Comparison

LoafNote vs Sourdough Simplified

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

Head to head
About

LoafNote

This app helps sourdough bakers manage their starter, adjust bulk fermentation based on kitchen temperature, and plan bakes. It offers timed reminders, recipe import, and a built-in learning course for beginners.

Highlights
  • Starter care and health tracking
  • Temperature-adjusted bulk fermentation timing
  • Bake planning and backward scheduling
  • Recipe import from links, text, or photos
  • Timed step reminders
  • Bake logging and learning
  • Beginner sourdough course and glossary
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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

About

Sourdough Simplified

Features
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Sourdough baking is easier when the math and timing are handled for you. Sourdough Simplified combines a flexible ingredient calculator with a practical bake planner, helping home bakers understand their dough and stay on schedule. CALCULATE YOUR FORMULA • Enter bread, whole-wheat, and rye flour • See total hydration, including the flour and water in a 100% hydration starter • Compare your added-water ratio • Check starter and salt percentages • Add honey, oil, seeds, or custom ingredients • See total dough weight update instantly PLAN YOUR BAKE • Plan forward from your start time or backward from final shaping • Choose no initial rest, autolyse, or fermentolyse • Set the number of folds, rest before the first fold, and time between folds • Customize bulk fermentation and cold ferment timing • See every step in a clear chronological schedule • Set local reminders for upcoming bake steps BUILT FOR THE WAY YOU BAKE No account is required. Your settings stay on your device, and the app works without an internet connection. Adjust the formula and schedule to fit your own process—without being forced into a specific recipe. From hydration math to the final bake reminder, Sourdough Simplified keeps your bake organized and approachable.

Screenshots

LoafNote4 screens
Sourdough Simplified4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sourdough Simplified at none against LoafNote's 2. LoafNote's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. LoafNote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Sourdough Simplified asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LoafNote ships an update every 6 days, Sourdough Simplified every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LoafNote versus Sourdough Simplified: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoafNoteSourdough Simplified
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB3 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBruin Labs LLCRene Herteux

In-app purchases

2 purchases

LoafNote

Subscriptions2
  • LoafNote Monthly1 Month trial$3.991 Month
  • LoafNote Annual1 Month trial$29.991 Year
None

Sourdough Simplified

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LoafNote free?
LoafNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sourdough Simplified free?
Sourdough Simplified is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LoafNote or Sourdough Simplified have ads?
Neither LoafNote nor Sourdough Simplified shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LoafNote or Sourdough Simplified?
LoafNote ships an update every 6 days, and Sourdough Simplified every 2 months. Most recently, LoafNote was updated on October 31, 2026 and Sourdough Simplified on October 24, 2026.

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