Baker's note vs Bread Book
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Baker's note
Easily store, manage, and scale your baking recipes. Input ingredients, customize directions, add photos, and automatically adjust quantities for perfect results every time. Ideal for bakers of all skill levels.
- Recipe storage and management
- Automatic ingredient quantity calculator
- Customizable directions
- Add photos to recipes
- Upscale or downscale recipes
- Suitable for all skill levels
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All your favorite baking recipes in one place. Automatic ingredient quantity calculator. Baker’s Note is the perfect application for storing and managing your recipes. It lets you input your ingredients, customize your directions, add photos, and automatically recalculate ingredient quantities to up- or downscale your recipes. Baker’s Note is the best mobile application for beginner to advanced bakers who want to simplify the process of making delicious breads, pastries, cakes and more. Have fun baking!
Bread Book
Easily convert recipe ingredient amounts and adjust serving sizes with a slider. Capture photos of your bakes and add detailed notes for consistency. Share your culinary creations with friends and family.
- Ingredient conversion
- Adjustable serving sizes
- Recipe photo capture
- Flexible notes section
- Recipe sharing
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Bread Book is a conversion tool for bakers and home cooks. Add your favorite recipes and instantly see the baker's percentage for each ingredient. *Adjust servings* Move the slider up and down to adjust the serving size for each recipe. Need to make half as much as last time? Slide down until you see "0.5x". Making double? Slide up. Making a feast for all of your friends and family? Edit the recipe to increase the maximum serving size to 4x, 8x, 20x, as high as you want and then slide up! *Capture the moment* Bake the perfect loaf of bread? Take a picture of it on the recipe page to show your friends, and in the future, use the photo to compare against your next great loaf. *Flexible notes* Can't remember whether to bake at 450° or 500°? Write it down in the notes section. You might also take notes on how many folds and at what interval, or how much starter to use, or what happened when you increased or decreased the hydration, whether to use a steam tray, or how long to let your bread cool. Remember, baking is a science, and notes help you stay consistent. *Share your recipe* Tap the share button to send your friends and family a copy of your recipe.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bread Book at 4.7 against Baker's note's 3.5. Bread Book also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Baker's note's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.2). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bread Book holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Baker's note's written reviews are positive against 75% of Bread Book's.
Baker's note ships an update every 2 weeks, Bread Book every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Baker's note | Bread Book |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) | 4.7 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.7% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Be a Buddy LLC | Sandro Turriate |
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In-app purchases
Baker's note
No in-app purchases
Bread Book
No in-app purchases







