Crumb vs Proofed
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 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.
- 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
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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
Proofed
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Proofed is a sourdough starter tracker and bake scheduler for people who bake once a week, not once a day. Keep your starter in the fridge and Proofed reminds you to feed it on the right cadence, in the starter's own voice. Tell it your kitchen's temperature and when you want bread on the table, and it builds the whole bake, feed, mix, folds, shape, cold proof, bake, with notifications on your iPhone and Apple Watch. When the loaf is cool, Chef Henri, our brutally honest AI baker, reads the crumb and gives you a diagnosis, a score out of 100 and the one thing to change next bake. MEET CHEF HENRI Slice your loaf, snap a photo, and a brutally honest AI master baker grades your fermentation, texture, oven spring, and crust out of 100 — then tells you exactly what to fix next bake. He is very hard to impress. Scores of 95+ are the stuff of legend. TIMELINES THAT MATCH YOUR KITCHEN Sourdough timing shifts with temperature — a 4-hour bulk in a warm kitchen is 6 in a cold one. Tell Proofed your temp and it builds your whole bake day: feeds, folds, shaping, cold retard, bake. With notifications at every step, Lock Screen Live Activities, and Apple Watch support. A STARTER WITH FEELINGS Name your starter. Feed it. Watch it bubble happily, get hangry, or nap in the fridge. Build feeding streaks, get AI health checks from a jar photo — and if you neglect it, it will guilt-trip you by push notification. In first person. TECHNIQUE DEMOS ON EVERY STEP Not sure what a coil fold looks like? Every timeline step includes a looping video demo — stretch & folds, shaping, scoring, lamination — right where you need it, no searching mid-bake with floury hands. GROW A SOURDOUGH DYNASTY Real starters get shared. Gift a piece to a friend with a link — when they claim it, their starter joins your family tree. Generations, descendants, and bragging rights, tracked forever. THE WEEKLY BAKE Every week, every baker gets the same challenge. Bake it, scan it, climb the leaderboard. Scores only count if Chef Henri gave them — no cheating. MASTERCLASS RECIPES Nine complete recipes with baker's percentages, step-by-step methods, and Chef Henri's tips — from classic San Francisco sourdough to high-hydration ciabatta and rustic baguettes. Each one generates its own custom bake timeline. PLUS • Loaf Gallery: every scan saved, with personal records and your score trend • Baker's math calculator with live hydration sliders • A free web crumb rater to challenge your friends HONESTLY PRICED No $5-a-week nonsense. No hostage cancellation flow. The free tier includes your starter, one active bake timeline, and 3 Chef Henri scans — no account, no card. Proofed Pro unlocks unlimited scans and dough check-ins, unlimited timelines, and all Masterclass recipes for $3.99/month or $29.99/year. Cancel anytime in two taps from Settings. Proofed Pro is an auto-renewing subscription: $3.99 per month or $29.99 per year. New subscribers get a free trial first: 3 days on the monthly plan, 7 days on the yearly plan. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when the trial ends, or at confirmation of purchase if you are not eligible for a trial. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the trial or the current period. Manage or cancel any time in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Starter care, one bake timeline and three Chef Henri verdicts stay free without a subscription. Terms of Use: https://getproofed.co/terms Privacy Policy: https://getproofed.co/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Crumb at every 5 days against Proofed's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Crumb sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Proofed sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Crumb ships an update every 5 days, Proofed every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crumb | Proofed |
|---|---|---|
| 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 — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zenmonkeys Digital LLC | Purpose Brands LLC |
In-app purchases
Crumb
- Crumb Pro$4.991 Month
- Crumb Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$34.991 Year
- 3 Scans$0.99
- 15 Scans$3.99
Proofed
- Proofed Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- Proofed Pro Yearly$29.991 Year







