Comparison

CakeCost vs The Muffin App

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

The Muffin App

This app helps home bakers and cottage food businesses manage orders, pre-orders, and subscriptions. It allows you to create an online shop, get discovered by local customers, and handle payments and communication seamlessly. Focus on baking while this app streamlines your business operations.

Highlights
  • Local bakery marketplace
  • Create bakery shop
  • Accept all payment methods
  • Pre-orders & bakery drops
  • Subscriptions for recurring income
  • Order management
  • In-app messaging
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Home bakers and cottage food businesses — The Muffin App handles orders, pre-orders, subscriptions, and customer messaging so you can focus on what you love: baking. Set up your shop in minutes and get discovered by local customers looking for exactly what you make. - LOCAL BAKERY MARKETPLACE Get discovered by customers near you in a dedicated marketplace for home bakers and cottage food businesses. List your baked goods so locals can find and order from you directly. - CREATE YOUR BAKERY SHOP Set up your bakery profile in minutes. Add products, photos, pricing, and availability so customers can place pre-orders or custom requests with ease. - ACCEPT ALL PAYMENT METHODS Collect payments by cash, bank transfer, Venmo, Zelle, PayPal, and more. Send automated receipts to customers regardless of how they pay. - PRE-ORDERS & BAKERY DROPS Run your bakery on your schedule. Set order windows, pickup dates, and quantity limits for weekly bakes, seasonal drops, and custom orders. - SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR RECURRING INCOME Offer weekly or monthly subscriptions for your best-selling items like bread, cookies, cakes, and dessert boxes. Build steady, predictable revenue from repeat customers. - ORDER MANAGEMENT MADE SIMPLE Track every order in one place from request to pickup. Stay organized with clear order status, customer details, and upcoming baking schedules. - IN-APP MESSAGING & NOTIFICATIONS Communicate directly with customers about orders, pickups, and custom requests. Automated reminders help reduce missed orders and confusion. - BAKE PLANNING & PRODUCTION LISTS Automatically generate what you need to bake each week based on real orders. Reduce waste, stay organized, and plan your baking days with clarity. - REVIEWS & BUSINESS INSIGHTS See your most popular products, best customers, and total revenue. Understand what sells best so you can grow your bakery with confidence. Download The Muffin App free and have your shop live today.

Screenshots

CakeCost4 screens
The Muffin App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Muffin App at 100% against CakeCost's 50%. The Muffin App also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). CakeCost's advantage is ratings volume (29 vs 6) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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. The Muffin App asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Muffin App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of CakeCost's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Muffin App's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
CakeCost versus The Muffin App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCakeCostThe Muffin App
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (29 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings29 — better6
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCakeCostHappy Path Software, LLC

Customer experience

CakeCost

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

The Muffin App

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 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

The Muffin App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CakeCost free?
CakeCost is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Muffin App free?
The Muffin App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CakeCost or The Muffin App?
The Muffin App is rated higher. CakeCost averages 3.2 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while The Muffin App averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do CakeCost or The Muffin App have ads?
Neither CakeCost nor The Muffin App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CakeCost or The Muffin App?
CakeCost ships an update monthly, and The Muffin App monthly. Most recently, CakeCost was updated on October 21, 2026 and The Muffin App on October 14, 2026.

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