Comparison

Breadkin vs StarterLog

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

Head to head
About

Breadkin

This app helps you manage your sourdough starter with feeding reminders and lineage tracking. Connect with friends to share your baking progress and see their creations.

Highlights
  • Feeding reminders
  • Sourdough lineage tracking
  • Friend activity feed
  • Loaf and starter photo sharing
  • Customizable feeding schedules
Features
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Keep your sourdough starter fed. Track your sourdough lineage. Follow your friends. KEEP TRACK OF FEEDING YOUR STARTER Tell Breadkin how often you feed your sourdough — daily or weekly — and it nudges you on your own schedule. TRACK YOUR SOURDOUGH LINEAGE Every sourdough starter came from another one. Name yours and link it to the starter it came from. The family tree draws itself: every generation above you, and everyone you have passed a piece to. FOLLOW YOUR FRIENDS Post a loaf with a photo, or just what you ate. See what your friends are baking, and what their starters have made. No points. No leaderboards. Just your jar, where it came from, and the people you gave it to.

About

StarterLog

Features
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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 — ratio, flour, water and temperature — 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 — 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 — the rise duration is logged automatically - Every estimate shows its arithmetic: "from your last 3 rises, 4h 10m – 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 — StarterLog Unlimited — 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.

Screenshots

Breadkin4 screens
StarterLog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: StarterLog at daily against Breadkin's every 5 days. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Breadkin sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and StarterLog sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Breadkin ships an update every 5 days, StarterLog daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Breadkin versus StarterLog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBreadkinStarterLog
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRyan TishSoin

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Breadkin

One-time5
  • Golden Crust$4.99
  • Multigrain$4.99
  • Brioche$4.99
Show 2 more
  • Sesame$4.99
  • Cornbread$4.99
1 purchases

StarterLog

One-time1
  • StarterLog Unlimited$3.99

Questions

Is Breadkin free?
Breadkin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StarterLog free?
StarterLog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Breadkin or StarterLog have ads?
Neither Breadkin nor StarterLog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Breadkin or StarterLog?
Breadkin ships an update every 5 days, and StarterLog daily. Most recently, Breadkin was updated on October 31, 2026 and StarterLog on October 29, 2026.

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