Comparison

Cooking Calculator vs Kitchen

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

Head to head
About

Cooking Calculator

Easily convert and scale recipes with this kitchen helper. It supports volume, weight, and temperature conversions, and allows you to input amounts in fractions for precise adjustments. Convert over 250 ingredients and switch between US, UK, and metric units.

Highlights
  • Recipe scaling by servings
  • Volume, weight, and temperature conversions
  • Fractional input and output
  • 250+ ingredient conversions
  • US, UK, and metric unit support
  • Clean and easy interface
Features
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Have you ever found yourself in this situation: you have a great recipe, but you try to figure out the right amounts of ingredients or to fit a particular number of servings? Or the recipe calls for units you’re not particularly familiar with and you would like to use those units of measurements that work for you? Well now you can, with Cooking Calculator! For most conversions, you can directly select in fractions as a value, such as “1/2”, “3/4”, “1/8”. Easily convert and scale recipes in an instant. Doubling a recipe (or cutting a recipe in half) is simpler than ever before, with all the most common units of cooking measurement right at your fingertips.  MAIN FEATURES:* * Clean and easy interface to use * Supports volume, weight, and temperature conversions * Enter amounts and view results in standard cooking fractions (1/2, 1/3, etc ) * Quickly scale your recipes using fractions! * 250+ Baking Ingredients. Cups to Grams. US. Metric. * Liquid/Volume. Cup. Fluid Ounce. Tablespoon. Teaspoon. Millilitre. Litre. Pint. Quart. Gallon, Drop, Jigger, Gill, Dash, Pinch, * Dry/Weight. Tablespoon. Teaspoon, Cup, Ounce. Pounds, Grams, Kilograms, Smidgen, Pinch * Oven Temperature. Fahrenheit. Celsius. * Metric, UK and US units * Values can be entered and displayed as decimals * Quick switch between scaling yields to general 1:1 units Volume Converter: Convert between units of teaspoons, tablespoons, cups, pints, quarts, gallons, fluid ounces, millilitres, litres, drops, centilitre, quarts, jiggers gill, dash, pinch. You can also convert between US and UK (imperial) units. This conversion will convert volume units to denominations of common measuring cups and spoons. Weight Converter: Convert between units of grams, kilograms, ounces, pounds, teaspoon, tablespoon, cup, smidgen, pinch, decigrams, centigrams. You can even convert to "Pounds and Ounces". The dry/weight conversion depends on the ingredient. Convert between different units of weight and volume for cooking ingredients. Ingredients: Convert by ingredient between common volume and weight units for more than 250 ingredients! It comes with a database of common ingredients based on weight figures from the USDA (US Department of Agriculture). The preset ingredient list is based on USDA (US Department of Agriculture) figures and are approximate values. They may differ from the ingredients you use. For precise calculations we recommend entering the weights for your ingredients and, whenever possible using a scale. Temperatures: Convert between units of Fahrenheit, and Celsius. SCALE YOUR RECIPES New recipe scaling feature allows you to easily scale your recipes up or down without doing math! Our free Conversion Calculator allows you to scale your recipes: e.g. your recipe is for 2 persons but you want to scale it up to 4. Use the Recipe Servings: 2 persons -> Scale to: 4 persons. Easy as that! Makes scaling servings yields up or down easy for cooks, bakers, & chefs at home or the restaurant. Upcoming features: * Apple Watch support * Conversion between weight and volume units for various cooking ingredients. * Options to remove ads * Better interface and experience on iPad * More ingredients to convert from * Ability to add your own ingredient * Store your conversions so you can easily access previous conversions or recepies * Translations Notes: 1)Conversions are calculated approximations and may not be exact. 2)US volume conversions are NIST based rounded values. 3)Conversions by ingredients are based on USDA values and actual measured values. *** Please get in touch with use or leave reviews" any requests, or features you would like to see get in touch with us at: features-cc-app@itcarst.com

About

Kitchen

Quickly convert kitchen measurements like volume and weight. Easily handle fractions, decimals, and temperature conversions. Save custom settings for recipes.

Highlights
  • Volume conversions (tablespoons to milliliters)
  • Weight conversions (grams)
  • Temperature conversions (Celsius/Fahrenheit)
  • Fraction and decimal input
  • Customizable recipe settings
  • Result multiplication/division
Features
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Fastest way to convert units used in the kitchen. (Only 2 taps to convert 5 tablespoons to milliliters.) No more clumsy scrolling to pick the unit you want out of hundreds of choices. Its innovative input method allows you to enter values as fractions or decimals. Fast, easy, and flexible! Weighing ingredients instead of using spoons and cups is more accurate and easier, especially for things like honey and ketchup. The app makes the conversion to grams a breeze. Easily divide or multiply the result. Encounter recipes that use Celsius rather than Fahrenheit? It makes the conversion in a snap! Always forgetting what temperature your favorite cookie recipe calls for? You can store custom temperature settings along with baking times. This is a no-nonsense, highly streamlined app designed specifically for all your measurement needs in the kitchen. For Subscriber Agreement and other policies: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ For privacy policy: https://www.old-mountain-studio.com/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Cooking Calculator4 screens
Kitchen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Kitchen at 5.0 against Cooking Calculator's 2.3. Kitchen also leads on ratings volume (13 vs 4). Cooking Calculator's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 13.7). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Kitchen sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Cooking Calculator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kitchen holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 13 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cooking Calculator ships an update every 12 months, Kitchen every 8 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Cooking Calculator versus Kitchen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCooking CalculatorKitchen
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (4 ratings)5.0 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings413 — better
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 8 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.3 — better13.7
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperItCarstTakehito Furuyama

Customer experience

Cooking Calculator

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Kitchen

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Cooking Calculator

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Kitchen

Subscriptions2
  • All Access$0.991 Month
  • All Access$1.991 Year
One-time1
  • All Access$4.99

Questions

Is Cooking Calculator free?
Cooking Calculator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kitchen free?
Kitchen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cooking Calculator or Kitchen?
Kitchen is rated higher. Cooking Calculator averages 2.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Kitchen averages 5.0 from 13 ratings.
Do Cooking Calculator or Kitchen have ads?
Neither Cooking Calculator nor Kitchen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cooking Calculator or Kitchen?
Cooking Calculator ships an update every 12 months, and Kitchen every 8 months. Most recently, Cooking Calculator was updated on October 24, 2026 and Kitchen on October 24, 2026.

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