Your recipes, starter care and bake timers, together. Scale your dough, plan a Bake Day and keep notes for your next loaf.
The Dough Lab is a complete baking workspace for sourdough, pizza, artisan bread, and production baking. Plan your bake day, manage precise formulas, follow every step, and learn from each result.
BAKE DAY
Coordinate multiple batches without losing track of timers or next actions.
• Plan several recipes and batches on one timeline
• Work backward from your target baking time
• Monitor active bakes and upcoming steps together
• Keep independent timers, folds, notes, and progress for every batch
• Continue interrupted or paused bakes
• Generate a combined shopping list for planned batches
RECIPES & BAKER’S MATH
Create accurate formulas for everything from a single loaf to a full production run.
• Use multiple named flours and flour blends
• View precise baker’s percentages for every ingredient
• Set starter or preferment hydration
• Track total dough weight and per-piece yield
• Scale by percentage, flour weight, or target portion weight
• Create custom recipe types and workflows
• Mark ingredients and recipe steps as optional
HANDS-FREE BAKING
Follow recipes comfortably while your hands are busy.
• Large, kitchen-friendly controls
• Step timers with quick adjustments
• Configurable stretch-and-fold schedules
• Read instructions aloud
• Use Siri to control an active bake
• Add step-specific notes, observations, and photos
PREFERMENT TRACKER
Track sourdough starter, levain, poolish, and biga from feeding to readiness.
• Log feeds and builds
• See rising, peak, ready, and past-prime states
• Use temperature-aware timing windows
• Plan backward from the time you need your preferment
• Track counter and refrigerated maintenance routines
PANTRY & SHOPPING
Prepare for every batch in one place.
• Combine ingredients from planned bakes
• Keep named flours separate
• Mark ingredients you already have
• Track purchased items for each Bake Day
• Add manual shopping-list items
• Share your list
BAKE LOG & PROGRESS
Keep a useful record of what happened and improve over time.
• Log ratings, photos, notes, conditions, and observations
• Record room and dough temperatures
• Compare timing, hydration, fermentation, and results
• Review recipe-specific learning across repeated bakes
• See trends across your baking history
BUILT FOR REAL BAKING
• Works offline
• Syncs supported data through iCloud
• Backup and restore your recipes and bake history
• Supports Celsius and Fahrenheit
• Available in English, Spanish, German, and Turkish
• Designed for iPhone, iPad, and Apple silicon Mac
Whether you are preparing tomorrow’s first loaf or coordinating a full production day, The Dough Lab helps you bake with better organization, clearer timing, and less guesswork.
I think this app is pretty great and it covers so many features I would need in an app like this! I do have a few suggestions for UX improvement. Sometimes I click the “back” or “next” button when I am trying to get back to my Home Screen or switch apps. I believe that floating the buttons a little higher up would help so that they aren’t connected to the bottom of the screen. Also, it would be nice if the number of stretch and folds could be changed for custom recipes. Thank you for creating this!!
Developer Response
Thank you so much for the thoughtful review and suggestions! I’ll work on moving the bake navigation buttons farther from the bottom gesture area in the next update.Custom stretch-and-fold steps can already have their count and interval adjusted, but your feedback shows that this option needs to be easier to find. I’ll try to improve that flow as well. Thank you for helping make Dough Lab better!
Truly a great tool for any serious baker
Jack132
Quite the tool. Stores your recipes, you can scale and edit of course. Log your baking with prompts and timer. If you want Dough Lab will prompt you for a picture. The app tracks your recipe usage and your results so you can improve over time. Maintains a baking calendar as well..If you’re serious about bread baking and not using Dough Lab, you’re missing out on the easiest way to improve your baking.
Developer Response
Thank you so much for the kind review. I’m really glad The Dough Lab is helping with your recipes and scheduling. More improvements are on the way, and I truly appreciate your support and feedback.
This is the best app ever!
taytortot1994
This literally captures and does everything that you would want as a baker! The flexibility and feature features are insane!
Developer Response
Thank you so much for the kind words! I’m really happy The Dough Lab captures what you’d want as a baker. I’m actively working it, so this means a lot. Happy baking!
• Plan pizza dough alongside your other batches, or save your calculation as a recipe.
• Finish dough ready to use or refrigerate without adding a bake to your history.
• Bring earlier Pizza Plans into Bake Days after reviewing their timing.
• Track recipe equipment needs and see scheduling conflicts.
• Set oven capacity for each recipe and identify running batches more easily.
• Find recipes with a searchable picker, edit saved feeds, and confirm future feed times.
• Improved recipe editing, fold timers, startup and bake recovery.
Version 3.2.3
The developer, Sabri Sonmez, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Supported Features
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Information
Seller
Sabri Sonmez
Size
43.8 MB
Category
Food & Drink
Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.