Fermenta - Home Fermentation
Merlijn van Engelen Food & Drink iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Fermenta - Home Fermentation is a free Food & Drink app for iPhone and iPad by Merlijn van Engelen. Requires iOS 16.4. Updated June 24, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 72 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Jun 24
- 2026 · v1.0.2
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About Fermenta - Home Fermentation
Fermentation is rewarding, but timing, safety checks, and scattered notes can make it harder than it needs to be. Fermenta gives you a clear way to start, follow, and finish homemade ferments with confidence. With Fermenta, making your favourite fermented foods becomes simple. Choose a guided recipe, start a batch, follow the steps, and keep track of what needs your attention. Each recipe helps you prepare the right ingredients and equipment, understand what to look for, and decide when to taste, store, bottle, or keep fermenting. Use Fermenta for sourdough, kombucha, kimchi, yoghurt and more. What Fermenta helps you do: • Discover guided fermentation recipes • Start a batch from a recipe • Follow clear step-by-step actions • Get reminders and see what is due today • Track batch progress over time • Add notes and observations • Check ingredients, equipment, timelines, storage, and safety notes Fermenta is made for beginners and curious home fermenters who want practical guidance without overcomplication. It keeps the process calm, organised, and easy to return to. Fermenta gives practical guidance, but it does not replace trusted food-safety advice. Always use clean equipment, follow recipe safety notes, and discard anything that looks or smells unsafe. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://getfermenta.com/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: https://getfermenta.com/privacy-policy/
What’s new
Version 1.0.2 · Updated June 24, 2026
You can now choose between metric and imperial units in Settings. Recipe browsing has been improved with a redesigned Recipes tab, clearer sections and category filtering so it’s easier to find what you want to ferment next. This update also includes improved loading and empty states, clearer account information in Settings, and small UI polish throughout the app.
App privacy
The developer, Merlijn van Engelen, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Contact Info: Email Address
- User Content: Other User Content
- Identifiers: User ID
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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