenta4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Sourdough Tracker at #199 against Fermenta's unranked. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Sourdough Tracker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Fermenta sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sourdough Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, Fermenta fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 10 level
Sourdough Tracker versus Fermenta: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSourdough TrackerFermenta
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
Best chart rank#199 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB72 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCREATIVE ADVENTURES LABMerlijn van Engelen

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Sourdough Tracker

Subscriptions3
  • Crumb : Sourdough Tracker Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Crumb : Sourdough Tracker Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Crumb+ : Sourdough Tracker Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Crumb Lifetime Unlock$39.99
3 purchases

Fermenta

Subscriptions3
  • Fermenta Premium14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Fermenta Premium14 Days trial$8.993 Months
  • Fermenta Premium14 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Sourdough Tracker free?
Sourdough Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fermenta free?
Fermenta is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sourdough Tracker or Fermenta have ads?
Neither Sourdough Tracker nor Fermenta shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sourdough Tracker or Fermenta?
Sourdough Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, and Fermenta fortnightly. Most recently, Sourdough Tracker was updated on October 31, 2026 and Fermenta on October 31, 2026.

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