Comparison

BackPlaner vs PantryMath

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

PantryMath

Features
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FREE recipe calculator. One purchase ($2.99) unlocks everything — forever. A pocket-sized cooking math toolkit for anyone who cooks from international recipes. Try the core features free, then unlock pro features with a single one-time purchase. NO SUBSCRIPTION. NO ADS. EVER. → FREE FOREVER • Recipe scaling — input any recipe, scale to any servings • Cup / g / ml conversion for 200+ ingredients (USDA densities) • 5 saved recipes • 1 named kitchen timer • Default Blueprint Graphite theme • 100% offline, no account, no cloud → UNLOCK PRO ($2.99 once) • Unlimited saved recipes • Web / photo / text recipe import (paste a URL — we extract ingredients) • 313 tested ingredient substitutions, 8 categories, instant chip filter "1 cup buttermilk = 1 cup milk + 1 tbsp lemon juice" "1 egg = 1/4 cup applesauce" + 100 more • Up to 5 parallel kitchen timers • Baker's percentages with hydration math (5 sourdough/pizza/brioche presets) • Conversion history (last 50) • Multi-recipe party mode (merged ingredient list across recipes) • 6 Blueprint themes (Graphite, Cobalt, Olive, Brass, Plum, Pure Ink) • PDF export of scaled recipes → WHY ONE-TIME? This is a calculator. It shouldn't charge you monthly. $2.99 once. Yours forever. Family Sharing supported. → LANGUAGES English Ā· German Ā· Japanese Ā· Korean Ā· Arabic Ā· French Ā· Spanish Ā· Portuguese Ā· Simplified Chinese → INGREDIENT DATA Densities are sourced from the USDA Food Composition Database (public domain). Substitution rules are common cooking knowledge — no proprietary recipes bundled. Free download. Try the calculator. Decide if it's worth $2.99. Yours forever if you say yes.

Screenshots

BackPlaner4 screens
PantryMath4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PantryMath at fortnightly against BackPlaner's every 18 months. BackPlaner's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. BackPlaner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PantryMath sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BackPlaner ships an update every 18 months, PantryMath fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 6 level
BackPlaner versus PantryMath: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackPlanerPantryMath
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 18 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerihanwel.comShanghai Runesmith Artificial Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

BackPlaner

One-time1
  • Vollversion$4.99
1 purchases

PantryMath

One-time1
  • PantryMath Pro$2.99

Questions

Is BackPlaner free?
BackPlaner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PantryMath free?
PantryMath is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BackPlaner or PantryMath have ads?
Neither BackPlaner nor PantryMath shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BackPlaner or PantryMath?
BackPlaner ships an update every 18 months, and PantryMath fortnightly. Most recently, BackPlaner was updated on October 2, 2026 and PantryMath on October 3, 2026.

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