Comparison

Ratio vs King Arthur Baking

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

King Arthur Baking

Discover over 2,000 tested baking recipes, from breads to cakes. Features built-in timers for recipe steps and allows you to save favorites to a personal collection. Create an account for cross-device access.

Highlights
  • Browse 2,000+ tested recipes
  • Custom timers from recipe steps
  • Save favorite recipes
  • Cross-device account access
  • Variety of baking categories
Features
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Explore over 2,000 meticulously tested recipes from King Arthur Baking, designed for bakers of all levels. From crusty artisan breads and soft dinner rolls to decadent cakes and irresistible sweet treats, there’s something for every craving. With built-in timers based on recipe steps, you’ll never miss a beat. Create an account to save your favorite recipes to your personal recipe box to access them anytime and track your bakes. Features: - Search and browse 2,000+ tested recipes - Set custom timers directly from recipe steps - Save favorites to your private recipe box - Create an account for easy access across devices - Discover a wide variety of recipes: breads, rolls, cakes, cookies, and more

Screenshots

Ratio4 screens
King Arthur Baking4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: King Arthur Baking at Free against Ratio's $4.99. King Arthur Baking also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (75% vs 49%). Ratio's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#70 vs unranked). On in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

King Arthur Baking 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

King Arthur Baking holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: King Arthur Baking has 884 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Ratio's written reviews are positive against 75% of King Arthur Baking's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ratio ships an update every 2 months, King Arthur Baking every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Ratio versus King Arthur Baking: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRatioKing Arthur Baking
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (16 ratings)4.7 (884 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.9% of reviews74.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16884 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#70 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRuhlman Enterprises, Inc.King Arthur Baking Company, Inc.

Customer experience

Ratio

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

King Arthur Baking

All ratings44 ratings
Positive61.4%
Neutral13.6%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews110 reviews
Positive74.5%
Neutral13.6%
Negative11.8%

In-app purchases

None

Ratio

No in-app purchases

None

King Arthur Baking

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ratio free?
Ratio costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is King Arthur Baking free?
King Arthur Baking is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ratio or King Arthur Baking?
King Arthur Baking is rated higher. Ratio averages 4.3 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while King Arthur Baking averages 4.7 from 884 ratings.
Do Ratio or King Arthur Baking have ads?
King Arthur Baking shows ads; Ratio does not.
Which is updated more often, Ratio or King Arthur Baking?
Ratio ships an update every 2 months, and King Arthur Baking every 3 weeks. Most recently, Ratio was updated on October 20, 2026 and King Arthur Baking on October 21, 2026.

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