Comparison

BackPlaner vs BreadMe

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

Head to head
About

BackPlaner

This app helps bakers manage their recipes and baking schedules. It calculates ingredient quantities based on the number of items and provides timely reminders for each step. Users can also adjust timings and print recipes.

Highlights
  • Save unlimited recipes
  • Automatic ingredient scaling
  • Chronological work step reminders
  • Adjustable step timings
  • Printable recipes and ingredients
  • Dropbox backup and sync
Features
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Whether you're baking just a single sourdough loaf or several bakes on the same day – a flatbread for the evening, maybe a pizza too – every bake has its own sequence of preferment, resting times, kneading, proofing and baking. Keeping track of what's due when in your head goes wrong fast, especially when hours pass between individual steps. Backplaner solves exactly that. You set which bake(s) you want to make and when they should be finished – the app calculates backwards and shows you every step in a single, chronologically sorted overview. If you're baking several things at once, color bars show at a glance which step belongs to which bake. Shift one step, and every later time for that bake shifts along with it automatically. For sourdough recipes with long rest times, Backplaner also shows the ideal baking time window: the period in which none of the steps fall into the night, so you don't have to get up in the middle of the night to fold the dough or put it in the oven. You set your own night hours in Settings. What Backplaner can do: • Handle the timing for a single bake just as well as for several at once, with a chronological overview • Create recipes with any number of steps and ingredients • Automatically scale ingredient amounts to the number of pieces you want • Calculate hydration (TA) – for anyone working with sourdough • Show the ideal baking time window, the one in which no step falls into the night • Preheating wherever you need it: mark the step the oven has to be ready for and get reminded in good time – the app remembers the preheat duration and suggests it again for your next recipe • Local reminders for every step, even when the phone is locked • Add photos to every recipe • Export the session as a PDF – overview and ingredient list, ready to print • If you like, Backplaner clears the finished session by itself, one hour after the last step • Share recipes by email – the recipient just taps the attachment, done • Complete backup of all recipes, photos and sessions All data stays on your device. Backplaner doesn't send anything to its own servers, there's no tracking and no ads. Backplaner is available in German, English, French and Spanish. BACKPLANER PRO Backplaner is free. Without a subscription you can create one pastry of your own; the yearly subscription "Backplaner Pro" removes that limit. The subscription runs for one year and renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before it expires. You can manage or cancel it at any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ihanwel.net/datenschutz.html

About

BreadMe

Plan and track your sourdough bread baking with this app. Schedule your bakes, collect recipes, and get reminders for feeding your starters and progressing through recipes. Take your baking notes anywhere and share your creations.

Highlights
  • Schedule bread readiness time
  • Track recipe progress
  • Collect and carry recipes
  • Share recipes
  • Track sourdough starters
  • Sourdough feeding reminders
  • Recipe progress reminders
Features
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Do you love baking bread? Have you struggled planning your bread? Do you want to get rid of your stained recipe notes and have your recipes with you on the go, so you can bake at a friend's place as well? BreadMe might be the app for you! No matter if you're already an expert or just getting started, "BreadMe" might just be your best new bread baking buddy. BreadMe allows you to easily - SCHEDULE your bread so it's ready at the time you need it. - keep TRACK of your progress in any recipe. - COLLECT your recipes in your pocket and take them anywhere. - SHARE your favorite recipes with friends, family, and other baking enthusiasts. - keep TRACK of your SOURDOUGHS. - receive REMINDERS for feeding your sourdoughs. - receive REMINDERS for progressing with your running recipes. I've always been a little intimidated by baking bread for family or friends, because the risk of forgetting something is high, and making sure your bread is ready at the exact time you need it can be difficult to plan. Still, I've been baking bread for over 4 years now and finally tackled the problem with planning recipes once and for all. After sharing it with a couple of friends and online, I realized just how many people craved such an app, so I decided to add some more features to the beta and release it. So now, here we are. I sincerely hope you will enjoy the app! If you have any questions, ideas, or want to get in touch, head over to https://breadme.app. Looking forward to hearing from you, Ferdinand, Developer of BreadMe

Screenshots

BackPlaner4 screens
BreadMe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BackPlaner at Free against BreadMe's $2.99. BackPlaner also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). BreadMe's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 18 months). On ads 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

BackPlaner is free to download; BreadMe costs $2.99 up front. BackPlaner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BreadMe asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BackPlaner ships an update every 18 months, BreadMe every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
BackPlaner versus BreadMe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackPlanerBreadMe
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating—4.7 (40 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews79.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—40 — better
Update frequencyEvery 18 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#170 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerihanwel.comFerdinand Werner

Customer experience

BackPlaner

Written reviews10 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative0.0%

BreadMe

All ratings40 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive79.4%
Neutral8.8%
Negative11.8%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

BackPlaner

One-time1
  • Vollversion$4.99
None

BreadMe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BackPlaner free?
BackPlaner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BreadMe free?
BreadMe costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do BackPlaner or BreadMe have ads?
Neither BackPlaner nor BreadMe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BackPlaner or BreadMe?
BackPlaner ships an update every 18 months, and BreadMe every 2 weeks. Most recently, BackPlaner was updated on October 2, 2026 and BreadMe on October 14, 2026.

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