Baker's note vs Artisan Bread for iPad
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!
Artisan Bread for iPad
This app helps experienced bakers meticulously track their bread-making process. It allows for entering, editing, and scaling recipes, displaying key baking metrics, and storing visual records of creations. Share your perfected recipes with others via email or export them to different devices.
- Enter and edit recipes
- Scale recipes for different quantities
- Display percentages and hydration rates
- Store baking notes and photos
- Rate bread recipes
- Email and export recipes
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For the Artisan Bread maker wanting to track the details of his artistry. Please Note: This is not a compendium of existing bread recipes! It does enable the accomplished baker to: • Enter new recipes • Edit Recipes • Create new recipes using existing ones as a template • Scale recipes for various quantities of finished product • Display percentages and hydration rates • Store and display baking notes • Take and store photos of the breads and their “crumb” • Rate bread recipes • Email recipes to others • Sort recipes by date, name, and rating • Export recipes to other devices with Artisan Bread app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Artisan Bread for iPad at none against Baker's note's shown. Artisan Bread for iPad also leads on rating (3.8 vs 3.5) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Baker's note's advantage is review sentiment (63% vs 33%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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.
Artisan Bread for iPad holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of Baker's note's written reviews are positive against 33% of Artisan Bread for iPad's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Baker's note ships an update every 2 weeks, Artisan Bread for iPad every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on July 3, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Baker's note | Artisan Bread for iPad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) | 3.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.7% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Be a Buddy LLC | Jacqueline Ghosin |
Customer experience
Baker's note
Artisan Bread for iPad
In-app purchases
Baker's note
No in-app purchases
Artisan Bread for iPad
No in-app purchases
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