Loafside vs LoafNote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Loafside
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Loafside is your calm, step-by-step sourdough companion — from feeding your starter to pulling a golden loaf out of the oven. Whether you're baking your first loaf or your hundredth, Loafside guides you through every stage with precision and ease. FEEDING CALCULATOR Choose your starter ratio, enter your amount, and Loafside tells you exactly how much water and flour you need. No mental math, no guessing. TIMERS THAT FOLLOW YOUR PROCESS Each stage has its own timer — feeding, bulk fermentation, and baking. Just start and follow along. BULK FERMENTATION CHECKLIST 13 guided steps walk you through every mix, rest, and stretch & fold. Never lose track of where you are. BAKING STAGES Lid on, lid off, cool on rack — Loafside times each stage automatically so you can focus on the bread, not the clock. Sourdough is slow by nature. Loafside makes sure every minute counts.
LoafNote
This app helps sourdough bakers manage their starter, adjust bulk fermentation based on kitchen temperature, and plan bakes. It offers timed reminders, recipe import, and a built-in learning course for beginners.
- Starter care and health tracking
- Temperature-adjusted bulk fermentation timing
- Bake planning and backward scheduling
- Recipe import from links, text, or photos
- Timed step reminders
- Bake logging and learning
- Beginner sourdough course and glossary
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Sourdough runs on your kitchen's temperature, not the recipe writer's clock. Tell LoafNote when you want warm bread and it plans the whole bake backward from that moment, tuned to your kitchen and scheduled around your sleep. PLAN THE BAKE BACKWARD Pick a finish time. LoafNote works back through every step: when to feed, when to mix, when to shape, including cold proofs. If a schedule would have you folding dough at 3am, it bends the plan so the work lands while you're awake. When that isn't possible, it says so. BULK THAT WATCHES THE TEMPERATURE Tell LoafNote your kitchen temperature and it adjusts the bulk window with guidance for every rise along the way. YOUR STARTER, LOOKED AFTER Keep one starter or several. LoafNote tracks each feed and shows you at a glance whether a starter is hungry, rising, or at peak, so it's ready when you are. NO STARTER YET? MAKE ONE Mix flour and water and LoafNote takes it from there: what to feed each day, what the jar should look like, and why the quiet day 4 is normal. In about a week, a readiness check walks you through the signs that it can raise bread. A NUDGE WHEN IT'S TIME Start a bake and put the phone down. Step timers and reminders tell you when the dough needs you, and the current step sits on your lock screen with its countdown running. RUN MORE THAN ONE BAKE A boule for Saturday and a focaccia for tonight can run side by side. Each bake keeps its own timers and its own lock screen countdown, and Home lists every active bake in one place. When the day gets away from you, pause a step and resume when you're back at the counter. RECIPES WITHOUT THE SCROLLING Paste a link, paste text, or import from a photo. You get the ingredients and timed steps, with hydration and baker's percentages worked out with everything measured in grams. Your recipes stay on your phone forever and you can share them with friends with one tap! EVERY LOAF TEACHES THE NEXT Rate the crumb and note what you'd change. That note greets you the next time you start the same recipe. LEARN BEFORE BAKING New to sourdough? A built-in course walks you through the basics, and a glossary covers the terms bakers actually use. No question is too small. FREE FOR A MONTH Try everything free for a month. Long enough to wake a starter up and put a few real bakes behind you. After that, LoafNote is $3.99 a month or $29.99 a year, and the subscription includes the whole app. What you're paying for is the planning: a schedule built backward from when you want bread, bent around your sleep, with bulk timing tuned to your kitchen. A timer alone doesn't do that. No ads, no account needed, and your baking data stays on your device. Terms: https://loafnote.com/terms.html Privacy: https://loafnote.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Loafside at none against LoafNote's 2. 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
Both are free to download. LoafNote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Loafside asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Loafside | LoafNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sohee Lee | Bruin Labs LLC |
In-app purchases
Loafside
No in-app purchases
LoafNote
- LoafNote Monthly1 Month trial$3.991 Month
- LoafNote Annual1 Month trial$29.991 Year







