Comparison

ChefScaler vs My Kitchen Calculator

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

My Kitchen Calculator

Easily scale recipes, convert ingredient units by weight or volume, and access cooking references. This tool supports fractional inputs and offers conversions for over 250 ingredients, plus basic calculators for volume, weight, length, time, energy, and temperature.

Highlights
  • Recipe scaling and portioning
  • Ingredient unit conversion (volume/weight)
  • Over 250 ingredient conversions
  • Basic conversion calculators (volume, weight, length, time, energy, temp)
  • Fractional input support
  • Gas Mark and cooking temperature references
  • Conversion history
Features
Currently charting
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The Kitchen Calculator app by MyKitchenCalculator.com is a tool that includes a recipe converter (recipe multiplier), cooking references, and several conversion calculators that help you easily convert between the most common measuring units used in cooking and baking. The recipe converter tool allows you to scale, multiply, divide, or portion your recipes to the serving size you desire. Easily convert recipes to your desired serving size by typing in (*or copying and pasting*) the ingredients from your favorite online food blogs or recipe sites. *Note: Due to the nature of text formatting, the copy and paste function may not work directly for some websites and certain mobile browsers. The ingredient unit converter tool allows you to convert by ingredient between volume and weight units, such as cups and grams. Choose from more than 250 of the most common ingredients, such as butter, eggs, flour, and sugar! The tool also includes basic conversion calculators for Volume, Weight, Length, Time, Energy and Temperature. For most conversions, you can directly type in fractions as an input value, such as "1 1/2" or "3/4". The tool also keeps a history of your past conversions. In addition to conversion calculators, the app has a Gas Mark reference and a cooking temperature references that allows you to quickly look up information about cooking temperatures for meat, candy, and other dishes. Take the power of recipe conversion with you by downloading this app. MyKitchenCalculator.com, recipe conversion made easier! Recipe Converter: Multiply, divide, or portion recipes with ease. This tool will take fraction inputs and output them to the nearest fraction also! Ingredient Unit Converter: Convert by ingredient between common volume and weight units for more than 250 ingredients! Includes sticks of butter conversion and conversion of medium, large, and x-large whole eggs! Volume Converter: Convert between units of teaspoons, tablespoons, cups, pints, quarts, gallons, fluid ounces, milliliters, liters. You can also convert between US and UK (imperial) units. There is also a conversion to "Cups and Spoons". This conversion will convert volume units to denominations of common measuring cups and spoons. For example, 1.75 cups = 1 cup + 3/4 cup. Weight Converter: Convert between units of grams, kilograms, ounces, and pounds. You can even convert to "Pounds and Ounces". Length Converter: Convert between units of millimeters, centimeters, meters, kilometers, inches, feet, yards and miles. You can even convert to "Feet and Inches". Time Converter Convert between seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years. Energy Converter Convert between Joules, Kilojoules, Gram calories, and Food Calories (Kilocalories). Temperature Converter: Convert between units of Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin. Gas Mark Reference: View common gas mark settings in Fahrenheit or Celsius. Cooking Temperatures: Easily look up the USDA recommended cooking temperatures of most dishes such as meats, eggs, and casseroles. You can also look up candy cooking temperatures that tell you the stages of sugar at each temperature range. Easily share your conversions with others if your device has compatible share action apps such as certain email or text messaging apps. 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. 4)Always check for proper conversions before using converted recipes. 5)This tool is based on rounded and simplified values and is not recommended for mathematical, engineering, or scientific calculations that need precision.

Screenshots

ChefScaler4 screens
My Kitchen Calculator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ChefScaler at Free against My Kitchen Calculator's $1.99. My Kitchen Calculator's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 1.0) and chart position (#11 vs unranked). On ads and in-app purchases 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

ChefScaler is free to download; My Kitchen Calculator costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

My Kitchen Calculator holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Kitchen Calculator has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChefScaler ships an update every 16 months, My Kitchen Calculator every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
ChefScaler versus My Kitchen Calculator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChefScalerMy Kitchen Calculator
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.7 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—85.7% of reviews
Number of ratings19 — better
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 7 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#11 — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.412.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMENG KUONG LEIErnest Lee

Customer experience

ChefScaler

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

My Kitchen Calculator

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

None

ChefScaler

No in-app purchases

None

My Kitchen Calculator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ChefScaler free?
ChefScaler is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is My Kitchen Calculator free?
My Kitchen Calculator costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ChefScaler or My Kitchen Calculator?
My Kitchen Calculator is rated higher. ChefScaler averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while My Kitchen Calculator averages 4.7 from 9 ratings.
Do ChefScaler or My Kitchen Calculator have ads?
Neither ChefScaler nor My Kitchen Calculator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChefScaler or My Kitchen Calculator?
ChefScaler ships an update every 16 months, and My Kitchen Calculator every 7 months. Most recently, ChefScaler was updated on July 5, 2026 and My Kitchen Calculator on September 24, 2026.

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