Comparison

Smart Chef vs Cakeulator

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Smart Chef

This app is a culinary toolkit for home cooks, featuring a kitchen calculator for unit conversions, a comprehensive dictionary of over 1000 cooking terms, and a database of over 400 food substitutions. It helps simplify recipes and find alternative ingredients.

Highlights
  • Kitchen unit conversions (English/Metric)
  • Over 1000 cooking term definitions
  • Over 400 food substitutions
  • Gluten-free, baking, and spice substitutions
  • Supports volume, weight, and temperature conversions
Features
Currently charting
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A must have for the home chef! The Smart Chef Suite combines a kitchen calculator, a cooking dictionary and a food substitute finder, all into one app for the iPad! Here's what's included: Smart Chef Conversions A kitchen calculator for converting English and Metric measurements of volume, weight, and temperature! Volume and Weight Units converted in this app: Teaspoon Tablespoon Fluid Ounce Gill Cup Pint Quart Gallon Cubic Inch Teasppon UK Tablespoon UK Fluid Ounce UK Gill UK Pint UK Quart UK Gallon UK Milliliter Liter Pounds Ounces Milligrams Grams Kilograms Stones Smart Chef Definitions With over 1000 cooking terms that are commonly used in recipes and instructions, no recipe will intimidate you again! Smart Chef Substitutions When you run out of an ingredient in the kitchen, don't panic! With over 400 food substitutions you can find an ingredient you already have and save a trip to the store! 300 Substitutions in the following categories: -Gluten Free - Cooking - Baking - Dairy - Herbs - Vegetables - Spices - Alcohol - Dessert - Miscellaneous Quickly find your missing ingredient with the scroll wheel. Click on the "SELECT" button and view your substitute options immediately! Smart Chef has been the favorite of home cooks since it was first released in 2009! Thanks for your support!

About

Cakeulator

Easily convert baking measurements for recipes, including metric to imperial conversions, weight, volume, and pan size adjustments. Build your own recipe collection and utilize the included free unit converter.

Highlights
  • Ingredient measurement conversion
  • Metric to imperial conversion
  • Weight, volume, and mass conversion
  • Serving size adjustments
  • Pan size conversion (round to square)
  • Recipe collection builder
  • Free unit converter
Features
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The best measurement converter to help you convert your cake recipes. It’s easy to do baking conversions. A recipe converter that supports conversion by ingredient, metric to imperial and vice versa, conversions by weight, volume or mass, and a number of serving adjustments. Cakeulator helps you scale up or down a recipe. Just type in the original pan size and the pan size you would like your cake to be. Besides converting measurements, it supports converting from round to square pans. If you want only to adjust a recipe, you can set both the FROM unit of measurement and the TO unit of measurement to the one from the recipe and the Cakeulator will calculate only the scaling. You can build up your own recipe collection. And it also comes with additional free unit converter. You may want to do your conversions first and then get to baking. Cakeulator baking converter supports the following unit measurement categories: WEIGHT: Ounce (oz) Pound (lb) Gram (g) Kilogram (kg) Dekagram (dg) VOLUME: Teaspoon (tsp) [metric/us] Tablespoon (tbsp) [metric/us] Cup [metric/us] Fluid Ounce (fl oz) [metric/us] Pint (pt) [metric/us] Quart (qt) [metric/us] Millilitre (ml) Decilitre (dl) Litre (l) You can now spend more time in the kitchen doing what you love. Try it for yourself and let us know what you think of our app. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

Screenshots

Smart Chef4 screens
Cakeulator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Smart Chef at 70% against Cakeulator's 0%. Smart Chef also leads on rating (3.8 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 7 months vs every 35 months). Cakeulator's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $2.99). On ratings volume, 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

Smart Chef costs $2.99 and Cakeulator $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Smart Chef holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Smart Chef's written reviews are positive against 0% of Cakeulator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart Chef ships an update every 7 months, Cakeulator every 35 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Smart Chef versus Cakeulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart ChefCakeulator
Price$2.99$0.99 — better
Rating3.8 (5 ratings) — better1.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews69.6% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 7 months — betterEvery 35 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#61 — better#168
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRantek Inc.Rastislav Novotny

Customer experience

Smart Chef

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive69.6%
Neutral13.0%
Negative17.4%

Cakeulator

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Smart Chef

No in-app purchases

None

Cakeulator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smart Chef free?
Smart Chef costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cakeulator free?
Cakeulator costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Smart Chef or Cakeulator?
Smart Chef is rated higher. Smart Chef averages 3.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Cakeulator averages 1.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Smart Chef or Cakeulator have ads?
Neither Smart Chef nor Cakeulator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smart Chef or Cakeulator?
Smart Chef ships an update every 7 months, and Cakeulator every 35 months. Most recently, Smart Chef was updated on September 25, 2026 and Cakeulator on September 10, 2026.
Which is more popular, Smart Chef or Cakeulator?
Smart Chef currently peaks at #61 in the App Store charts, and Cakeulator at #168. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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