Proofed vs StarterLog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
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 โ 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 โ 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 โ 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 โ stretch & folds, shaping, scoring, lamination โ 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 โ 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 โ no cheating. MASTERCLASS RECIPES Nine complete recipes with baker's percentages, step-by-step methods, and Chef Henri's tips โ from classic San Francisco sourdough to high-hydration ciabatta and rustic baguettes. Each one generates its own custom bake timeline. PLUS โข Loaf Gallery: every scan saved, with personal records and your score trend โข Baker's math calculator with live hydration sliders โข 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 โ 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
StarterLog
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StarterLog is a sourdough starter log built for bakers who are tired of paying a subscription for what should be a simple feeding log. Log a feeding in seconds โ ratio, flour, water and temperature โ and start the rise timer with one tap. A Live Activity tracks the rise on your Lock Screen; mark it peaked and the rise duration is saved to that feeding automatically. Tell the bake planner when you want the bread ready, and it counts back through feed, rise, mix, bulk ferment and bake to show exactly when to start โ based on your own starter's recent rise times, not a guess. FEEDING LOG - Track one or more named starters, each with its own feeding history - Log ratio, flour type, water amount and temperature per feeding - Feeding reminders on a schedule you set - Attach a photo to any feeding from your Photos library RISE TIMER - A Live Activity that tracks the rise after every feeding - One tap to mark it peaked โ the rise duration is logged automatically - Every estimate shows its arithmetic: "from your last 3 rises, 4h 10m โ 6h 30m" BAKE PLANNER - Enter when the bread should be ready and get a full count-back schedule: feed, rise, mix, bulk ferment, bake - Built from your starter's own rise history, not a generic timetable BAKER'S TOOLS - Hydration and levain calculator, independent of the log - A home-screen widget showing the active starter's last feed and next feeding due PRICE StarterLog is free to download. Logging feedings, the rise timer Live Activity, feeding reminders, and the hydration and levain calculator are free forever, for one starter. A single one-time purchase of USD 3.99 โ StarterLog Unlimited โ adds unlimited starters, the bake planner, the photo log and the widget. No subscription, no ads, ever. No AI scan, either: StarterLog reads your starter's health from the log you already keep, not a photo classifier. No account. No tracking. Your data stays on your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: StarterLog at daily against Proofed's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Proofed sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and StarterLog sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Proofed ships an update every 2 months, StarterLog daily. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Proofed | StarterLog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 โ better | 18.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Purpose Brands LLC | Soin |
In-app purchases
Proofed
- Proofed Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- Proofed Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
StarterLog
- StarterLog Unlimited$3.99









