Crumb vs Doughwell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crumb
This AI-powered companion analyzes your sourdough bread's fermentation, crumb structure, and hydration from a single photo. It provides personalized recommendations for future bakes and tracks your progress in a detailed baking journal. Features include proofing timers, starter health checks, and baking calculators.
- AI crumb analysis for fermentation and structure
- Proofing tracker with temperature-aware predictions
- Starter coach with feeding logs and health checks
- Baking journal to track bakes and progress
- Mixing-water calculator
- Recipe vault
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Better Bread Through Better Feedback Crumb is your AI sourdough companion — from feeding your starter to reading the crumb. Snap a photo of any loaf and get instant feedback on fermentation, crumb structure, hydration, and overall bake quality, then track every loaf in a beautiful baking journal. AI Crumb Analysis • Analyze crumb openness and evenness • Evaluate fermentation — under, well, or over • Spot common baking issues • Get specific, next-bake recommendations • A tasting-note scorecard for every loaf Proofing Tracker • Time bulk fermentation and final proof • Temperature-aware "ready around" predictions • Cold-retard and out-of-the-fridge modes • Snap a photo mid-proof for an instant "is it ready?" read Starter Coach • Log feedings and see when your starter will peak • Photograph it for an AI health check • A from-scratch starter guide for beginners Baker's Tools • Mixing-water calculator to hit your target dough temp • Recipe vault for your formulas, hydration, and notes Your Baking Journal • A complete, photo-first history of your bakes • Track your score, best crumb, and streak over time • Nickname and favorite your proudest loaves • Ask the AI coach anything about a specific bake Built for Serious Home Bakers Whether you're baking your first country loaf or refining competition-quality sourdough, Crumb helps you understand and improve every bake. Download Crumb and turn every loaf into a learning opportunity. Terms: https://www.zencodex.io/apps/crumb/terms
Doughwell
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Doughwell is the complete companion for sourdough bakers — from your first bubbly starter to a perfectly open crumb. Track feedings, plan your bake around your day, log every loaf, and learn the techniques that make great bread. Beautifully designed, fully private, and built to work offline with no account. KEEP YOUR STARTER ALIVE • Log feedings and see your starter's rhythm at a glance • Smart reminders so you never miss a feed • Track hydration, flour and growth over time • Run several starters at once, each with its own history PLAN THE PERFECT BAKE • Tell Doughwell when you want warm bread on the table — it back-schedules every step • Bulk fermentation, shaping, proof and bake, timed to your kitchen • Live timers with notifications, so you can step away • Temperature-aware: see how warmth speeds or slows fermentation WATCH THE RISE • Photo-track your starter's rise and Doughwell marks the peak for you • See the whole climb as a time-lapse and a clean rise curve • Catch the exact moment it's ready to bake YOUR RECIPE LIBRARY • Save recipes in baker's percentages, with steps and timings • Every loaf you bake links back as that recipe's trial history • See what worked, refine it, and repeat your best bakes THE BAKER'S CALCULATOR • Hydration, levain and salt in baker's percentages • Scale any recipe up or down instantly • Desired dough temperature — know your water temp before you mix YOUR BAKING JOURNAL — FREE & UNLIMITED • Photograph every loaf and rate it • Notes, recipe and rating in one place • Build a story you'll love looking back on LEARN AS YOU BAKE • Short technique clips with captions and audio descriptions • Clear, friendly guidance for beginners and improvers alike DESIGNED FOR EVERYONE Doughwell is built to Apple's highest accessibility standards: full VoiceOver and Voice Control support, Dynamic Type up to the largest sizes, a warm Dark Mode, sufficient contrast, Differentiate Without Color, reduced-motion support, and captioned, described Learn clips. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No tracking. Your bakes stay on your device. DOUGHWELL PRO Unlock retro-planning, the baker's calculator, the recipe library with trial history, rise tracking, temperature & timing, iCloud sync and Home Screen widgets. • Try Pro free for 7 days on the yearly plan • Choose monthly, yearly, or a one-time lifetime unlock Starter tracking, the bake journal and the proofing timer are always free. We'd love to hear from you at https://develak.com/#contact Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Privacy Policy: https://develak.com/privacy-policy/ — Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Crumb and Doughwell are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Crumb sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Doughwell sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Crumb | Doughwell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zenmonkeys Digital LLC | Develak |
In-app purchases
Crumb
- Crumb Pro$2.991 Month
- Crumb Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- 3 Scans$0.99
- 15 Scans$3.99
Doughwell
- Doughwell Pro (Monthly)$3.991 Month
- Doughwell Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Doughwell Pro (Lifetime)$29.99








