CakeCost vs Loaflo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Loaflo
This AI-powered baking companion helps you track your sourdough starter, analyze your bread's quality with photo analysis, and access recipes and calculators. It offers guidance from a built-in assistant and requires no account sign-up.
- AI loaf and starter analysis
- Sourdough starter tracking
- Recipe library
- Baking calculators
- AI baking assistant
- No account required
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Loaflo: Sourdough Starter is your all-in-one, AI-powered bread-baking companion. Track your starter, analyze your loaves, and perfect every bake—no sign-up required! · AI Analysis: Snap a photo of your loaf or starter and get instant feedback on crust, crumb, and overall bake quality. · Recipes: Learn how to bake new recipes with in-depth explanations. · Starter Tracker: Log feedings, track hydration, and monitor growth so your sourdough is always at its bubbly best. · Calculators: Forecast bread rise, adjust ratios, and convert units! · Mr. Crumb: Chat with your built-in baking assistant for step-by-step guidance, troubleshooting tips, and recipe inspiration. · No Account Needed: Dive right into baking without any account sign-up. Whether you’re a sourdough newbie or an experienced home baker, Loaflo makes it simple to level up your bread game. Download now and experience the joy of perfectly baked loaves—with less guesswork and more delicious results! For detailed information, please visit our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy: https://loaflo.app/eula and https://loaflo.app/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Loaflo at 4.7 against CakeCost's 3.2. Loaflo also leads on ratings volume (571 vs 29) and chart position (#49 vs unranked). CakeCost's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 37%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. CakeCost sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and Loaflo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Loaflo holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Loaflo has 571 ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of CakeCost's written reviews are positive against 37% of Loaflo's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
CakeCost ships an update monthly, Loaflo every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CakeCost | Loaflo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (29 ratings) | 4.7 (571 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 36.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 29 | 571 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | — | #49 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CakeCost | No Worries! Lifestyle, LLC |
Customer experience
CakeCost
Loaflo
Bugs and requests
CakeCost
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Loaflo
Reported bugs
11 issues- Paywall pops up with timer
- Cannot cancel free trial
- App won't let me ask questions (invalid credit)
- Journal asks for starter ratio in decimal
- Cannot scan pictures
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- Chat support not responsive
- Scan says invalid credit
- App not reliable
- Scanned moldy starters and rated them incorrectly
- Paid subscription, but nothing works (chat, scan)
- Paid for subscription, but told to sign up again
Requested features
5 requests- Create a phone schedule for feeding
- Remember/log previous actions
- Include metric weight measurements in recipes
- Add gluten-free settings for scans
- Provide a longer free trial or more free scans
In-app purchases
CakeCost
- Premium Plan - Monthly$8.991 Month
- English US$99.991 Month
Loaflo
- Loaflo Weekly3 Days trial$6.997 Days
- Loaflo Monthly$19.991 Month
- Loaflo Yearly$39.991 Year
