CakeCost vs Harvestli
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
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.
- 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
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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/
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
CakeCost ships an update monthly, Harvestli every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CakeCost | Harvestli |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (29 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #131 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CakeCost | Allison Brown |
Customer experience
CakeCost
Harvestli
In-app purchases
CakeCost
- Premium Plan - Monthly$8.991 Month
- English US$99.991 Month
Harvestli
- Harvestli Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
- Harvestli Premium Yearly$99.001 Year









