Comparison

Ultra Baker vs Fridge!

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

Head to head
About

Ultra Baker

Features
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Ultra Baker is a sourdough baker's percentage calculator built around how real baking works. Pick the loaf weight you want โ€” it scales total flour, water, salt, and a two-stage starter in real time. TWO MODES โ€ข Beginner โ€” pick how many loaves and bake. 1200g loaves, 67% hydration, two-stage starter. The numbers just appear. โ€ข Pro โ€” tune hydration (55โ€“85%), salt, starter %, old-starter carry-over %, starter hydration with a "Link to dough" toggle, starter proof time, and a flour blend with as many flours as you want โ€” sliders that always rebalance to 100%. A BAKE-DAY TIMER THAT MAKES SENSE Eight phases from "build starter" to "rest before cutting", each with the right time and oven temperature. Once you press start, the timer keeps running and pings you for each step transition โ€” even with the app closed. Lock-screen Live Activity and Dynamic Island show the active phase and countdown without unlocking your phone. Manual prev/next phase navigation if you want to skip ahead or step back. A STARTER GUIDE BUILT IN Tap the book icon for a step-by-step starter guide โ€” Beginner shows the recipe (1:1 by weight, 1/3 forward, 5โ€“7 days to ready); Pro adds the science (yeast vs. lactic acid, fridge math, float test). NO ACCOUNTS. NO ADS. Recipes save on your device. Nothing leaves your phone. No signup, no email, no tracking. OFFLINE-READY Works without a network. Calculate on a plane, bake at the cabin. WHY A CALCULATOR? Most sourdough recipes give you one fixed loaf at one fixed hydration. Real baking is percentages: change the loaf weight or push the hydration and everything else has to change with it. Ultra Baker does that math in one step so you can spend the time at the bench, not the spreadsheet. DESIGNED FOR HOME BAKERS, BUILT BY ONE Made by a baker who got tired of redoing the math every weekend. Free. Stays free.

About

Fridge!

Features
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Open the fridge, not another cookbook. Fridge! turns the ingredients you already have into recipes you can make right now โ€” no grocery run required. Most recipe apps work backwards: you pick a dish, then go shopping. Fridge! flips it. Tell it what's in your kitchen and instantly see what you can cook tonight, ranked by how well each recipe matches your pantry โ€” and what's just one or two items short. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT โ€ข Cook with what you have โ€” type your ingredients and get recipes ranked by best match โ€ข See it at a glance โ€” every recipe shows "uses 4 of your 6 ยท needs 1 more" โ€ข Smart shopping list โ€” tap any missing item to add it, grouped by recipe โ€ข Your pantry, remembered โ€” keep a standing list of staples so you never retype โ€ข Diet filters that stick โ€” vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and more, applied to every search โ€ข Add your own recipes โ€” save your family favorites and match them against your pantry too, with links to your favorite cooking videos โ€ข Works fully offline โ€” everything runs on your device, instantly โ€ข Syncs across your devices โ€” pantry, saves and shopping list follow you via iCloud COMPLETELY FREE. NO CATCH. No ads. No subscription. No account. No tracking. Every feature is free for everyone, forever. The only purchase is an optional small tip if you'd like to say thanks โ€” and it unlocks nothing, because there's nothing locked. Reduce food waste. Skip the "what's for dinner" stress. Cook more with what's already in your fridge. Download Fridge! and make something tonight.

Screenshots

Ultra Baker3 screens
Fridge!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ultra Baker at none against Fridge!'s 1. 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. Fridge! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ultra Baker asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Ultra Baker versus Fridge!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUltra BakerFridge!
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPER MAGNE HELSETHJuan Casanueva

In-app purchases

None

Ultra Baker

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Fridge!

One-time1
  • Buy me a coffee$0.99

Questions

Is Ultra Baker free?
Ultra Baker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fridge! free?
Fridge! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ultra Baker or Fridge! have ads?
Neither Ultra Baker nor Fridge! shows ads.

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