Comparison

ChefScaler vs Bake

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

Head to head
About

ChefScaler

Easily scale ingredient quantities for your recipes based on the desired number of servings. Store your favorite recipes with details like photos and ratings, and access them anytime for quick adjustments. Supports standard metric units.

Highlights
  • Adjust ingredient quantities with one click
  • Instantly view adjusted ingredient amounts
  • Store recipes with photos and ratings
  • Supports metric units
  • Dark Mode support
Features
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ChefScaler helps you to adjust ingredients quantities in your recipes. With one click of a button, ChefScaler adjusts all your ingredients quantities in your favorite recipes, according to the number of servings you need. You only have to enter your recipe once into ChefScaler. Then you can bring up the recipe anytime you want, just change the number of servings, and instantly you get the adjusted ingredients' quantities for your recipe. Current major features: 1. One button clicks to change the number of serves in recipe 2. Instantly show all adjusted ingredients quantities in recipe 3. Store recipes with Photo, Rating, Easiness, etc. 4. Ingredient supports standard metric units (US units will be supported in future release) Other features 1. Dark Mode support 2. Optimized for iPhone 11 and SE2

About

Bake

Easily convert baking ingredients between weight and volume units, and convert temperatures between Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Gas Mark. Includes a multi-timer for managing multiple cooking tasks simultaneously.

Highlights
  • Ingredient unit conversion (weight/volume)
  • Temperature conversion (Celsius, Fahrenheit, Gas Mark)
  • Multi-timer functionality
  • Support for over 100 ingredients
  • Converts between 30+ units of measure
Features
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Does the recipe show weight but you don't have any scale? Or, do you prefer to measure your ingredients buy weighing them instead of messing up a lot of measure cups? This app helps you to exactly and effortlessly convert ingredients between over 30 weight and volume units of measure for more than 100 different ingredients. Do you have a recipe that say 175 degree Celsius but your oven is using Gas Mark? No problems! The temperature converter allows you to convert between Celsius, Fahrenheit and Gas Mark temperatures. It also shows a number of different verbal temperature notations common to cooking and baking. Within the same convenient app you also have a multi timer to help you keep track all the times especially when you are doing multiple tasks in the kitchen.

Screenshots

ChefScaler4 screens
Bake4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bake at 4.4 against ChefScaler's 1.0. Bake also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (34 vs 1). ChefScaler's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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 1 one-off in-app purchase. ChefScaler asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bake holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bake has 34 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChefScaler ships an update every 16 months, Bake every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 1 level
ChefScaler versus Bake: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChefScalerBake
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.4 (34 ratings) — better
Number of ratings134 — better
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.414.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB10 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMENG KUONG LEIJoakim Kungsman

Customer experience

ChefScaler

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bake

All ratings34 ratings
Positive85.3%
Neutral2.9%
Negative11.8%

In-app purchases

None

ChefScaler

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Bake

One-time1
  • Master Baker Edition$2.99

Questions

Is ChefScaler free?
ChefScaler is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bake free?
Bake is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ChefScaler or Bake?
Bake is rated higher. ChefScaler averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Bake averages 4.4 from 34 ratings.
Do ChefScaler or Bake have ads?
Bake shows ads; ChefScaler does not.
Which is updated more often, ChefScaler or Bake?
ChefScaler ships an update every 16 months, and Bake every 8 days. Most recently, ChefScaler was updated on October 13, 2026 and Bake on October 4, 2026.

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