Editorial policy
How we research, compare, publish, and correct our content
This policy explains who is behind the site, how factual claims and comparisons are checked, where our tools have limits, and how readers can request a correction.
Published and last substantively reviewed: July 16, 2026
Publisher and commercial relationship
Sourdough Forge publishes this website and makes the Sourdough Forge app. Our app comparisons are therefore publisher comparisons, not independent third-party reviews. We identify that relationship so readers can weigh our recommendations with the right context.
We aim to describe competing products fairly, including their strengths, limitations, and likely best-fit users. A recommendation should follow from stated criteria rather than from ownership of the product.
Comparison methodology
Before publishing or materially revising an app comparison, we use the same decision-focused process for Sourdough Forge and the other products covered.
- Define the reader, use case, and decision the page is meant to support.
- Verify product identity, platform availability, current features, and material limitations against official product pages, store listings, or documentation.
- Record the verification date and revisit claims when a material product change becomes known.
- Apply the same relevant criteria across products, such as starter tracking, reminders, recipe workflow, bake planning, history, platform, and privacy information.
- Describe meaningful strengths, limitations, and best-fit users for every product, including Sourdough Forge.
- Link factual claims to the official or cited source whenever a reader may reasonably need to verify them.
Sources, evidence, and product use
For product facts, we prefer first-party sources such as official websites, App Store pages, privacy policies, release notes, and product documentation. For scientific or food-safety claims, we look for appropriate public-health, academic, or other authoritative sources.
A link is not proof that we personally tested a feature. We only describe hands-on testing, personal use, interviews, or original measurements when that work actually occurred and the page explains what was done. We do not invent tests, quotes, statistics, or experience.
Guides, calculators, and interactive checklists
Sourdough timing and fermentation depend on flour, temperature, hydration, starter strength, handling, and other variables. Our calculators and checklists are practical heuristics intended to organize observations and suggest a next step.
They are not validated diagnostic instruments and cannot guarantee a fermentation outcome or food safety. Readers should inspect the dough or starter itself and follow appropriate food-safety guidance when spoilage is possible.
AI-assisted editorial work
AI tools may assist with outlines, drafts, translations, consistency checks, or formatting. AI output is not treated as a factual source, a product test, or personal experience. Material factual claims should still be checked against official or cited sources before publication.
We do not use AI to invent authors, qualifications, product use, tests, quotes, or statistics. If automation materially changes how a specific page was researched or produced, that page should disclose the relevant use.
Authors, dates, and updates
Content is attributed to Sourdough Forge unless a real contributor is clearly identified. We do not create fictional author profiles or claim qualifications we cannot substantiate.
A modified or reviewed date should reflect a substantive check or change, such as re-verifying products, revising conclusions, replacing evidence, or correcting an error. Dates are not changed solely to make a page appear fresh.
Corrections and feedback
To report an error, email us with the page URL, the statement in question, and—when available—a source that supports the correction. We review the evidence and update material errors as clearly and promptly as practical.