Baker's note vs Dough Maker
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!
Dough Maker
This app helps bakers create and manage dough recipes using baker's percentages. It allows for precise ingredient calculations in grams and supports a wide range of ingredients for various dough types. Save, organize, and sync your custom recipes across devices for easy access.
- Baker's percentage recipe creation
- Automatic gram measurement calculation
- Support for all dough ingredients
- Save and organize recipes
- Cross-device recipe syncing
- Ideal for sourdough, pizza, and bagels
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Dough Maker is a precision-focused baking companion built for people who think in baker’s percentages—not just ingredient lists. Store your recipes, build new recipes using percentage-based ingredients, and instantly generate exact gram measurements for any recipe. Whether you’re testing salt levels, dialing in yest amount, or experimenting with hydration, Dough Maker gives you full control over your dough. --- Why bakers choose Dough Maker • Create recipes using true baker’s math (baker’s percentages) • Include any ingredient—salt, olive oil, sugar, preferments, add-ins, and more • Automatically calculate final ingredient weights in grams • Save and organize recipes for quick reuse • Sync recipes across your devices --- Perfect for • Sourdough bread • Pizza dough • Bagels • Hydration experiments and scaling batches • Learning baker’s percentages Download Dough Maker and take control of your dough recipes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dough Maker at 5.0 against Baker's note's 3.5. Dough Maker also leads on ads (none vs shown). Baker's note's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price and update cadence 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. Dough Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Baker's note asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dough Maker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Baker's note | Dough Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Be a Buddy LLC | Harry Wolff |
Customer experience
Baker's note
Dough Maker
In-app purchases
Baker's note
No in-app purchases
Dough Maker
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