Pizza NightPizza dough apps for iPhone, compared
Most dough apps answer one question: how many grams? Pizza Night answers the next one too: when do I start, and what do I do now?
Short answer: if you want pizza on the table at a set time, without doing the maths or watching the clock, Pizza Night. Tell it when you're eating and it works out the dough, tells you when to start, reminds you at every step and fixes the plan when you run late. If you own an Ooni and want its recipes and oven connection, the Ooni app. If you like to tune every number by hand, PizzApp+.
What Pizza Night does that a calculator doesn't
- Starts from dinner time. Pick Saturday 19:00 and it says: start Friday at 17:42. Every step after that has a time.
- Sizes the yeast to your plan. Each rest counts at its own temperature, your kitchen and your fridge, so a warm day or a cold kitchen is already in the numbers.
- Reminds you at every step. One notification per step with Done, +15 min and Running late on it, a Live Activity and widget for what's next, and Siri for floury hands.
- Fixes the plan when you run late. It takes the time from a rest that can spare it so dinner stays put, or moves dinner and tells you plainly.
- Lets you sleep. No step lands between 23:00 and 07:00; it plans a longer cold rest instead.
- Teaches as you go. Each step says what the dough should look like, because the dough matters more than the clock. Doughy, the dough ball on your screen, shows how yours is doing.
- Gets better every bake. Rate it, tap what you'd change, and get the change to try next time.
At a glance
| App | Dough calculator | Plans from your eating time | Reminder per step | Adjusts when you run late | Journal with next-time tips |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pizza Night | Yes | Yes | Yes, with Done, +15 min and Running late | Yes | Yes |
| Ooni Pizza Ovens | Yes | — | — | — | — |
| PizzApp+ | Yes | — | — | — | — |
| Pizza Pro – Dough Calculator | Yes | — | — | — | — |
| Pizza dough recipes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| Pizza Dough Calculator Pro | Yes | Yes | Timers | — | Journal |
The other apps
Ooni Pizza Ovens
A dough calculator (temperature, hydration, yeast type, proofing time), hundreds of recipes and tips, and Bluetooth connection to Ooni Connect ovens. The pick if you own an Ooni and want it connected.
PizzApp+
A long-standing calculator that works out the ingredients and the yeast for the dough you describe, and saves and shares recipes. Good if you like to set every number yourself.
Pizza Pro – Dough Calculator
Choose the dough type, quantity, size, hydration, salt and yeast and get the ingredients, with a guide through the steps.
Pizza dough recipes
Starter recipes you can customise, a scheduled date and time with a notification at each step, and a widget for the next step.
Pizza Dough Calculator Pro
Works out the start time from your dinner time, with many styles including sourdough and gluten-free, poolish and biga, flour recommendations, guided steps with timers and a baking journal.
What Pizza Night doesn't do
It doesn't connect to ovens, and it's iPhone, iPad and Mac only. It sticks to five styles it can plan well: Neapolitan, New York, Roman, Detroit and Pan / Grandma, with biga, poolish and sourdough in Pro.
How we compared
We searched the US App Store for "pizza dough calculator" on 17 October 2026 and read the listings of the top results. A feature counts only if the app's own description names it; apps may do more than they describe. Spotted a mistake? Write to support@pizzanightapp.com and we'll fix it.