Comparison

CakeCost vs Madelocal

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

Madelocal

Connect with neighbors to buy and sell homegrown, homemade, and handcrafted goods. Discover local food and crafts, and easily manage transactions with sellers in your community. Rebuild trust in your food and goods through honest exchanges.

Highlights
  • Hyperlocal marketplace
  • Buy and sell homegrown goods
  • Discover homemade crafts
  • Connect with neighbors
  • Manage inventory
  • Coordinate delivery/pickup
Features
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Welcome to Madelocal — the trusted hyperlocal marketplace where neighbors connect to buy and sell homegrown, homemade, and handcrafted goods. Madelocal makes it simple to shop locally — from eggs and sourdough to honey and handmade crafts — all from people right in your community. Sellers can be found quickly, easily manage their inventory, and quickly coordinate delivery/.pickup with buyers in a centralized place. Why Madelocal? Because great food isn’t on shelves — it’s made next door. And behind every listing is a neighbor who cares vs a corporation who doesn’t. Madelocal helps you rebuild trust in your food, your goods, and your neighbors. Join the growing movement to bring community back to commerce — one honest exchange at a time.

Screenshots

CakeCost4 screens
Madelocal3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Madelocal at 100% against CakeCost's 50%. Madelocal also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). CakeCost's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (30 vs 5). 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. Madelocal asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Madelocal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CakeCost has 30 ratings behind it against 5, 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 Madelocal's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CakeCost ships an update monthly, Madelocal every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
CakeCost versus Madelocal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCakeCostMadelocal
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (30 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings30 — better5
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCakeCostMadelocal LLC

Customer experience

CakeCost

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

Madelocal

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 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

Madelocal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CakeCost free?
CakeCost is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Madelocal free?
Madelocal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CakeCost or Madelocal?
Madelocal is rated higher. CakeCost averages 3.1 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Madelocal averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do CakeCost or Madelocal have ads?
Neither CakeCost nor Madelocal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CakeCost or Madelocal?
CakeCost ships an update monthly, and Madelocal every 2 months. Most recently, CakeCost was updated on October 12, 2026 and Madelocal on October 5, 2026.

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