CookieCal vs Maja Vase
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CookieCal
This app helps cooks by converting oven temperatures between Celsius, Fahrenheit, and gas marks, and provides descriptions for heat levels. It also converts between various volume and weight measurements, including custom ingredient conversions using density.
- Oven temperature conversion (C, F, Gas Mark)
- Temperature descriptions for older recipes
- Volume and weight measurement conversion
- Custom ingredient conversion via density
- Converts between volume and weight
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CookieCal is a useful utility for cooks everywhere CookieCal can show you the equivalent Celsius, Fahrenheit, or gas mark for all of the most common oven temperatures. CookieCal also provides you with a written description of the oven heat as some older recipes provide. Additionally, you can enter a temperature in Fahrenheit, Celsius, or Kelvin, and CookieCal will automatically convert that temperature to the other two. CookieCal easily converts between different types of volume measurements, weight measurements, or even between volume and weight measurements. Need to convert an ingredient between volume and weight measurements that isn't listed? As long as you have the density for that ingredient, simply enter the density figure into the density box and CookieCal will do the rest.
Maja Vase
Discover over 150 detailed cake and dessert recipes with helpful tips and stunning visuals. Search by ingredients and access all content offline after a single purchase, with no ongoing subscriptions.
- 150+ cake and dessert recipes
- Ingredient-based search
- Offline recipe access
- High-quality images
- Tips and techniques
- Danish and English versions
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The app has more than 150 detailed, easy-to-follow cake and dessert recipes. You only pay once and get access to all the recipes in the app. Highlights: • 150+ inspiring recipes • Lots of tips and wild techniques • Gorgeous, high-quality pictures • Search recipes using ingredient keywords • All recipes available offline (once downloaded) • One-time payment for access to all content - no subscription • Danish and English version The app is intended for iPhone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CookieCal at 5.0 against Maja Vase's 3.8. CookieCal also leads on price ($0.99 vs $5.99). Maja Vase's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 36 months) and ratings volume (24 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
CookieCal costs $0.99 and Maja Vase $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CookieCal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Maja Vase has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CookieCal ships an update every 36 months, Maja Vase every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CookieCal | Maja Vase |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.8 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 59.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 36 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #191 | #55 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pink Zombie Studios Inc. | Jakob Ambeck Vase |
Customer experience
CookieCal
Maja Vase
In-app purchases
CookieCal
No in-app purchases
Maja Vase
No in-app purchases









