Pizza Nerd

19 styles. 151 flours. 8 ovens. From Neapolitan to Detroit, sourdough to same-day. The pizza calculator that adapts to YOUR oven and teaches as you bake.

Pizza Nerd™ — The Dough Calculator That Teaches

Stop guessing. Start making incredible pizza at home.

Pizza Nerd is more than a calculator — it is your personal pizza coach. Every recipe comes with dynamic, science-backed instructions that adapt to your kitchen temperature, fermentation length, oven type, and yeast choice. Whether you are chasing a leoparded Neapolitan crown or a crispy Detroit corner, Pizza Nerd gets the dough right the first time.

16 AUTHENTIC PIZZA STYLES Each style is calibrated by professional bakers — not generic templates.

• Neapolitan, Contemporary Neapolitan
• New York, New Haven, Grandma
• Detroit, Sicilian, Chicago Deep Dish, Chicago Thin
• Roman al Taglio, Pizza alla Pala
• Focaccia, California, Montreal
• Flammkuchen, Coca, Lahmacun

BAKER'S MATH, NO MATH HEADACHES

• True baker's percentages — every ingredient to the gram
• Final Dough Temperature (FDT) water-temp calculator
• Power-curve yeast model recalibrated on real PizzApp data
• Rapid preset — true 2-hour emergency pizza (1h bulk + 1h proof)
• Measurement Guide — no scale? We convert grams to teaspoons
• Total flour weight readout for fast recipe comparison

GLOBAL FLOUR DATABASE (100+ FLOURS)

• Italian Caputo, Le 5 Stagioni, Petra, Polselli, Mulino Marino
• American King Arthur, Bob's Red Mill, Central Milling
• Canadian Robin Hood, Five Roses, Anita's
• French T45/T55/T65, Spanish, German, UK, Australian
• Smart equivalents — swap flours across regions with confidence

STAGE TIMER & QUICK SETS

• Live fermentation progress with stage-by-stage guidance
• Quick Sets for one-tap dough setups (4 balls / 6 balls / party batch)
• Save and reload your favourite recipes

BAKE LOG (Plus) Track every bake — flour, hydration, ferment time, results, photos, lessons. Build your personal pizza playbook.

COST CALCULATOR (Pro) Running a pop-up or thinking about going pro? See the per-pie cost of flour, yeast, salt, oil, sauce, cheese, and toppings. Know your margins before you serve.

LEARN In-app articles on hydration, autolyse, cold ferment, oven hot spots, sauce balance, dough temperature — written for nerds who want to know why, not just what.

FREE, PLUS & PRO

• Free — full calculator, all 16 styles, dynamic instructions, flour database
• Plus — Bake Log, recipe library, advanced ferment tools
• Pro — Cost Calculator and pop-up tools

Built by a pizza-obsessed home baker, refined by a community of testers around the world. No ads. No tracking. Just dough.