Bakers Timer vs Crusty

Bread runs on its own schedule. Bakers Timer keeps track of it so you don't have to. Build a timeline once — mix, autolyse, bulk ferment, shape, cold proof, bake — and the app counts down every step, tells you exactly when the loaf comes out, and wakes you for the 6 a.m. fold. RUN SEVERAL BAKES AT ONCE Sourdough in bulk fermentation, pizza dough proofing, croissants cold-proofing overnight — every bake gets its own countdown on one screen, ordered by whatever needs you next. ALARMS THAT ACTUALLY WAKE YOU Step alarms are time-sensitive, so they break through Focus and Sleep modes. Overnight steps show the wall-clock time they'll ring. Add a minute or skip ahead straight from the notification. ALWAYS KNOW WHEN IT'S DONE Every timeline shows "ready by" — before you start and while it runs. Plan a bake around dinner instead of guessing. ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN The current step, its countdown and the finish time live on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. No unlocking to check the dough. BAKER'S PERCENTAGES Add a formula to any timeline: set the flour weight and every ingredient rescales with it. Total dough weight and hydration are worked out as you type. START FROM A CLASSIC Browse curated collections — a beginner's path from starter to first loaf, plus schedules for baguettes, focaccia, milk bread, bagels and Neapolitan pizza. Tap Get and it's yours to edit. SHARE A TIMELINE Send a bake to a friend as a link — they tap it and the whole schedule lands in their app. Publish your own and see how many bakers use it. YOUR RECIPES STAY YOURS Timelines and history back up to your iCloud, so they survive a new phone or a reinstall. No ads. No account needed.

Good bread takes a day or two. Crusty makes it fit around yours. Tell Crusty when you want to eat, and it works backward through the levain, the folds, the shaping, and a night in the fridge. Every hands-on moment lands when you’re awake and free. If your time can’t work, it says so, offers the soonest one that can, and suggests what would make it sooner. Or just tap Start now. PLANS THAT FIT YOUR WEEK • Pick a time, or start right now • Milder or tangier: more time in the fridge, same ready time • Folds and shaping never land while you’re asleep • Log a step early or late and the rest of the bake replans TWO BAKES, ONE OVEN • Run up to three bakes at once • Crusty keeps them from needing the oven at the same time YOUR CALENDAR COUNTS • Crusty works around meetings in the calendars you choose • Optionally add your bake to a Crusty calendar WHILE YOU BAKE • A reminder for every step and fold, with log and snooze buttons • Lock Screen countdown and Home Screen widgets • Cook mode: big type, screen stays on • Siri: “Log the next step in Crusty” ON YOUR WRIST AND YOUR IPAD • Apple Watch: the next step, a live countdown, and one tap for Folded or Done • Watch complications for every face; log a starter feed from your wrist • On iPad, the whole bake sits beside what’s next STARTERS THAT LEARN • Keep one starter or several, each with its own schedule • Predicted peaks that get closer every time you mark one • Know when to feed so it’s ripe as the levain goes in • “Is it ready?” check and a starter guide YOUR RECIPES • Country sourdough, whole wheat, pizza, focaccia, challah, brioche, and bagels • Write your own in grams or cups, import from a link or pasted text, and share with friends • Baker’s percentages: scale and tweak, and the timing follows A BAKE LOG THAT TEACHES • Real step times, dough temperatures, photos, and how it turned out • Plain-language patterns across bakes, and side-by-side comparisons • Search, tags, spreadsheet export, and full backups PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No tracking. Your data stays on your devices, synced through your own iCloud if you like.