Timers that wait for you at the end of each phase, system alarm, Siri, Live Activity, poolish and bake planning. Italian and English, 100% offline.
PizzaLab is the scientific pizza dough calculator every pizza maker should have. Enter your parameters and get the calculated ingredients, the recommended water temperature and a detailed step-by-step method, with leavening timers built in.
PIZZA STYLES
• Pizza Napoletana Verace (AVPN 2024 specification)
• Pizza Contemporanea (contemporary Neapolitan)
• Pizza in Teglia (pan pizza, APITER specification)
• Pizza Pala Romana (APITER specification)
• Schiacciata Toscana
• Pizza Fritta Napoletana (fried, AVPN specification)
• Casatiello Napoletano, calculated from your ring pan size
CALCULATION
• Guided 4-step wizard
• Direct method, indirect with biga, indirect with poolish (yeast from the Giorilli table)
• Room-temperature fermentation or fridge + room temperature
• Mixer type with automatic temperature delta (by hand, fork, spiral, planetary)
• Fresh or dry yeast
• Compliance indicators for the official specifications
• Metric and imperial units
LEAVENING TIMERS
• At the end of each phase the timer stops and waits for your confirmation before starting the next one, with a reminder if you forget
• Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island with Pause, Resume and Start next phase buttons
• Alarm at phase end (iOS 26.1 or later): rings like a system alarm even on silent or in a Focus mode
• Siri and Shortcuts: "Start the next phase in PizzaLab", "Pause the PizzaLab timer", "How long is left in PizzaLab"
• Notifications with a 10-minute heads-up before the end of each phase
PLAN YOUR BAKE
• Pick the date and time you want to bake: the app works backwards to tell you when to mix, refrigerate and divide, including rests and folds
• Reminders 15 minutes before and at the time to start
METHOD AND RECIPES
• Detailed method with interactive checkboxes; the screen stays on while you follow it
• Save your own recipes
• PDF export and share as text
• Flour guide and glossary of technical terms
LANGUAGES AND ACCESSIBILITY
• English and Italian: the Neapolitan technical terms are kept in Italian with a plain explanation, e.g. "puntata (bulk fermentation)"
• VoiceOver, Dynamic Type and Reduce Motion
CALCULATIONS
• Yeast formula based on temperature, time and hydration, with equivalent hours for cold fermentation
• Water temperature from room, flour and mixer temperatures
• Parameters aligned with the AVPN 2024 and APITER specifications
Coming from version 1.x? Timers no longer move to the next phase on their own: when a phase ends they ask you to confirm, so the timing follows what you actually do.
PizzaLab works fully offline, with no account, no ads and no data collection.
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PizzaLab 2.0 is a complete update.
TIMERS THAT WAIT FOR YOU
• At the end of each phase the timer stops and waits for your confirmation ("I took the dough out of the fridge") before starting the next one. A reminder follows after 15 minutes if you forget.
• The Lock Screen and Dynamic Island always show the real state: live countdown, phase completed, paused.
• Pause, Resume and Start next phase buttons right in the Live Activity.
ALARM AT PHASE END (iOS 26.1 or later)
• The end of a phase rings like a system alarm, even on silent or in a Focus mode. Can be turned off in Settings.
SIRI AND SHORTCUTS
• "Start the next phase in PizzaLab", "Pause the PizzaLab timer", "Resume the PizzaLab timer", "How long is left in PizzaLab", "Cancel the PizzaLab timer".
POOLISH METHOD
• For Contemporanea, Teglia, Pala and Schiacciata: share of flour in the poolish, maturation hours and temperature, yeast from the Giorilli table, dedicated method and timer.
PLAN YOUR BAKE
• Pick the date and time: the app works backwards to tell you when to mix, refrigerate and divide, and reminds you 15 minutes before and at the time to start.
ENGLISH AND ACCESSIBLE
• The whole app in English, with the Neapolitan technical terms explained.
• VoiceOver, Dynamic Type and Reduce Motion support.
ALSO
• Liquid Glass interface on iOS 26.
• The screen stays on while you follow the method.
• Share recipes as text as well as PDF.
• Consistent imperial units throughout.
Still 100% offline, no account, no ads.
Version 2.0.0
The developer, Antonio Scognamiglio, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
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Supported Features
VoiceOver
Larger Text
Dark Interface
Differentiate Without Color Alone
Sufficient Contrast
Reduced Motion
Information
Seller
Antonio Scognamiglio
Size
15 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.