BackPlaner vs Back App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Save unlimited recipes
- Automatic ingredient scaling
- Chronological work step reminders
- Adjustable step timings
- Printable recipes and ingredients
- Dropbox backup and sync
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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
Back App
Manage your recipes and plan your baking days with this modern iOS app. It helps you create schedules with precise ingredient quantities and temperatures, and allows you to export and import recipes to share with others.
- Recipe management
- Baking day scheduling
- Ingredient quantity calculation
- Temperature calculation
- Recipe export/import
- Automatic ingredient recognition
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Die BackApp ist eine einfache und moderne iOS App, die Dir beim Verwalten deiner Rezepte und beim Planen deiner Backtage hilft. Die BackApp verwaltet Deine Rezepte und ermöglicht es Zeitpläne mit den richtigen Zutatenmengen und Temperaturen für den Backtag zu erstellen, außerdem kannst Du Rezepte exportieren und importieren um sie an Freunde oder Bekannte weiterzugeben. Rezepte werden mit ihren Schritten und Zutaten erfasst. Zusätzlich können Schritte andere Schritte als Zutat haben. Dies ist zum Beispiel für Vorteige nützlich. Die BackApp berechnet dir die notwendige Temperatur von Schüttflüssigkeiten, meist Wasser, unter Berücksichtigung der Raumtemperatur. Zusätlich gibt es auch automatische Zutatenartenerkennung bei häufigen Zutatennamen Mit der Planungsfunktion kann man entweder vom gewünschten Fertigstellungszeitpunkt aus oder auch von einer Startzeit die Zeit- und Mengenplanung eines Rezepts erstellen und dann exportieren. Die BackApp erstellt dir dafür einen Zeitplan mit Schritten, Daten und Zutaten basierend auf deinen Eingaben. Hierbei werden auch die Zutatenmengen für die gewünschte Anzahl an Broten, Brötchen, etc. … errechnet. (z.B gibt es ein Rezept mit Mengen für 10 Baguettes, man möchte aber lediglich 2 Baguettes machen)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Back App at none against BackPlaner's 1. BackPlaner's advantage is review sentiment (60% vs 50%). On price, update cadence, ads 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. BackPlaner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Back App asks for nothing beyond the download.
BackPlaner ships an update every 18 months, Back App every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BackPlaner | Back App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 14 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ihanwel.com | Moritz Schaub |
Customer experience
BackPlaner
Back App
In-app purchases
BackPlaner
- Vollversion$4.99
Back App
No in-app purchases









