Bubbles vs Meat Curing & Brine Calculator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Bubbles
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Bubbles is your companion for home fermentation. Track active ferments, follow step-by-step recipes, and get reminders so nothing sits forgotten on the counter. Whether you're just starting out or have a shelf full of bubbling jars, Bubbles helps you keep track of what you're making and when it's ready. What you can do - Built-in recipes for sauerkraut, kimchi, tepache, kombucha and more - Create and save your own recipes with ingredients, steps, and reminders - Import a recipe from any website, just paste a link - Follow each ferment step-by-step and get notified when it's time to burp, taste, or move to the fridge - Add notes and photos to track how each batch turns out - Archive finished ferments and look back at what worked - Guides covering salt, acidity, temperature, mold vs kahm yeast, cleaning, and storage - Works offline once set up, internet is only needed for recipe import and purchases Made in Europe Bubbles is built by a small team in Europe. Our servers and data are hosted in the EU, and the app is designed around GDPR principles ā no sign-up required to get started and no data selling. Premium Bubbles is free to use with a core set of recipes, tracking and guides. An optional Bubbles Premium subscription unlocks additional recipes and features. Privacy Your recipes, ferments, notes and photos stay on your device by default. We don't require an email or account to use the app. Anonymous usage analytics can be turned off in Settings. Privacy Policy: https://bubblesferment.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://bubblesferment.com/terms-of-service
Meat Curing & Brine Calculator
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Salt math, day counts and water-loss targets for every cut you hang. Meat Curing & Brine Calculator is a meat curing tracker for home charcuterie: it works out the cure, counts the days, and tells you when the bresaola is actually done. Most curing goes wrong at two moments: the salt rub and the pull date. Meat Curing fixes both. Type the green weight of your pork belly or eye of round and you get sea salt grams, Cure #1 or Cure #2 grams and the resulting nitrite ppm, checked against the 200 ppm ingoing ceiling for dry-cured meat. Set a target loss and Meat Curing calculates the finishing weight, then follows the batch with weigh-in reminders until it gets there. WHAT YOU GET ⢠Exact salt and pink-cure grams for any green weight, with the nitrite ppm verified safe before the meat is touched ⢠A finishing weight for every project, so a 35% loss coppa is a number on a scale, not a guess ⢠Weekly weigh-in reminders and a finish alert the moment a cure reaches its target ⢠Eight vault recipes with milestones built in: bresaola, pancetta, guanciale, lardo, coppa, gravlax, home bacon and finocchiona salami ⢠A logbook per batch for weigh-ins, flips, vac-seals, re-rubs and cellar temperature and humidity ⢠A cellar archive of finished and discarded cures, weights and notes intact for next season PERFECT FOR ⢠First-timers who want the safety math done before the salt goes on ⢠Whole-muscle curers hanging prosciutto, bresaola or coppa to a weight target ⢠Salumi makers juggling ferment-then-dry schedules across several casings ⢠Weekend bacon and gravlax cooks who just need the right ratio, fast WHY NOT JUST A SPREADSHEET? A spreadsheet knows the percentages, but it does not know today is day 21, that the pancetta is still 140 g from target, or that the next step is rinse and case. Meat Curing ties the calculator to the calendar and the scale: every batch shows days in, days remaining, current loss and the next milestone on one card, and the app nudges you when it is time to weigh. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your cures, weights and notes stay on this iPhone. There is no account to create, no cloud sync, no ads and no third-party analytics. Reminders are local notifications you can switch off at any time. FULL ACCESS Meat Curing requires a subscription. Choose a weekly or yearly plan to unlock unlimited cures, the salt and nitrate calculator, the recipe vault and all reminders. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed or cancelled in your App Store account settings. Weigh your first cut, tap Start a cure, and let Meat Curing & Brine Calculator count the days. Terms of Service: https://pnkl26.web.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://pnkl26.web.app/privacy-policy Support: pnkhanhlinh0206@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Meat Curing & Brine Calculator at none against Bubbles's 2. Bubbles's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.3 vs 17.0). On price and ads there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Bubbles sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Meat Curing & Brine Calculator asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Bubbles | Meat Curing & Brine Calculator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | ā | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No ā better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod ā better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.3 ā better | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MANTAS LATKAUSKAS | Linh Phan Nhat Khanh |
In-app purchases
Bubbles
- Bubbles Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
- Bubbles Premium Annual1 Month trial$29.991 Year
Meat Curing & Brine Calculator
No in-app purchases
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