Levain vs Sourdough Bake Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Levain
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Your sourdough starter deserves better than a sticky note on the fridge. Levain is the simplest way to track every feeding, build consistency, and never lose a great recipe. - Log each feed in seconds: flour, water, temperature, rise % and photo attached - Build your streak with a 30-day ring that rewards showing up every day - 50 community formulas with baker's math built in: scale any recipe to any loaf size instantly Built for the sourdough community. Whether you're nursing your first starter or juggling three at once, Levain keeps you consistent. Levain Pro unlocks unlimited starters, the full 50-formula library, and crumb photos. One-time purchase. No subscription, ever. Your data lives entirely on your device. No account required. No cloud. No tracking.
Sourdough Bake Timer
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Sourdough doesn't wait for you. Levain runs your whole bake from one timeline โ every stage, every fold, every proof โ and its alarms ring through silent mode so you never sleep through a shape again. Most timers count down once. A real loaf needs eight stages across eighteen hours, half of them overnight. Levain was built for that. ONE TIMER, EVERY STAGE Chain autolyse, mix, bulk ferment, folds, shape, cold retard and bake into a single schedule. Every step shows the clock time it will actually happen, before you start โ so you know tonight whether you are pulling bread out at 7am or at noon. Long bakes get Next Day markers where the timeline crosses midnight. ALARMS THAT ACTUALLY WAKE YOU Stage alerts ring through silent mode and Focus, the way a Clock alarm does. Loud alarms are per stage: quiet for the overnight retard, loud for the oven. LIVE ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN The countdown lives in the Dynamic Island and on your Lock Screen. Glance at the stage name, the step number and the time left without opening the app. DOUGH THAT RUNS LATE When a stage ends the clock keeps counting up instead of resetting. Dough is ready when it is ready โ Levain waits, and tells you how far over you are. BUILD YOUR OWN BREAD Drag stages into a timeline, scrub durations on a rotary dial, and drop ingredients, temperatures and humidity targets onto any step. Baker's percentage is calculated as you go, with levain counted as half flour and half water. A JOURNAL OF EVERY LOAF Log a bake and it becomes a photo on your calendar. The background is lifted off your loaf on device, so the bread sits as a sticker on the day you baked it. Notes, a gallery, the ingredients and the timeline it really ran on are kept as a snapshot โ editing the recipe later never rewrites history. Starts with Classic Sourdough and Sourdough Focaccia. No account, and nothing leaves your phone. FREE AND PRO Free includes 3 recipes with the full multi-stage timer, loud alarms and Live Activity. Levain Pro unlocks unlimited recipes and the full photo bake journal, with a 7-day free trial. Available monthly, yearly, or as a one-time purchase. Monthly and yearly plans renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings. Terms of Use: https://liuys614.github.io/levain/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://liuys614.github.io/levain/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sourdough Bake Timer at none against Levain's 1. Levain's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 8 days) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Levain sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sourdough Bake Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Levain ships an update daily, Sourdough Bake Timer every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Levain | Sourdough Bake Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Daily โ better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No โ better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 โ better | 26.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matteo Majnoni | YI SHIH LIU |
In-app purchases
Levain
- Sourdough+$4.99
Sourdough Bake Timer
No in-app purchases








