Comparison

Cakeulator vs Ting & Things

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

Head to head
About

Cakeulator

Easily convert baking measurements for recipes, including metric to imperial conversions, weight, volume, and pan size adjustments. Build your own recipe collection and utilize the included free unit converter.

Highlights
  • Ingredient measurement conversion
  • Metric to imperial conversion
  • Weight, volume, and mass conversion
  • Serving size adjustments
  • Pan size conversion (round to square)
  • Recipe collection builder
  • Free unit converter
Features
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The best measurement converter to help you convert your cake recipes. It’s easy to do baking conversions. A recipe converter that supports conversion by ingredient, metric to imperial and vice versa, conversions by weight, volume or mass, and a number of serving adjustments. Cakeulator helps you scale up or down a recipe. Just type in the original pan size and the pan size you would like your cake to be. Besides converting measurements, it supports converting from round to square pans. If you want only to adjust a recipe, you can set both the FROM unit of measurement and the TO unit of measurement to the one from the recipe and the Cakeulator will calculate only the scaling. You can build up your own recipe collection. And it also comes with additional free unit converter. You may want to do your conversions first and then get to baking. Cakeulator baking converter supports the following unit measurement categories: WEIGHT: Ounce (oz) Pound (lb) Gram (g) Kilogram (kg) Dekagram (dg) VOLUME: Teaspoon (tsp) [metric/us] Tablespoon (tbsp) [metric/us] Cup [metric/us] Fluid Ounce (fl oz) [metric/us] Pint (pt) [metric/us] Quart (qt) [metric/us] Millilitre (ml) Decilitre (dl) Litre (l) You can now spend more time in the kitchen doing what you love. Try it for yourself and let us know what you think of our app. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

About

Ting & Things

Features
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The food you grew up with, planned around what you actually spend. Ting & Things helps you plan authentic African and Caribbean home cooking: from jollof rice and egusi soup to jerk chicken and curry goat, while keeping your family's grocery budget in view. Tell Ting & Things your household size, dietary preferences, allergies, health goals and weekly budget. It will create a personalised meal plan for 3, 5 or 7 days, filled with culturally relevant dishes and familiar flavours. Nutrition information is available when useful, without restrictive tracking being required. OVER BUDGET? LET TING & THINGS HELP Budget Rescue adjusts selected dishes to bring your plan closer to your spending limit and shows what you could save. Smart Swap offers alternatives based on your dietary needs, allergies and budget, with clear price differences and community ratings to help you choose. TURN YOUR PLAN INTO A SHOPPING LIST Every meal plan becomes an aisle-grouped shopping list with a running estimated total. Share it with whoever is doing the shopping and keep track of what you already have. Adjust the number of servings and Ting & Things recalculates ingredient quantities and estimated costs, whether you're cooking for four people or fourteen. DISCOVER FOOD THAT FEELS LIKE HOME Explore recipes including jollof rice, egusi soup, jerk chicken, curry goat and suya. Recipes include step-by-step guidance, cooking times and storage information. Save your favourites, record the dishes you've cooked and build a cooking streak celebrating the meals your family loves. PLAN ANYWHERE Ting & Things works offline, with optional Apple or Google sign-in for cloud backup and access across supported devices. PREMIUM Ting & Things is free to use for planning, shopping lists and recipes. An optional Premium subscription adds unlimited meal plans, 14-day plans, smart swaps, PDF export and pantry mode. Prices and any free trial are shown in the app before you purchase, and subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. You can cancel at any time in your Apple account settings. Built for African and Caribbean families and diaspora communities who want the meals of home without the stress, repetition or overspending. Download Ting & Things and plan a week that feeds your family properly, while staying on budget. Terms of Use: https://ting-things-backend.rork.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://ting-things-backend.rork.app/privacy

Screenshots

Cakeulator4 screens
Ting & Things4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ting & Things at Free against Cakeulator's $0.99. Ting & Things also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 35 months). Cakeulator's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#170 vs unranked). On 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

Ting & Things is free to download; Cakeulator costs $0.99 up front. Ting & Things sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Cakeulator asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cakeulator ships an update every 35 months, Ting & Things monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Cakeulator versus Ting & Things: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCakeulatorTing & Things
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 35 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#170 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRastislav NovotnyAfro Fusion Apparel

In-app purchases

None

Cakeulator

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Ting & Things

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Premium Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Cakeulator free?
Cakeulator costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ting & Things free?
Ting & Things is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cakeulator or Ting & Things have ads?
Neither Cakeulator nor Ting & Things shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cakeulator or Ting & Things?
Cakeulator ships an update every 35 months, and Ting & Things monthly. Most recently, Cakeulator was updated on October 25, 2026 and Ting & Things on October 22, 2026.

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