Tarrific vs Dash
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tarrific
This app helps home cooks and bakers quickly calculate ingredient weights by storing the tare weights of common kitchen containers. It also assists in dividing ingredients into equal portions for consistent results.
- Store tare weights of containers
- Quickly subtract container weight
- Divide ingredients into equal portions
- Calculate portion weight
- Supports split-screen on iPad
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Do you use a kitchen scale? If you do, you need Tarrific! Kitchen scales, and their handy tare feature, make baking and cooking so much easier. But, sometimes you need to know the weight of your ingredients, and you forgot to zero out your scale first! Tarrific is designed to help you solve that problem quickly and easily. Store the empty weights of the most commonly used bowls and dishes in your kitchen in Tarrific. When you need to subtract out the weight of a container, Tarrific does the work for you. Want to divide your ingredients into equal portions? Tarrific can help! Just enter in the number of portions you need, or the portion weight, and Tarrific will help you remove just the right amount each time. No more uneven cookies, or running out of muffin batter before you've filled the last one! Tarrific is a universal iOS app that runs on all devices. If you use split-screen on a newer iPad, Tarrific can run right next to your favorite recipe app. Try Tarrific today - you'll wonder how you ever cooked without it!
Dash
This app helps you manage multiple cooking timers for an entire meal. Plan your dishes with a visual meal planner and set sub-timers for regular checks. It's designed for easy, intuitive use, even with messy hands.
- Intuitive meal planning
- Multiple timer support
- Sub-timers for regular checks
- Photo labeling for timers
- Visual interface
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Dash Kitchen Timer Dash is a unique cooking timer that lets you plan a whole meal in one easy to use, intuitive application. Set your timer(s) with just a finger. Perfect when your other nine are dirty. Have a dish you need to check on regularly or stir every few minutes? With sub-timers, Dash will let you know when it’s time to give your dish that extra attention. Need multiple timers? No problem, take a photo and label each one. Never serve your meals late! Let the Meal Planner help you with scheduling your dishes so they come out hot and on time! It’s as easy as that!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dash at 5.0 against Tarrific's 2.8. Dash also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (75% vs 67%). Tarrific's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Tarrific sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Dash sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dash holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Tarrific's written reviews are positive against 75% of Dash's.
Tarrific ships an update every 3 weeks, Dash every 6 months. Both last shipped on June 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Tarrific | Dash |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Little Potato Software | Kung Fu Grip LLC |
Customer experience
Tarrific
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In-app purchases
Tarrific
- Tarrific Unlimited$0.99
Dash
- Dash Timer Upgrade$1.99









