Bloom Sourdough vs Sauerdo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Bloom Sourdough
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You bake. Bloom remembers. You learn a craft by doing and by remembering what works. Bloom is your personal sourdough journal. Not a checklist app. A journal. One for every bake, every experiment, every loaf that was just a little better than the last. WHILE YOU BAKE Step by step, without distraction. Timers for autolyse, bulk and proofing. Notes while you work. Bloom keeps the structure, you keep the feel. AFTER THE BAKE The bread is gone. The bake stays. Score your crust, crumb and taste. Bloom analyses what could improve. While you're already thinking about the next loaf. BETWEEN BAKES See when your starter is ready. Look back at your bakes over time. Plan your next bake. Bloom is there even when you're not baking. FREE TO USE - Full bake journal with timers & steps - Log a past bake - 1 starter - feedings & reminders - Save 5 recipes - 1 photo per bake - Full bake history - Your Journal - scores & statistics - All reminders & timers BLOOM PREMIUM - โฌ6.99/YEAR * Smart bake analysis - what went well, what to improve * Bake planning with automatic timing * Starter insights - peak times & temperature patterns * Deeper analysis - scores by category & ratios * DDT Calculator - find your ideal dough temperature * Track multiple starters * Unlimited recipes * Up to 6 photos per bake * Share your bake card & recipe * Set a bake goal Start free for 14 days, โฌ6.99/year (launch price). Cancel anytime. YOUR DATA, YOURS No account, no tracking, no fuss. Your bakes sync automatically via iCloud. Never lost, always at hand. Requires iOS 26. Terms of Use: https://bloomsourdough.com/terms
Sauerdo
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Sauerdo is the fermentation journal for bakers who want to improve. Whether you're chasing your first open crumb, dialing in a 72-hour cold-fermented sourdough, perfecting Neapolitan pizza dough, or experimenting with focaccia and brioche โ Sauerdo turns every bake into a real entry in a real journal. Not a notes app. Not a spreadsheet. A tool built for flour-on-hands hands. โ Track the bake as it happens โ Tap an action: Mix dough, Stretch & fold, Cold ferment started, Launch & bake. Sauerdo timestamps it for you. Snap a photo without leaving the session. Add a note when something happens you'll want to remember. The whole bake gets logged hands-free, then becomes a clean timeline you can scroll back through tomorrow, next week, or next year. โ Score every bake against the same rubric โ Crust, crumb, scoring, oven spring, salt balance โ every bake earns a number from 0 to 11. After ten or twenty bakes, you stop guessing and start seeing. Which flour gave you the most open crumb? Which ambient temperature lined up with your best ears? The patterns are sitting in your history; Sauerdo just makes them visible. โ Tools bakers actually need โ โข Bulk fermentation predictor: dough temp + ambient + flour character + target rise โ a real time range, not a generic "4โ6 hours." โข Reverse schedule planner: pick when bread comes out of the oven, work backwards through every stage. โข Hydration calculator: dial in your water exactly, every time. โข Baker's percentages: type weights, see ratios; type ratios, see weights. โข Yeast converter: IDY โ ADY โ fresh yeast, with activation guidance baked in. โข Stretch & fold timer: set the interval and the rounds, get a wrist nudge for each one. โข Starter feeding scheduler: feed on time, every time, with predictable peak windows. โ Built for every kind of bake โ Sauerdo ships with workflows for sourdough, pizza, focaccia, brioche, ciabatta, baguette, and rye. Each bake type has its own scoring rubric and its own timeline. A Neapolitan pizza dough is not a country sourdough โ Sauerdo treats them differently. โ Local-first. No account required. โ Sauerdo lives on your phone. Your bake photos, notes, scores, and recipes stay in your journal unless you choose to export or share them. โ Sauerdo Pro โ Free includes everything you need to track and score your bakes. Pro is for bakers ready to scale up: โข Unlimited saved recipes and unlimited journal history โข Multiple simultaneous live sessions โ proof a sourdough while a pizza dough cold-ferments โข Up to 10 photo slots per bake โ finished loaf, crumb shot, score pattern, and a full bake trail โข Branded share cards built for the feed โข PDF export of your full bake journal Sauerdo Pro is sold as an auto-renewing subscription through your Apple ID. Cancel anytime in Settings. โ Made in Copenhagen, by a baker, for bakers โ Got a workflow we should add, a bake type we missed, or a question? Email kc@mondaybrew.dk. We read everything. Terms of Use (EULA): https://sauerdo.vercel.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://sauerdo.vercel.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Sauerdo at daily against Bloom Sourdough's every 4 days. Sauerdo also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Bloom Sourdough sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per year and Sauerdo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bloom Sourdough ships an update every 4 days, Sauerdo daily. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bloom Sourdough | Sauerdo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Daily โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Martijn Schraven | mondaybrew |
In-app purchases
Bloom Sourdough
- Bloom Premium14 Days trial$5.991 Year
Sauerdo
- Sauerdo Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- Sauerdo Pro Yearly$82.991 Year







