Comparison

ChefScaler vs Yakacook

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

Yakacook

Digitize your cookbooks and cooking websites to easily find, organize, and modify recipes. Adjust ingredient portions, annotate without damaging books, and plan future meals with an integrated shopping list. Batch cook efficiently with multi-recipe support and timers.

Highlights
  • Digitize cookbooks via photo scanning
  • Adjust ingredient quantities for servings
  • Annotate recipes without altering books
  • Plan cooking sessions and sync shopping lists
  • Batch cooking with multi-recipe support
  • Share library and annotations across devices
Features
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Yakacook doesn’t replace your cookbooks — it helps you find them, index them, annotate them without scribbling, adjust portions… and gives you the best of both worlds: paper & digital! (And here, no sneaky subscription draining your bank account every month.) Haven’t you ever thought: - “I’ve made this before, but there’s no way I can find the recipe again among all my cookbooks!” - “I own so many beautiful cookbooks, but in the end I don’t even know what’s inside them.” - “What could I cook with what I have?” - [At the supermarket] “Wait… what ingredients did I need for this dish again?” … Then discover your ideal kitchen companion: a custom mega-index of all your cookbooks and cooking websites, designed to make your life easier before and during your cooking sessions. With Yakacook, find your favorite recipes by name, ingredients, affinities, and more. Create your own collections and organize your upcoming cooking sessions. - Scan recipe pages (or websites) simply by taking a photo. Digitize your cookbooks and find them visually identical in the app, so you always know what the book containing a recipe looks like. - Adjust quantities by number of servings — all ingredients update automatically. - Annotate and personalize recipes without damaging your beautiful books. Perfect for making sure you buy the right quantities at the store (no one carries their whole cookbook library around… except you, thanks to Yakacook). - Plan future cooking sessions. Fill your calendar, sync it with your shopping list, and on the big day… Ya-Ka-Cook! - Manage your shopping list, automatically generated from selected recipes and optionally enriched with extra items. Share it with your roommate or partner, whether they use an iPhone or not. - Find the exact book on your shelf by scanning it with your camera — the app will point it out for you. Cook more efficiently with a clean, synthetic view packed with practical tools — the perfect companion to your cookbook (or your favorite cooking website). - Batch cook effortlessly. During a cooking session, swipe from one recipe to another, manage multiple timers at once, or add new recipes on the fly. - Share your library and all your annotations across multiple users or devices. So now… Ya-Ka-Cook*! * All you have to do is cook

Screenshots

ChefScaler4 screens
Yakacook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ChefScaler at none against Yakacook's 10. ChefScaler also leads on ads (none vs shown). Yakacook's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 16 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and iOS requirement 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. Yakacook sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. ChefScaler asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChefScaler ships an update every 16 months, Yakacook monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ChefScaler versus Yakacook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChefScalerYakacook
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMENG KUONG LEIGuillaume Pelouas

Customer experience

ChefScaler

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

Yakacook

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ChefScaler

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Yakacook

One-time10
  • Scan Pack 30$0.99
  • Scan Pack 100$1.99
  • Unlock + 30 Scans$4.99
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  • Unlock + 100 Scans$6.99
  • Scan Pack 500$8.99
  • Unlock + 500 Scans$12.99
  • Scan Pack 2000$22.99
  • Unlock + 2000 Scans$24.99
  • Unlock + 10 000 Scans$69.99
  • Scan Pack 10 000$69.99

Questions

Is ChefScaler free?
ChefScaler is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Yakacook free?
Yakacook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ChefScaler or Yakacook have ads?
Yakacook shows ads; ChefScaler does not.
Which is updated more often, ChefScaler or Yakacook?
ChefScaler ships an update every 16 months, and Yakacook monthly. Most recently, ChefScaler was updated on October 13, 2026 and Yakacook on October 11, 2026.

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