# RecipeCost: Chef Calculator — Recipe & Menu Costing

> Recipe & Menu Costing (iPhone/iPad app by skybringup.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/recipecost-chef-calculator/id6761261971 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [skybringup](https://appshunter.io/developer/1841317670)
- Category: Food & Drink
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 32 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-04-21
- Data updated: 2026-07-19
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/recipecost-chef-calculator/id6761261971/reviews.md

## What is RecipeCost?

Turn a written recipe, manually entered ingredients, or a food photo into an AI-assisted cost estimate. RecipeCost helps cooks and small food businesses understand cost per serving before setting a menu price.

• Review ingredients, total food cost, cost per serving, top cost drivers, and a waste allowance.
• Paste a recipe, enter ingredients, or take or choose a photo.
• Premium lets you set a target margin and include packaging, labor, and overhead.
• Inspect the profit split and break-even quantity, and compare saved recipes.
• Update ingredient prices and review price history stored on your device.

How it works:
1. Enter the recipe or choose a photo.
2. Review the recognized recipe and estimates.
3. Open the Cost result; use Premium for Price, Margin, and History.

The app is free to download, and the basic Cost result is available without upgrading. RecipeCost Premium unlocks pricing, margin, history, and the saved-recipe list through an auto-renewing weekly subscription or a permanent purchase.

Important: All figures are AI-assisted estimates, not live supplier, market, or wholesale prices. Check your own supplier prices, prep yield, tax, labor, packaging, overhead, and waste before using any price on a real menu.

Apple Standard Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://recipecost.skybringup.com/privacy/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Weekly Premium | $1.99 | per 7 days |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lifetime Premium | $6.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.3.0 — 2026-07-14

Version 1.3.0 now recovers an interrupted recipe analysis with its original text, ingredients, or photo ready to retry. Ingredient price updates also reprice matching saved recipes, with clearer retry and stability improvements.

### 1.2.1 — 2026-06-23

Rebuilt results page into four tabs: Cost (free), Price, Margin, and History. Added full price breakdown with packaging, labor, and overhead. New profit donut, live break-even, and six-month ingredient price trends. Updated icon and app store listing.

### 1.2.0 — 2026-06-09

What's new in 1.2
• Edit any ingredient price — totals, margin, and sell price update instantly
• Scale a recipe to any number of servings
• Duplicate saved recipes and search your history
• Export a clean PDF cost sheet
• Smoother ingredient entry
No account, no login — your recipes stay on your device.

### 1.1.1 — 2026-05-06

Improved Premium preview, clearer menu-cost result page, safer pricing wording, currency display, and updated App Store listing copy.

### 1.1.0 — 2026-04-21

No release notes.

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*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-07-19.*