Sourdough Cooker vs RiseMate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sourdough Cooker
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Bake Steps is your companion for baking bread at home. Pick a recipe and the app walks you from mixing to the oven: what to do now, how much of each ingredient to use, and when to move on. BAKE STEP BY STEP • Every step gets its own page with instructions and the ingredients it needs • Timers for proofing, stretch-and-folds and baking • See the timer on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, and move to the next step without opening the app • A notification when it's time to get back to your dough SOURDOUGH AND YEAST • Sourdough recipes, yeast recipes, and recipes that use up sourdough discard • Filter by recipe type in the catalog and in your own recipes • A growing catalog of tested recipes PRECISE PROPORTIONS • Grams or baker's percentages, whichever you prefer • Hydration calculated automatically • Scale the whole recipe: change the total dough weight or the amount of any ingredient • Spoons, cups, mugs, pinches and your own measures, with no conversion to grams • Separate blocks for fillings, toppings or glazes that don't affect the dough's proportions YOUR RECIPES • Create your own recipes or save favorites from the catalog • Import a recipe from text: paste it from a blog or a message and the app sorts out the ingredients and steps • Store recipes on your device or in your own Google Drive or Yandex Disk, and access them on all your devices • Favorites for quick access to the recipes you love • Share a recipe as text in any messenger Happy baking!
RiseMate
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Your sourdough does not follow the clock. RiseMate helps you decide what to do now, when your dough is likely to be ready, and what to change next time. START WITH A STRONGER ROUTINE Create starter profiles, log feedings and ratios, record flour, hydration, temperature and activity, and see when to check for the next peak. Gentle reminders keep feedings from slipping through the day. PLAN A BAKE AROUND REAL LIFE Choose when you want to bake or finish. RiseMate builds the timeline backwards—from feeding and levain through folds, bulk fermentation, cold proof, baking and cooling. Add sleep or unavailable time and adjust the plan when a step runs late. READ THE DOUGH, NOT ONLY THE TIMER Instead of pretending fermentation ends at one exact minute, RiseMate gives you an earliest, likely and latest readiness window, a confidence level, a next check time, and physical signs to verify. Record rise, bubbles, edge shape, wobble, strength and dough temperature to refine the guidance. KEEP EVERY STEP CLOSE Run a live bake with persistent timers, notifications, step instructions, quick notes, photos and a clear next action—even as you move through the rest of the app. BUILD RECIPES WITH BAKER'S MATH Work in grams or baker's percentages. Calculate hydration, prefermented flour, inoculation, levain builds and dough scaling while keeping flour and water contributions normalized. LEARN FROM EVERY LOAF Save loaf and crumb photos, ratings, notes and actual timings. Compare bakes, spot patterns only when enough data exists, and choose one measurable experiment for your next loaf. BUILT FOR THE WAY YOU BAKE • Beginner-friendly defaults with advanced controls when you want them • Metric and US customary units • Light and dark themes • Local-first guest mode—no account required for core use • Optional account for supported sync features • iPhone and iPad support • Accessibility and reduced-motion support RiseMate's fermentation estimates are guidance, not guarantees. Always verify readiness with the dough's physical signs and use your own food-safety judgment. RiseMate is free to download with optional Premium access for expanded limits, Smart Fermentation detail, advanced planning, unlimited tracking, and deeper insights. Available plans, eligibility, trial terms and localized prices are shown before purchase. Privacy Policy: https://risemate-codeapps-20260726.web.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://risemate-codeapps-20260726.web.app/terms Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sourdough Cooker at none against RiseMate's 3. RiseMate's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. RiseMate sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Sourdough Cooker asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Sourdough Cooker | RiseMate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tatiana Makeeva | Doha Tarek |
In-app purchases
Sourdough Cooker
No in-app purchases
RiseMate
- RiseMate Premium Monthly$7.991 Month
- RiseMate Premium Annual$39.991 Year
- RiseMate Premium Lifetime$79.99









