Comparison

Roast Calc vs Perfect Roaster

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Roast Calc

This app helps you calculate the perfect cooking time and temperature for beef, chicken, and pork roasts. It takes the guesswork out of meal preparation by considering your preferred cooking style, speed, and the weight of the meat.

Highlights
  • Roast cooking time calculator
  • Temperature calculation
  • Beef, chicken, and pork options
  • Customizable cooking styles (rare to well done)
  • Adjustable cooking speeds (fast, regular, slow)
  • Hints, tips, and sample recipes
Features
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Roast Calc is the simple tool for calculating the cooking time and temperature for cooking family roasts. Take the guess work out of your roasts with individual calculators for Beef, Chicken and Pork. Juicy and succulent roasts are now easier than ever. Enter the cooking style you prefer, rare, well done etc along with the cooking speed - fast, regular or slow cooked, finally add the weight and the cooking times will be displayed in a simple to follow manner. Theres also a hints and tips page along with a sample recipe. This is probably all you need to use to get started! We hope that every time you can enjoy your next roast even more than your last

About

Perfect Roaster

Effortlessly roast various meats on your stovetop with minimal supervision. Select your meat type and desired doneness, and receive an alarm for perfectly cooked results.

Highlights
  • Roast various meat types
  • Select preferred doneness
  • Automated cooking alarms
  • Stovetop roasting guidance
  • Minimal supervision required
Features
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The Perfect Roaster’s app lets you roast all type of meats over your kitchen stove with only few clicks and almost no supervision! Select the type of meat you want to roast (beef, chicken, pork, lamb, duck, etc), your preferred doneness, and voilà! The app will set an alarm for the juiciest and crispiest roast you can get at home!

Screenshots

Roast Calc4 screens
Perfect Roaster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Perfect Roaster at Free against Roast Calc's $0.99. Perfect Roaster also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 11 months vs every 32 months). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Perfect Roaster is free to download; Roast Calc costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Perfect Roaster holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Roast Calc ships an update every 32 months, Perfect Roaster every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Roast Calc versus Perfect Roaster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoast CalcPerfect Roaster
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 32 monthsEvery 11 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael gluczCristobal Grana Samanez

Customer experience

Roast Calc

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Perfect Roaster

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Roast Calc

No in-app purchases

None

Perfect Roaster

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Roast Calc free?
Roast Calc costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Perfect Roaster free?
Perfect Roaster is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Roast Calc or Perfect Roaster?
Perfect Roaster is rated higher. Roast Calc averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Perfect Roaster averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Roast Calc or Perfect Roaster have ads?
Neither Roast Calc nor Perfect Roaster shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Roast Calc or Perfect Roaster?
Roast Calc ships an update every 32 months, and Perfect Roaster every 11 months. Most recently, Roast Calc was updated on October 26, 2026 and Perfect Roaster on October 24, 2026.

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