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Doughwell

Sourdough Starter

Feed your starter, plan your bake, and watch every rise.

Doughwell is a free iPhone and iPad app for sourdough bakers who want to feed their starter, plan bakes around their day, and log every loaf, made by Develak.

Age
4+ years old
Category
Food & Drink Lifestyle & Hobbies
Price
Free In-app purchases
Languages
33 EN · FR +31
Requires
iOS 17+ iPhone · iPad
Size
5.2 MB
Version
1.0

Overview

What is Doughwell?

Doughwell is built for anyone keeping a sourdough starter alive, from the first bubbly jar to a loaf with an open crumb. It logs feedings, tracks your starter’s rise, back-schedules a whole bake around your day, and keeps a journal of every loaf you bake.

The app works offline with no account, and your bakes stay on your device. Starter tracking, the bake journal and the proofing timer are always free, while Doughwell Pro adds retro-planning, the baker’s calculator, the recipe library with trial history, rise tracking, temperature and timing, iCloud sync and Home Screen widgets.

Read the full App Store description

Doughwell is the complete companion for sourdough bakers — from your first bubbly starter to a perfectly open crumb. Track feedings, plan your bake around your day, log every loaf, and learn the techniques that make great bread. Beautifully designed, fully private, and built to work offline with no account.

Keep your starter alive

  • Log feedings and see your starter’s rhythm at a glance
  • Smart reminders so you never miss a feed
  • Track hydration, flour and growth over time
  • Run several starters at once, each with its own history

Plan the perfect bake

  • Tell Doughwell when you want warm bread on the table — it back-schedules every step
  • Bulk fermentation, shaping, proof and bake, timed to your kitchen
  • Live timers with notifications, so you can step away
  • Temperature-aware: see how warmth speeds or slows fermentation

Watch the rise

  • Photo-track your starter’s rise and Doughwell marks the peak for you
  • See the whole climb as a time-lapse and a clean rise curve
  • Catch the exact moment it’s ready to bake

Your recipe library

  • Save recipes in baker’s percentages, with steps and timings
  • Every loaf you bake links back as that recipe’s trial history
  • See what worked, refine it, and repeat your best bakes

The baker’s calculator

  • Hydration, levain and salt in baker’s percentages
  • Scale any recipe up or down instantly
  • Desired dough temperature — know your water temp before you mix

Your baking journal — free & unlimited

  • Photograph every loaf and rate it
  • Notes, recipe and rating in one place
  • Build a story you’ll love looking back on

Learn as you bake

  • Short technique clips with captions and audio descriptions
  • Clear, friendly guidance for beginners and improvers alike

Designed for everyone

Doughwell is built to Apple’s highest accessibility standards: full VoiceOver and Voice Control support, Dynamic Type up to the largest sizes, a warm Dark Mode, sufficient contrast, Differentiate Without Color, reduced-motion support, and captioned, described Learn clips.

Private by design

No account. No ads. No tracking. Your bakes stay on your device.

Doughwell Pro

Unlock retro-planning, the baker’s calculator, the recipe library with trial history, rise tracking, temperature & timing, iCloud sync and Home Screen widgets.

  • Try Pro free for 7 days on the yearly plan
  • Choose monthly, yearly, or a one-time lifetime unlock
    Starter tracking, the bake journal and the proofing timer are always free.

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Highlights

What can you do with Doughwell?

Doughwell helps sourdough bakers feed their starter, plan bakes around their day, track the rise, and log every loaf, all offline with no account.

Starter feeding log

Log each feeding and see your starter’s rhythm, hydration, flour and growth at a glance.

  • Smart feeding reminders

    Doughwell reminds you so you never miss a feed, even when you’re running several starters at once.

  • Retro-planning for your bake

    Tell Doughwell when you want warm bread on the table, and it back-schedules bulk fermentation, shaping, proof and bake around your kitchen.

  • Rise tracking with time-lapse

    Photograph your starter as it rises and Doughwell marks the peak on a clean rise curve.

  • Recipe library with trial history

    Save recipes in baker’s percentages and see every loaf you baked from that recipe linked back to it.

  • Baker’s calculator

    Work out hydration, levain, salt and desired dough temperature, and scale any recipe up or down.

Who it’s for

Who is Doughwell for?

  • New sourdough bakers

    For anyone starting their first jar who wants clear guidance on feeding, growth and when a starter is ready to bake with.

  • Bakers who plan their week around bread

    For people who want warm bread on the table at a set time and let Doughwell back-schedule every step.

  • Bakers building a recipe collection

    For those who want to save recipes in baker’s percentages and track how each trial turns out.

  • Anyone keeping several starters going

    For bakers who maintain more than one starter and want a separate feeding history for each.

How it works

How does Doughwell work?

From “Log your starter’s feedings” to “Journal and refine”, in 5 steps.

  1. Log your starter’s feedings

    Record each feeding to build a history of hydration, flour and growth for one or several starters.

  2. Photograph the rise

    Take photos as your starter climbs and let Doughwell mark the peak on a rise curve and time-lapse.

  3. Set your target bake time

    Tell Doughwell when you want bread ready, and it back-schedules bulk fermentation, shaping, proof and bake.

  4. Bake with live timers

    Follow notification-backed timers for each stage, so you can step away from the kitchen and still stay on schedule.

  5. Journal and refine

    Photograph and rate each loaf, save it against its recipe, and refine your next bake from what worked.

In depth

Doughwell, in detail

How does Doughwell help you keep a sourdough starter alive?

Doughwell logs every feeding so you can see your starter’s rhythm, hydration, flour and growth over time in one place. Smart reminders tell you when it’s time to feed again, and you can run several starters at once, each with its own separate history.

When you photograph your starter as it rises, Doughwell marks the peak for you and shows the whole climb as a time-lapse alongside a clean rise curve, so you can catch the exact moment it’s ready to bake.

How does Doughwell plan a sourdough bake around your schedule?

Instead of working forward from when you start, Doughwell works backward from when you want the bread ready. Tell it your target time and it back-schedules bulk fermentation, shaping, proof and bake to fit your kitchen and your day.

During the bake, live timers with notifications keep each stage on track, and the planning is temperature-aware, so you can see how a warmer or cooler kitchen speeds up or slows down fermentation.

How does Doughwell track your sourdough recipes and bakes?

Doughwell’s recipe library stores your recipes in baker’s percentages, with steps and timings, and every loaf you bake from a recipe links back as part of that recipe’s trial history. That makes it easy to see what worked and repeat your best bakes.

The bake journal is separate and always free: you photograph and rate every loaf and keep notes alongside the recipe, building a record of your baking you can look back on. The baker’s calculator sits alongside both, letting you work out hydration, levain, salt and desired dough temperature, and scale any recipe up or down.

Release notes

What’s new in Doughwell

Version

1.0

This is the first version of Doughwell, released on June 17, 2026.

Is Doughwell free?

Yes. Doughwell is free to download from the App Store. Optional in-app purchases unlock extra features; they are billed by Apple to your Apple Account, and you can manage them at any time in your account settings.

Which devices does Doughwell work on?

Doughwell works on iPhone and iPad with iOS 17.0 or later.

Can I track more than one sourdough starter in Doughwell?

Yes. Doughwell lets you run several starters at once, each with its own feeding history and growth record.

How does Doughwell know when my starter has peaked?

You photograph your starter as it rises, and Doughwell marks the peak on a rise curve so you can see the exact moment it’s ready to bake.

What does the baker’s calculator do in Doughwell?

The baker’s calculator works in baker’s percentages, covering hydration, levain and salt, and it can scale any recipe up or down, including the desired dough temperature for your mixing water.

Can I use Doughwell without an internet connection?

Yes. Doughwell is built to work offline, so you can log feedings, plan bakes and journal loaves without a connection.

Does Doughwell require an account to use?

No. Doughwell works with no account, and your starter history, recipes and bake journal stay on your device.

What’s included in the free version of Doughwell?

Starter tracking, the bake journal and the proofing timer are always free and unlimited, so you can log feedings and photograph every loaf without unlocking anything.

What languages is Doughwell available in?

Doughwell is available in 33 languages: Arabic, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.

How do I get help with Doughwell?

Visit the Doughwell support page: it answers common questions about purchases, sync and settings, and has a contact form. You can also write to contact@develak.com. We read every message and reply personally.

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