LoafNote vs RiseMate

Sourdough runs on your kitchen's temperature, not the recipe writer's clock. Tell LoafNote when you want warm bread and it plans the whole bake backward from that moment, tuned to your kitchen and scheduled around your sleep. PLAN THE BAKE BACKWARD Pick a finish time. LoafNote works back through every step: when to feed, when to mix, when to shape, including cold proofs. If a schedule would have you folding dough at 3am, it bends the plan so the work lands while you're awake. When that isn't possible, it says so. BULK THAT WATCHES THE TEMPERATURE Tell LoafNote your kitchen temperature and it adjusts the bulk window with guidance for every rise along the way. YOUR STARTER, LOOKED AFTER Keep one starter or several. LoafNote tracks each feed and shows you at a glance whether a starter is hungry, rising, or at peak, so it's ready when you are. NO STARTER YET? MAKE ONE Mix flour and water and LoafNote takes it from there: what to feed each day, what the jar should look like, and why the quiet day 4 is normal. In about a week, a readiness check walks you through the signs that it can raise bread. A NUDGE WHEN IT'S TIME Start a bake and put the phone down. Step timers and reminders tell you when the dough needs you, and the current step sits on your lock screen with its countdown running. RUN MORE THAN ONE BAKE A boule for Saturday and a focaccia for tonight can run side by side. Each bake keeps its own timers and its own lock screen countdown, and Home lists every active bake in one place. When the day gets away from you, pause a step and resume when you're back at the counter. RECIPES WITHOUT THE SCROLLING Paste a link, paste text, or import from a photo. You get the ingredients and timed steps, with hydration and baker's percentages worked out with everything measured in grams. Your recipes stay on your phone forever and you can share them with friends with one tap! EVERY LOAF TEACHES THE NEXT Rate the crumb and note what you'd change. That note greets you the next time you start the same recipe. LEARN BEFORE BAKING New to sourdough? A built-in course walks you through the basics, and a glossary covers the terms bakers actually use. No question is too small. FREE FOR A MONTH Try everything free for a month. Long enough to wake a starter up and put a few real bakes behind you. After that, LoafNote is $3.99 a month or $29.99 a year, and the subscription includes the whole app. What you're paying for is the planning: a schedule built backward from when you want bread, bent around your sleep, with bulk timing tuned to your kitchen. A timer alone doesn't do that. No ads, no account needed, and your baking data stays on your device. Terms: https://loafnote.com/terms.html Privacy: https://loafnote.com/privacy.html

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