Comparison

Ratio vs Chefs' Warehouse

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

Head to head
About

Ratio

This app helps you master cooking by understanding fundamental ingredient relationships. It calculates ingredient amounts based on ratios, freeing you from strict recipes and allowing for creative variations. Explore 32 critical culinary ratios with instructions, variations, and tools to store and share your own creations.

Highlights
  • 32 critical culinary ratios
  • Ingredient amount calculator
  • Ounces-to-grams converter
  • Recipe variations and ideas
  • Store custom recipes and notes
  • Share creations on social media
Features
Currently charting
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Free yourself from recipes! The best-selling cookbook, Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking, by me, Michael Ruhlman, is now an iPhone app that will help you calculate amounts of ingredients in all the fundamental culinary preparations. When you know a ratio, you don’t know a recipe, you know 1,000. And this application does all the calculating for you. “Cooking, like so many other creative endeavors is defined by relationships. For instance, knowing exactly how much flour to put into a loaf of bread isn’t nearly as useful as understanding the relationship between the flour and the water, or fat, or salt. That relationship is defined by a ‘ratio’ and having a ratio in hand is like having a secret decoder ring that frees you from the tyranny of recipes. ….Michael Ruhlman, in handing us mortals a power better suited to the gods, has changed the balance of kitchen power forever.” —Good Eats host Alton Brown What You Get: --THE 32 CRITICAL RATIOS that form the backbone of the culinary arts, with instructions: doughs, batters, meat preparations, custards, sauces (pasta dough and pizza dough, sponge cake and pancakes, fritters and crepes, stocks and sauces, crème caramel and chocolate sauce. --A CALCULATOR that figures out how much of each ingredient you need, no matter how many or how few people you want to serve. --An OUNCES-TO-GRAMS CONVERTER (ratios work no matter what unit you choose to use!). --DELICIOUS VARIATIONS FOR RECIPES on all the ratios, ideas for the creation of new dishes according to your tastes. --An easy way to STORE YOUR OWN RECIPES and notes that you’ve created from the basic ratios. --Quick fun ways to SHARE what your cooking with your fellow cooks, on Facebook and on Twitter. --Ratios is also a great way to understand and TWEAK YOUR OWN RECIPES, to help you make your pancakes even fluffier, your pizza dough crisper, your crème brulee richer.

About

Chefs' Warehouse

Access a vast selection of premium specialty foods and ingredients for culinary professionals. Browse the full catalog, manage orders, and connect with your representative to achieve your culinary visions.

Highlights
  • Browse full ingredient catalog
  • Set up and manage order guides
  • Place and modify orders
  • View order history
  • Contact sales representative
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Purveyors of the world’s finest specialty foods and ingredients. From the most dish-dazzling center of the plate proteins to the most sophisticated and luxurious ingredients to integrate across your menu, we provide our customers a world-class variety of products that are 2nd to none. We are here to support you in your pursuit of culinary excellence, we are here to support you in making your wildest culinary visions a reality. Our warehouse is your walk-in. Download our app to: - Browse our full catalog of the world’s finest ingredients - Set up and manage your order guides - Place orders and modify up until your cutoff time - View your order history - Contact your rep for support

Screenshots

Ratio4 screens
Chefs' Warehouse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Chefs' Warehouse at Free against Ratio's $4.99. Ratio's advantage is review sentiment (49% vs 25%) and rating (4.3 vs 4.0). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Chefs' Warehouse is free to download; Ratio costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ratio holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Ratio's written reviews are positive against 25% of Chefs' Warehouse's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Ratio versus Chefs' Warehouse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRatioChefs' Warehouse
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (16 ratings) — better4.0 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews48.9% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1621 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#77 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRuhlman Enterprises, Inc.The Chefs’ Warehouse

Customer experience

Ratio

All ratings16 ratings
Positive81.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews94 reviews
Positive48.9%
Neutral14.9%
Negative36.2%

Chefs' Warehouse

All ratings21 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ratio

No in-app purchases

None

Chefs' Warehouse

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ratio free?
Ratio costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chefs' Warehouse free?
Chefs' Warehouse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ratio or Chefs' Warehouse?
Ratio is rated higher. Ratio averages 4.3 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Chefs' Warehouse averages 4.0 from 21 ratings.
Do Ratio or Chefs' Warehouse have ads?
Neither Ratio nor Chefs' Warehouse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ratio or Chefs' Warehouse?
Ratio ships an update every 2 months, and Chefs' Warehouse every 2 months. Most recently, Ratio was updated on September 30, 2026 and Chefs' Warehouse on September 20, 2026.

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