Comparison

Crumb vs BreadIQ

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

Head to head
About

Crumb

This AI-powered companion analyzes your sourdough bakes, providing feedback on fermentation, crumb structure, and hydration. It helps you track your progress, manage your starter, and offers tools for better bread-making.

Highlights
  • AI crumb analysis for openness and evenness
  • Fermentation evaluation (under, well, over)
  • Proofing tracker with temperature-aware predictions
  • Starter health checks and feeding logs
  • Mixing-water calculator
  • Photo-first baking journal
Features
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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

About

BreadIQ

This app uses advanced fermentation science to help home bakers achieve professional-grade results. It calculates precise proofing timelines, scales recipes to your needs, and guides you through each step of the baking process. Get consistent, delicious bread without the guesswork.

Highlights
  • Predictive Fermentation Model™
  • Active Bake turn-by-turn navigation
  • Context-aware recipe scaling
  • Humidity adjustment
  • SpeedRun™ for faster fermentation
  • Multi-stage fermentation options
  • Recipe import from various sources
Features
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Great bread without the apprenticeship. You want to make fresh bread at home. You don't want to spend years learning baker's percentages, hydration, fermentation science, dough temperature, or how to know when your dough is actually ready. You shouldn't have to. Tell BreadIQ what you want to make and when you want it ready. BreadIQ does the math, builds the formula, calculates the fermentation timeline, and guides you through the bake, from the first measurement to the moment your bread comes out of the oven. ACTIVE BAKE: GPS FOR YOUR BAKE BreadIQ builds a complete workflow around your dough, flour, loaf format and fermentation method, then takes you through it one step at a time: mix, rest, fold, shape, proof, bake. Timers run for you, and notifications tell you when it's time to come back. Every step is timed around the ones before and after it, so you don't have to keep track. With Siri on iPhone, it's hands-free. Say "BreadIQ" and ask what's next, how much time is left, or when your bread will be ready, without stopping what you're doing or touching your phone. PREDICTIVE FERMENTATION MODEL™ Fermentation isn't a fixed timer. Temperature, yeast, hydration, flour, sweeteners and preferments all change how dough behaves. BreadIQ calculates those variables and builds a timeline around your actual dough in your actual kitchen. No fermentation charts. No more guessing if your bread is ready. BUILD WHAT YOU NEED, WHEN YOU WANT IT One baguette, a dozen dinner rolls or three pizza balls: BreadIQ scales the formula, yeast and timing to match. Tell it when you want your bread ready and it works backward, telling you when to mix, fold, shape, proof and bake. BreadIQ tells you exactly what time to get started so you don't have to guess. YOUR KITCHEN, NOT SOMEONE ELSE'S BreadIQ accounts for kitchen temperature, relative humidity, flour type, hydration, yeast, sweetener, preferment and dough temperature, so your timeline is calculated for your bake in your kitchen. SPEEDRUN™: WHEN YOU DON'T WANT TO WAIT SpeedRun™ shortens the fermentation window with controlled changes to temperature and yeast rate. Not a shortcut. A different formulation designed for urgency. FLOURS AND AUTOLYSE From bread flour to whole wheat, rye, spelt and einkorn, BreadIQ adjusts the formula and fermentation to the flour you're using. When an autolyse makes sense, it handles the timing for you. LIVE PROBE TRACKING Pair a Combustion Inc. Predictive Thermometer and BreadIQ tracks your dough's temperature as it ferments and refines its forecast. During the bake, it watches the internal temperature and tells you when your bread is done. BRING YOUR OWN RECIPES Import recipes from websites, photos of recipe cards, or your browser, and BreadIQ turns them into a formula it can scale and time. COST, NUTRITION AND YOUR LIBRARY See an estimated ingredient cost and USDA-based nutrition for every bake. Save your formulas to your library and export them as formatted spreadsheets. Your recipes stay yours. BUILT BY A PROFESSIONAL. DESIGNED FOR EVERYONE. BreadIQ was created by a Certified Executive Chef and CIA ProChef Level II with more than 20 years in professional kitchens. That experience is behind the system, but you don't need any of it to use the app. You bring the curiosity. BreadIQ handles the complexity. SUBSCRIPTIONS BreadIQ is free to start, with a 30-day trial of Premium features. Basic ($4.99/month or $49.99/year) and Premium ($9.99/month or $99.99/year) subscriptions unlock more features. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use: https://breadiq.io/terms Privacy Policy: https://breadiq.io/privacy

Screenshots

Crumb4 screens
BreadIQ4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Crumb at every 5 days against BreadIQ's every 10 days. On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Crumb sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and BreadIQ sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Crumb against 5.0 for BreadIQ. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crumb ships an update every 5 days, BreadIQ every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Crumb versus BreadIQ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrumbBreadIQ
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZenmonkeys Digital LLCBreadIQ LLC

Customer experience

Crumb

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BreadIQ

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Crumb

Subscriptions2
  • Crumb Pro$4.991 Month
  • Crumb Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time2
  • 3 Scans$0.99
  • 15 Scans$3.99
4 purchases

BreadIQ

Subscriptions4
  • BreadIQ Basic$4.991 Month
  • BreadIQ Premium$9.991 Month
  • BreadIQ Basic$49.991 Year
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  • BreadIQ Premium$99.991 Year

Questions

Is Crumb free?
Crumb is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BreadIQ free?
BreadIQ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Crumb or BreadIQ?
Crumb and BreadIQ are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Crumb or BreadIQ have ads?
Neither Crumb nor BreadIQ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Crumb or BreadIQ?
Crumb ships an update every 5 days, and BreadIQ every 10 days. Most recently, Crumb was updated on October 24, 2026 and BreadIQ on October 24, 2026.

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