Baker's note vs Baker Buddy
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!
Baker Buddy
This app helps home bakers calculate ingredient weights using baker's percentages. Simply input your desired percentages and target weight, and it handles all the math for you. It also includes a multiplier for scaling recipes.
- Baker's percentage calculations
- Ingredient weight determination
- Target end weight input
- Recipe scaling multiplier
- Recipe storage and editing
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Baker Buddy is the app built by home bakers, for home bakers. When determining the correct formula for a recipe, bakers use baker's percentages — weights calculated as a percentage of the flour weight. This app allows a baker to simply enter their ingredient percentages and all the calculations are taken care of. Determining measurements for the perfect loaf of bread is tedious. With Baker Buddy all you have to do is enter your target end weight and the baker percentages of your ingredients. Instead of manually calculating your ingredients based on the weight of the flour, the app takes care of everything for you. There's even a handy multiplier feature for when you need to scale up. All of your recipes are stored in your phone for later editing and viewing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Baker's note at Free against Baker Buddy's $0.99. Baker's note also leads on rating (3.5 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). Baker Buddy's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (75% vs 63%). On 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
Baker's note is free to download; Baker Buddy costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Baker's note holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of Baker's note's written reviews are positive against 75% of Baker Buddy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | Baker's note | Baker Buddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.7% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #194 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Be a Buddy LLC | Joshua Piedimonte |
Customer experience
Baker's note
Baker Buddy
In-app purchases
Baker's note
No in-app purchases
Baker Buddy
No in-app purchases
