Sourdoughy vs BreadLog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sourdoughy
This app acts as a personal sourdough coach, offering AI-powered starter analysis, feeding reminders, and step-by-step baking tutorials. It provides recipes and troubleshooting for common bread-making issues, helping users bake better bread.
- AI starter health analysis via photo
- Personalized daily feeding schedules
- Step-by-step baking tutorials
- Authentic bakery recipes
- Troubleshooting for baking problems
- Beginner and experienced baker friendly
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Sourdoughy is your pocket sourdough coach, from your very first starter to bakery-worthy loaves. Not sure if your starter is healthy? Just snap a photo. Our AI reads it instantly and tells you what stage it's in, what to do next, and how to fix common problems. It's like having an experienced baker in your kitchen, day and night. WHAT YOU CAN DO - AI Starter Coach: Take a photo of your starter and get instant, personalized feedback on its health, rise, and readiness to bake. - Daily Care Routine: Build a feeding schedule that fits your kitchen, with gentle reminders so you never forget to feed your starter. - Step-by-Step Tutorials: Learn the craft the right way, from creating a starter to stretch and fold, shaping, scoring, and reading fermentation. - Real Bakery Recipes: Bake crusty boules, seeded batards, sandwich loaves, and more, with clear ingredients and exact timings. - Troubleshooting Help: Dense crumb? Flat loaf? Sluggish starter? Get answers fast. WHY BAKERS LOVE IT - Beginner-friendly, but deep enough for experienced bakers. - Designed to build a real habit, not just a one-time bake. - Beautiful, calm, and easy to follow. - Available in English and Spanish. Whether you're starting your first jar of flour and water or chasing the perfect open crumb, Sourdoughy helps you bake better bread, one loaf at a time. Download Sourdoughy and start baking today. Sourdoughy offers an optional premium subscription that unlocks unlimited AI starter check-ins, all tutorials, and the full recipe library. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. SOURDOUGHY PREMIUM Upgrade for unlimited recipes, unlimited ai usage, and an ad-free experience. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Cancel anytime from your App Store settings. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://blackboxcode.io/Privacy.html
BreadLog
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BreadLog turns sourdough baking from a stressful guessing game into a guided, joyful ritual. Whether you're feeding your first starter or scoring your hundredth loaf, the app keeps a calm, warm presence beside you in the kitchen. WHAT'S INSIDE Live cooking sessions with a visual progress line, encouraging ambient text, and haptic milestones at every key moment. Hands-free mode — say "Next" with floured hands or tap giant buttons designed for messy kitchens. Scoring preview with camera overlay — pick a pattern, rotate it over your dough, score with confidence. Smart waiting prompts during long ferments — what to do while you wait, plus dough-expansion visualizer. Live Activity + Dynamic Island — your current step and countdown live on the lock screen. Mini educational moments — tap a term, learn what autolyse, bulk ferment, or scoring really mean. STARTER & JOURNEY Starter Journey — a 6-step guided path: from mixing flour and water to fridge sleep mode and dried backup. Baking Journey — a 5-day onboarding for absolute beginners with confidence-building milestones. Flour mix on feedings — log wheat + rye + whole grain together with separate gram amounts. Activity chart, peak prediction, fridge / room mode, spoilage detection. RECIPES 12 built-in artisan recipes — classic sourdough, focaccia, no-knead bread, rye, pita, banana bread, oatmeal loaf, plus three new summer picks: sourdough bagels, spinach & feta flatbread, strawberry jam buns. Seasonal "Summer pick" badge highlights fresh-weather recipes. Add your own with photos, step-by-step instructions and built-in timers. SHARE & CELEBRATE Send recipes as a .breadlog file via Messages, Mail or AirDrop — tap, import, bake. Beautiful shareable bake cards with hydration, fermentation time, rating — perfect for Instagram. Before & After gallery — see how your loaves have grown across bakes. No accounts. No ads. Your bread, your data, your kitchen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BreadLog at none against Sourdoughy's 4. BreadLog also leads on ads (none vs shown). Sourdoughy's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. Sourdoughy sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. BreadLog asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sourdoughy ships an update every 10 days, BreadLog every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sourdoughy | BreadLog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Black Box Code LLC | Lelia Vlasenko |
In-app purchases
Sourdoughy
- Premium Weekly Offer$2.997 Days
- Premium Weekly$7.997 Days
- Premium Yearly Offer$24.991 Year
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- Premium Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year
BreadLog
No in-app purchases









