Comparison

BreadLog vs Sourdough Starter

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

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About

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 โ€” say "Next" with floured hands or tap giant buttons designed for messy kitchens. Scoring preview with camera overlay โ€” pick a pattern, rotate it over your dough, score with confidence. Smart waiting prompts during long ferments โ€” what to do while you wait, plus dough-expansion visualizer. Live Activity + Dynamic Island โ€” your current step and countdown live on the lock screen. Mini educational moments โ€” tap a term, learn what autolyse, bulk ferment, or scoring really mean. STARTER & JOURNEY Starter Journey โ€” a 6-step guided path: from mixing flour and water to fridge sleep mode and dried backup. Baking Journey โ€” a 5-day onboarding for absolute beginners with confidence-building milestones. Flour mix on feedings โ€” 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 โ€” 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 โ€” tap, import, bake. Beautiful shareable bake cards with hydration, fermentation time, rating โ€” perfect for Instagram. Before & After gallery โ€” see how your loaves have grown across bakes. No accounts. No ads. Your bread, your data, your kitchen.

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Sourdough Starter

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Levain keeps your sourdough starters alive and thriving, and actually shows you how they're doing. Set up your starter, tap "Fed!" when you feed it, and get gentle reminders when the next feed is due. No more dead starters, no more guessing when you last fed them. A STARTER THAT COMES ALIVE Watch your starter rise and fall right in the app, in sync with its real feeding cycle: climbing after a feed, doming at its peak when it's the perfect time to bake, and sinking when it's getting hungry. One glance tells you exactly where it's at. NEVER MISS A FEED Reliable reminders keep firing even if you don't open the app for days, with gentle nudges if your starter's been waiting. A Home-screen widget shows your next feed at a glance. EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE - Multiple starters with names, photos and custom schedules - One-tap feeding with a countdown to the next feed - Feeding history and a photo album for each starter - Pause for the fridge when you're not baking - Feeding-ratio helper and a peak timer for the perfect bake window - A bake journal to log your loaves with crumb photos and ratings - Streaks and stats to keep you consistent - A shareable card to show off your starter and your bakes Your starters sync privately through your own iCloud, never our servers, so they follow you to a new device. No account. Set it up in 30 seconds and let Levain keep your starters happy. Levain Pro unlocks every feature. Subscription options: โ€ข Levain Pro Weekly: $4.99/week โ€ข Levain Pro Yearly: $14.99/year, with a 7-day free trial A one-time Levain Pro Lifetime purchase ($19.99) is also available. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://moonshot.ie/levain/privacy/

Screenshots

BreadLog4 screens
Sourdough Starter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BreadLog at none against Sourdough Starter's 3. Sourdough Starter's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Sourdough Starter sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. BreadLog asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BreadLog ships an update every 3 weeks, Sourdough Starter every 3 days. Both last shipped on September 14, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
BreadLog versus Sourdough Starter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBreadLogSourdough Starter
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size4 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLelia VlasenkoMoonshot Media Limited

In-app purchases

None

BreadLog

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Sourdough Starter

Subscriptions2
  • Levain Pro โ€” Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Levain Pro โ€” Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Levain Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is BreadLog free?
BreadLog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sourdough Starter free?
Sourdough Starter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BreadLog or Sourdough Starter have ads?
Neither BreadLog nor Sourdough Starter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BreadLog or Sourdough Starter?
BreadLog ships an update every 3 weeks, and Sourdough Starter every 3 days. Most recently, BreadLog was updated on September 14, 2026 and Sourdough Starter on September 14, 2026.

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