Kneady vs CakeCost
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kneady
Discover over 600 top-rated bread and baking recipes from professional bakers. This app offers step-by-step guidance, community features, and helpful tools like timers and unit conversion to elevate your home baking experience.
- 600+ award-winning recipes
- Step-by-step guidance
- Global baking community
- Save favorite recipes
- Baking timers
- Metric/imperial unit toggle
- Distraction-free Baking Mode
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Kneady is the #1 home-baking app, made for bakers of all levels. Discover 600+ award-winning recipes from professional bakers, save your favourite recipes, join a passionate global community & much more. ** About Kneady ** - The #1 home-baking app, suitable for bakers of all levels - Professional recipes perfected for home cooking, with clear step-by-step guidance - Join a buzzing community, share your culinary masterpieces and learn from others! - Save your favourite recipes for easier repeat bakes - Set handy timers for rise phases, kneading time, oven time and more - Toggle between metric/imperial measures for all recipes - Distraction-free Baking Mode - Use advanced filters to narrow your search ** Our Mission ** We’re on a mission to help you take your home baking to the next level. Many people love bread and love baking, but bread recipes are often unnecessarily complex and buried deep in recipe books. Kneady combines inspiring, time-tested recipes with simplicity and convenience. Follow step-by-step instructions on your smartphone, from the comfort of your home kitchen. ** Collaboration & Support ** Looking to collaborate, or have a question or suggestion? Pop us a message at team@kneady.io and we'll be in touch as soon as possible. ** About Kneady Pro ** In addition to a free plan, Kneady offers two auto-renewing subscription options. Subscription will automatically renew unless turned off in your iTunes Account Settings at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can go to your iTunes Account settings to manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew. Your iTunes Account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed. Read the terms and conditions here: https://kneady.io/terms Read the privacy policy here: https://kneady.io/privacy
CakeCost
This app helps bakers and cake decorators accurately calculate the cost of their creations. It factors in ingredients, expenses, and your time, ensuring you charge appropriately and understand your profit margins.
- Calculate ingredient costs
- Cost time and expenses
- Set profit margins
- View net costs
- Determine what to charge customers
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Are you struggling to figure out what to charge for your cakes and baking services? - CakeCost is designed for bakers and cake decorators, and makes recipe pricing easy. Are you unsure if you are charging enough for your baking? - CakeCost removes uncertainty by calculating prices including ingredients, expenses and your valuable time. Do you usually estimate prices and are unsure of your actual profits? - CakeCost accurately calculates prices with the profit margin you want. With CakeCost you can: - Determine the costs for your ingredients. - Properly cost your time and expenses. - Set your profit and view net costs. Use CakeCost to know exactly what to charge your customers. For more details refer to our website: http://www.cakecost.net Our Terms of Use can be found here: https://www.cakecost.net/pages/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kneady at 4.8 against CakeCost's 3.2. Kneady also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 3 days 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
Both are free to download. Kneady sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and CakeCost sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Kneady holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kneady has 731 ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Kneady's written reviews are positive against 50% of CakeCost's.
Kneady ships an update every 3 days, CakeCost monthly. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.
| Parameter | Kneady | CakeCost |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (731 ratings) — better | 3.2 (29 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.2% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 731 — better | 29 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Quillbound Studios Ltd | CakeCost |
Customer experience
Kneady
CakeCost
Bugs and requests
Kneady
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login screen freezes
- Incompatibility with older devices
- Recipes not displaying properly in baking mode
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to save custom recipes
- Printing option for pro users
- More free recipes and less locked content
- Improved search and recipe organization
CakeCost
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Kneady
- Kneady Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Kneady Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$3.491 Month
- Kneady Pro - Monthly$3.991 Month
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- Kneady Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
- Kneady Pro - Monthly$6.991 Month
- Kneady Pro - Quarterly7 Days trial$12.993 Months
- Kneady Pro - Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Kneady Pro - Annual14 Days trial$21.991 Year
- Kneady Pro - Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Kneady Pro - Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
CakeCost
- Premium Plan - Monthly$8.991 Month
- English US$99.991 Month









