Comparison

CakeCost vs Harvestli

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

Harvestli

Discover local food sellers like farm stands, bakeries, and markets in your community. Find fresh produce, baked goods, and more with an interactive map and product search. Sellers can claim and manage their listings to connect with customers.

Highlights
  • Discover local food sellers
  • Interactive map of stands
  • Search for specific products
  • View stand details and hours
  • Get directions to stands
  • Save favorite locations
  • Claim and manage seller listings
Features
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Harvestli makes it easier to discover fresh, local food right in your community. Explore an interactive map to find farm stands, roadside markets, home bakeries, produce stands, and other local sellers. Search for the products you're looking for, check stand details, get directions, and save your favorites for later. Own a stand or local food business? Claim your listing and keep your information up to date so customers know what you sell, when you're open, and how to find you. With Harvestli you can: • Discover local farm stands and food sellers • Search for products available nearby • Filter stands to find what you're looking for • View hours, products, photos, and stand information • Get directions directly to a stand • Save your favorite locations • Suggest updates to community listings • Claim and manage your own stand • Update availability and stocking information Whether you're looking for fresh produce, baked goods, eggs, honey, flowers, or other locally made products, Harvestli helps you find what's available around you. Shop local. Discover nearby. Support your community. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

CakeCost4 screens
Harvestli4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Harvestli at 100% against CakeCost's 50%. Harvestli also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.2) and update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). CakeCost's advantage is chart position (#131 vs unranked) and ratings volume (29 vs 7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Harvestli sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Harvestli holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of CakeCost's written reviews are positive against 100% of Harvestli's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CakeCost ships an update monthly, Harvestli every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
CakeCost versus Harvestli: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCakeCostHarvestli
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (29 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings29 — better7
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#131 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCakeCostAllison Brown

Customer experience

CakeCost

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

Harvestli

All ratings7 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
2 purchases

Harvestli

Subscriptions2
  • Harvestli Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Harvestli Premium Yearly$99.001 Year

Questions

Is CakeCost free?
CakeCost is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Harvestli free?
Harvestli is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CakeCost or Harvestli?
Harvestli is rated higher. CakeCost averages 3.2 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Harvestli averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do CakeCost or Harvestli have ads?
Neither CakeCost nor Harvestli shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CakeCost or Harvestli?
CakeCost ships an update monthly, and Harvestli every 3 days. Most recently, CakeCost was updated on October 29, 2026 and Harvestli on October 8, 2026.

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