Comparison

Bake vs BakerMath

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

BakerMath

Easily scale and manage your baking recipes with a personal assistant. Import recipes and access workshops on baking techniques. Enjoy an ad-free experience with premium subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Recipe scaling and management
  • Personal baking assistant
  • Smart recipe import
  • Baking techniques workshops
  • Ad-free premium experience
  • Subscription management
Features
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BakerMath is the baker's percentage calculator built for serious home bakers and pros. Scale any recipe instantly, dial in hydration with the Hydration Lab, and keep a Baking Journal of every loaf — what worked, what didn't, what to try next. 1. Instant recipe scaling (×0.1 to ×5) 2. Hydration Lab — see your dough at 60%, 75%, 90% hydration 3. AI-powered ingredient analysis for unusual recipes 4. Nutrition & calorie estimates 5. Baking Journal — log mood, lessons, and improvements per bake 6. Tags, Baker Plans, and recipe organization

Screenshots

Bake4 screens
BakerMath4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: BakerMath at 5.0 against Bake's 4.5. BakerMath also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Bake's advantage is ratings volume (183 vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Bake sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and BakerMath sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BakerMath holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bake has 183 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Bake's written reviews are positive against 100% of BakerMath's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bake ships an update every 2 weeks, BakerMath monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bake versus BakerMath: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBakeBakerMath
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (183 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings183 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB92 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarco ContinoHeqing Huang

Customer experience

Bake

All ratings183 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral3.8%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive70.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative29.4%

BakerMath

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bake

Subscriptions1
  • Bake-u-lator Pro$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Bake-u-lator Pro$9.99
3 purchases

BakerMath

Subscriptions3
  • BakerMath Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • BakerMath Premium half year$25.996 Months
  • BakerMath Premium annually$45.991 Year

Questions

Is Bake free?
Bake is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BakerMath free?
BakerMath is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bake or BakerMath?
BakerMath is rated higher. Bake averages 4.5 out of 5 from 183 ratings, while BakerMath averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Bake or BakerMath have ads?
Neither Bake nor BakerMath shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bake or BakerMath?
Bake ships an update every 2 weeks, and BakerMath monthly. Most recently, Bake was updated on October 8, 2026 and BakerMath on October 9, 2026.

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