Comparison

PantryMath vs SourTime

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

Head to head
About

PantryMath

Features
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FREE recipe calculator. One purchase ($2.99) unlocks everything — forever. A pocket-sized cooking math toolkit for anyone who cooks from international recipes. Try the core features free, then unlock pro features with a single one-time purchase. NO SUBSCRIPTION. NO ADS. EVER. → FREE FOREVER • Recipe scaling — input any recipe, scale to any servings • Cup / g / ml conversion for 200+ ingredients (USDA densities) • 5 saved recipes • 1 named kitchen timer • Default Blueprint Graphite theme • 100% offline, no account, no cloud → UNLOCK PRO ($2.99 once) • Unlimited saved recipes • Web / photo / text recipe import (paste a URL — we extract ingredients) • 313 tested ingredient substitutions, 8 categories, instant chip filter "1 cup buttermilk = 1 cup milk + 1 tbsp lemon juice" "1 egg = 1/4 cup applesauce" + 100 more • Up to 5 parallel kitchen timers • Baker's percentages with hydration math (5 sourdough/pizza/brioche presets) • Conversion history (last 50) • Multi-recipe party mode (merged ingredient list across recipes) • 6 Blueprint themes (Graphite, Cobalt, Olive, Brass, Plum, Pure Ink) • PDF export of scaled recipes → WHY ONE-TIME? This is a calculator. It shouldn't charge you monthly. $2.99 once. Yours forever. Family Sharing supported. → LANGUAGES English · German · Japanese · Korean · Arabic · French · Spanish · Portuguese · Simplified Chinese → INGREDIENT DATA Densities are sourced from the USDA Food Composition Database (public domain). Substitution rules are common cooking knowledge — no proprietary recipes bundled. Free download. Try the calculator. Decide if it's worth $2.99. Yours forever if you say yes.

About

SourTime

This app helps bakers accurately calculate sourdough bread ingredients and manage proofing times. It guides users through each baking stage, from starter care to the final bake, with customizable timers and helpful widgets.

Highlights
  • Ingredient calculation by loaf weight
  • Customizable hydration and ratios
  • Multi-phase proofing timer
  • Lock Screen and Dynamic Island integration
  • Starter care and feeding reminders
  • Bake history and notes
  • Quiet hours for overnight proofs
Features
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Sourdough forgives almost everything. Except bad timing. SourTime takes over the part that goes wrong when you try to keep it in your head: the quantities and the clock. Tell the app how big your loaf should be — it works out flour, water, starter and salt to the gram, then walks you through every phase, from autolyse to out of the oven. THE CALCULATOR Dial in the loaf weight and every ingredient follows. Hydration and ratios stay adjustable, and your own blends of wheat, rye, spelt and wholemeal take seconds to set up. If you want, the app also works out how warm the water needs to be for the dough to hit its target temperature. THE TIMER Five phases, each with the step that belongs to it: autolyse, bulk ferment, shaping, final proof, bake. The remaining time sits on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island — pause and resume without opening the app. ON APPLE WATCH Time remaining right on the watch face. Start, pause and resume the timer without taking your iPhone out of your pocket. ON THE HOME SCREEN The widget shows something even when no timer is running: starter care with the progress towards the next feeding, the next step from plan mode, or the recipe in short — depending on the widget size. You can feed the starter right there, with a confirmation step against mistaps and an undo button in Settings. YOUR STARTER A starter of your own in seven days, guided day by day. After that SourTime keeps track of the feeding rhythm and brings a timer of its own. QUIET HOURS Long overnight proofs come with the territory. Tell SourTime when you sleep and it shifts its reminders instead of waking you at three. YOUR LOAVES Every bake goes into your history with its recipe, notes, rating and a photo. So you can find your way back to what worked last time. NO ACCOUNT, NO ADS SourTime has no sign-in and no server. Everything stays on your device. No advertising, no tracking, no third-party analytics. SOURTIME PRO The free version isn't a demo: the calculator, the full phase timer, the starter assistant and your history are in it and stay in it. Pro lifts the limits and unlocks Plan mode, which works backwards from the time you want bread on the table. It adds the overnight cold proof in the fridge and a reminder to preheat the oven. The running timer on the Lock Screen, in the widget and on the Apple Watch is part of Pro as well — everything else in the widget shows without it. Buy once. No subscription.

Screenshots

PantryMath4 screens
SourTime4 screens

Verdict

The call

PantryMath and SourTime are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PantryMath sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SourTime sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
PantryMath versus SourTime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPantryMathSourTime
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShanghai Runesmith Artificial Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd.Rupert Andreas Maier

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PantryMath

One-time1
  • PantryMath Pro$2.99
1 purchases

SourTime

One-time1
  • SourTime Pro$8.99

Questions

Is PantryMath free?
PantryMath is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SourTime free?
SourTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PantryMath or SourTime have ads?
Neither PantryMath nor SourTime shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PantryMath or SourTime?
PantryMath ships an update fortnightly, and SourTime fortnightly. Most recently, PantryMath was updated on October 31, 2026 and SourTime on November 6, 2026.

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