CakeCost vs King Arthur Baking
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
King Arthur Baking
Discover over 2,000 tested baking recipes, from breads to cakes. Features built-in timers for recipe steps and allows you to save favorites to a personal collection. Create an account for cross-device access.
- Browse 2,000+ tested recipes
- Custom timers from recipe steps
- Save favorite recipes
- Cross-device account access
- Variety of baking categories
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Explore over 2,000 meticulously tested recipes from King Arthur Baking, designed for bakers of all levels. From crusty artisan breads and soft dinner rolls to decadent cakes and irresistible sweet treats, there’s something for every craving. With built-in timers based on recipe steps, you’ll never miss a beat. Create an account to save your favorite recipes to your personal recipe box to access them anytime and track your bakes. Features: - Search and browse 2,000+ tested recipes - Set custom timers directly from recipe steps - Save favorites to your private recipe box - Create an account for easy access across devices - Discover a wide variety of recipes: breads, rolls, cakes, cookies, and more
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: King Arthur Baking at 4.7 against CakeCost's 3.2. King Arthur Baking also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (75% vs 50%). CakeCost's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#176 vs unranked). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. CakeCost sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. King Arthur Baking asks for nothing beyond the download.
King Arthur Baking holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: King Arthur Baking has 884 ratings behind it against 29, 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 75% of King Arthur Baking's.
CakeCost ships an update monthly, King Arthur Baking every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | CakeCost | King Arthur Baking |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (29 ratings) | 4.7 (884 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 74.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 | 884 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #176 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CakeCost | King Arthur Baking Company, Inc. |
Customer experience
CakeCost
King Arthur Baking
In-app purchases
CakeCost
- Premium Plan - Monthly$8.991 Month
- English US$99.991 Month
King Arthur Baking
No in-app purchases
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