Comparison

CakeCost vs Simple Cash Register

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

Simple Cash Register

A straightforward and adaptable point-of-sale system designed for ease of use. This application provides a customizable terminal for managing transactions.

Highlights
  • Easy to use interface
  • Customizable POS terminal
  • Transaction management
  • Suitable for various businesses
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This is a simple Cash Register app, made for anyone looking for an easy to use and customizable POS terminal

Screenshots

CakeCost4 screens
Simple Cash Register4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Simple Cash Register at 100% against CakeCost's 50%. Simple Cash Register also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). CakeCost's advantage is ratings volume (29 vs 3) and chart position (#129 vs unranked). On price, 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. Simple Cash Register asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Simple Cash Register holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CakeCost has 29 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 100% of Simple Cash Register's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
CakeCost versus Simple Cash Register: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCakeCostSimple Cash Register
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (29 ratings)4.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings29 — better3
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#129 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCakeCostBrandon Nastri

Customer experience

CakeCost

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

Simple Cash Register

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

CakeCost

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

Simple Cash Register

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CakeCost free?
CakeCost is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Cash Register free?
Simple Cash Register is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CakeCost or Simple Cash Register?
Simple Cash Register is rated higher. CakeCost averages 3.2 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Simple Cash Register averages 4.0 from 3 ratings.
Do CakeCost or Simple Cash Register have ads?
Neither CakeCost nor Simple Cash Register shows ads.

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