Comparison

CakeCost vs Menu Maker

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Calculate ingredient costs
  • Cost time and expenses
  • Set profit margins
  • View net costs
  • Determine what to charge customers
Features
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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

About

Menu Maker

Easily design professional restaurant menus on your phone or tablet. Choose from stylish templates, add items and pricing, and export print-ready PDFs for any food business.

Highlights
  • Quick menu builder
  • 8 stylish templates
  • Print-ready PDF exports
  • Save and edit menus
  • Multi-currency support
Features
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MenuCraft is the easiest way to create professional-looking restaurant menus right from your phone or tablet. Whether you run a restaurant, food truck, coffee shop, or catering business, MenuCraft helps you build, customize, and export elegant print-ready menus without any design skills. Key Features: Quick Menu Builder Add categories and items with custom pricing. Organize your menu quickly with a clean and simple interface. 8 Stylish Templates Choose from ready-made templates for burgers, pizza, juice, coffee, BBQ, dessert, and healthy meals. All layouts are modern and professional. Print-Ready Exports Save menus as high-resolution PDF files. Perfect for printed menus, flyers, table cards, or takeaway handouts. Save and Edit Anytime Store multiple menus and update them anytime you want. Multi-Currency Support Add pricing in your preferred currency with ease. Perfect For: Restaurants and Cafes Food Trucks and Pop-Ups Catering Services Event Planners and Home Chefs MenuCraft lets you create beautifully designed menus without a subscription or watermark. Just great design, made simple.

Screenshots

CakeCost4 screens
Menu Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: CakeCost at 50% against Menu Maker's 0%. CakeCost also leads on rating (3.1 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (30 vs 3). Menu Maker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. CakeCost sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Menu Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CakeCost holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CakeCost has 30 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of CakeCost's written reviews are positive against 0% of Menu Maker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
CakeCost versus Menu Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCakeCostMenu Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (30 ratings) — better1.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings30 — better3
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCakeCostiComet

Customer experience

CakeCost

All ratings30 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral13.3%
Negative36.7%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral22.2%
Negative27.8%

Menu Maker

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

CakeCost

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Plan - Monthly$8.991 Month
  • English US$99.991 Month
None

Menu Maker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CakeCost free?
CakeCost is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Menu Maker free?
Menu Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CakeCost or Menu Maker?
CakeCost is rated higher. CakeCost averages 3.1 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Menu Maker averages 1.0 from 3 ratings.
Do CakeCost or Menu Maker have ads?
Neither CakeCost nor Menu Maker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CakeCost or Menu Maker?
CakeCost ships an update monthly, and Menu Maker monthly. Most recently, CakeCost was updated on October 16, 2026 and Menu Maker on October 5, 2026.

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