Canning timer & checklist vs Bake
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Canning timer & checklist
This app helps home canners create custom checklists and timers for processing various foods. It guides users through preparation steps based on specific canning parameters like jar size, pack type, and elevation. Companion publications offer additional recipes and instructions for beginners.
- Customizable timers
- Food processing checklists
- Support for over 40 foods
- Jar size and pack type settings
- Canning method and elevation adjustments
- Preparation step reminders
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Select from over 40 popular foods used in home canning—including vegetables, fruits, meats, and fish—to generate a checklist and timer for processing. This app lets set you set your jar size, pack type, canning method, and elevation. It also reminds you of the steps necessary to prepare jars and canning pots. The timer is based on the specific information you enter. Designed for people with previous canning experience. Canning recipes and complete instructions for beginning canners are available in companion publications at http://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/search/content/food%20preservation
Bake
This app simplifies baking by allowing you to scale recipes, adapt to missing ingredients, and convert units. It also offers nutrition estimation and custom timers to help you achieve perfect results.
- Scale recipes up or down
- Adapt to missing ingredients
- Convert units (volume, mass, temp)
- Estimate nutrition and calories
- Create and manage recipes
- Set custom baking timers
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Bake-u-lator is your all-in-one baking calculator, recipe adjuster, and kitchen toolkit. Quickly scale recipes up or down, adapt to missing ingredients, convert units with ease, and keep track of your bake times—all in one simple app. Limiting Ingredient Calculator - Out of flour? Low on eggs? Enter what you do have, and Bake-u-lator automatically recalculates the recipe using proportional amounts of each ingredient. Yield Calculator - Need 14 cupcakes instead of 10? Want to halve a recipe? Instantly scale any recipe to match your desired yield. Nutrition Calculator - Estimate the calories and macronutrients in your baked goods using ingredient-level nutrition breakdowns. Unit Converters - Effortlessly convert volume, mass, and temperature values to keep every measurement accurate. Recipes - Create recipes by manually entering ingredients, scanning recipes with your camera, or importing photos. Custom Timers - Create and run multiple baking timers to stay on track from prep to finish. Whether you’re adjusting recipes on the fly or planning your next bake with precision, Bake-u-lator helps you get it just right. Happy baking! The app and all in-app purchases and subscriptions are licensed under the standard Apple terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Canning timer & checklist at none against Bake's 2. Canning timer & checklist also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). Bake's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 8 months) and review sentiment (71% vs 56%). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. Bake sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Canning timer & checklist asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Canning timer & checklist against 4.5 for Bake. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bake has 184 ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 56% of Canning timer & checklist's written reviews are positive against 71% of Bake's.
Canning timer & checklist ships an update every 8 months, Bake every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Canning timer & checklist | Bake |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (31 ratings) | 4.5 (184 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | 70.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 | 184 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oregon State University | Marco Contino |
Customer experience
Canning timer & checklist
Bake
In-app purchases
Canning timer & checklist
No in-app purchases
Bake
- Bake-u-lator Pro$0.991 Month
- Bake-u-lator Pro$9.99
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