Comparison

Sourdough Bread Proofing Timer vs BakeMemo

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

Head to head
About

Sourdough Bread Proofing Timer

Features
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Pick the moment you want to slice the loaf. Proofing Timer works backward through every fermentation step and tells you exactly when to mix, fold, shape, chill and bake. Most bread apps hand you a recipe and a stopwatch. Proofing Timer starts from the only time that matters, when you want to eat, and builds the whole schedule around it: autolyse, levain, bulk ferment, stretch and folds, preshape, final shape, cold proof, bake. Turn on reminders and your phone taps you on the shoulder at each stage, even with the app closed. WHAT YOU GET • A full bake schedule from one question: when should the loaf be ready? • Reminders for every fermentation stage, so no bulk ferment runs away from you again • Hydration in seconds: enter flour and water, or a target percentage, and get the answer • Bakers percentages for salt, levain and hydration on every recipe you save • A milestone log for each bake, from mix to oven, with notes on what you saw and felt • A history you can search, with a crumb score for every loaf so you can see what worked PERFECT FOR • Weekend bakers who want a Saturday loaf without a 5 a.m. alarm • Anyone whose starter is finally alive and wants the next bake to be repeatable • Bakers scaling a country loaf, ciabatta, focaccia, rye or brioche up or down • People who have lost track of a bulk ferment one too many times WHY NOT JUST USE NOTES AND A KITCHEN TIMER? A timer counts one stage. A recipe lists ingredients. Neither knows that a 12 hour cold proof and a 4 hour bulk mean you must mix by 3 p.m. on Friday to eat at noon on Saturday. Proofing Timer does that arithmetic for you, then remembers how every loaf turned out so the next one is better. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your recipes, schedules and bake history stay on this device. No account, no sign in, no ads, no tracking. Reminders are local notifications that never leave your phone. FULL ACCESS Proofing Timer is a paid app with three ways to unlock everything: a weekly subscription, a yearly subscription, or a one time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings at any time. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Set your slicing time tonight and let Proofing Timer tell you when to start. 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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BakeMemo

Features
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Bake by ratio. Keep what changed. BakeMemo brings your formula, steps and results together so your next bake starts with experience, not a blank page. For sourdough, everyday bread, cakes, cookies and your own baking experiments. Start a bake from Home, adapt a previous batch or begin with a basic formula. Resume a draft and see recent results alongside the main change from the previous bake. Work in baker’s percentages with flour at 100%. Flour and water in your starter count toward the totals. Change the target dough weight or proportions and recalculate grams automatically, keeping hydration and ingredient changes in view. Before you begin, check whether your pantry covers a recipe and see exactly what is missing. Add missing ingredients to the shopping list and prepare for your chosen batch count. Keep use-soon ingredients in view. Import a recipe from text or a photo of a paper recipe, then review the recognized lines yourself. Once baking, follow each step’s time, temperature and dough checkpoints. Timers remind you to look at the dough. Save photos, ratings and notes, then follow the recipe’s lineage to compare changes with results and bake it again. Costs and nutrition are estimates. Reference prices are a static, offline starting point; Pro adds your package prices and advanced costing tools. Baking suggestions use local rules to support observation, not to claim a certain cause. Start with 62 free recipes and your first three archived bakes. Another 58 advanced and challenge recipes are in the Pro library. Pro includes unlimited bakes and advanced costing, with monthly, yearly or lifetime options. Pantry, shopping lists and recipe import are free. Recipes you have baked and existing bake logs remain accessible. Monthly and yearly subscriptions renew automatically and can be managed or canceled in your Apple Account settings. Lifetime access is a one-time purchase. The core workflow works offline. No account, ads, tracking or third-party analytics SDKs. Paper-recipe recognition runs on your device. Optional anonymous usage statistics can be turned off in Settings. Privacy policy: https://bakememo.cn/bakememo/privacy Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Sourdough Bread Proofing Timer4 screens
BakeMemo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sourdough Bread Proofing Timer at none against BakeMemo's 3. BakeMemo's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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. BakeMemo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Sourdough Bread Proofing Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sourdough Bread Proofing Timer ships an update every 4 months, BakeMemo every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Sourdough Bread Proofing Timer versus BakeMemo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSourdough Bread Proofing TimerBakeMemo
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLinh Phan Nhat Khanh嘉晖 许

In-app purchases

None

Sourdough Bread Proofing Timer

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

BakeMemo

Subscriptions2
  • BakeMemo Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • BakeMemo Pro Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • BakeMemo Pro Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Sourdough Bread Proofing Timer free?
Sourdough Bread Proofing Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BakeMemo free?
BakeMemo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sourdough Bread Proofing Timer or BakeMemo have ads?
Neither Sourdough Bread Proofing Timer nor BakeMemo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sourdough Bread Proofing Timer or BakeMemo?
Sourdough Bread Proofing Timer ships an update every 4 months, and BakeMemo every 2 days. Most recently, Sourdough Bread Proofing Timer was updated on October 31, 2026 and BakeMemo on November 1, 2026.

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