Comparison

Substitutions vs My Kitchen Calculator

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

Head to head
About

Substitutions

This app provides a comprehensive database of nearly 1500 food and drink substitutions. It's designed to help users find alternatives for various dietary needs, allergies, and cooking requirements.

Highlights
  • Extensive substitution database
  • Search functionality
  • Covers allergies
  • Supports dietary needs (gluten-free, vegan, low carb)
  • Includes baking and cooking aids
  • Categorized by ingredient type
Features
Currently charting
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Substitutions. Food & Drink. iOS 11 or later. Now nearly 1500 substitutions. Search! Alcohol. Allergy. Baking. Cooking. Dairy. Gluten-Free. Herbs. Spices. Low Carb. Low Fat. Low Sodium. Migraine. Seafood. Meat. Utensil. Vegan. Twitter: @Gormaya

About

My Kitchen Calculator

Easily scale recipes, convert ingredient units by weight or volume, and access cooking references. This tool supports fractional inputs and offers conversions for over 250 ingredients, plus basic calculators for volume, weight, length, time, energy, and temperature.

Highlights
  • Recipe scaling and portioning
  • Ingredient unit conversion (volume/weight)
  • Over 250 ingredient conversions
  • Basic conversion calculators (volume, weight, length, time, energy, temp)
  • Fractional input support
  • Gas Mark and cooking temperature references
  • Conversion history
Features
Currently charting
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The Kitchen Calculator app by MyKitchenCalculator.com is a tool that includes a recipe converter (recipe multiplier), cooking references, and several conversion calculators that help you easily convert between the most common measuring units used in cooking and baking. The recipe converter tool allows you to scale, multiply, divide, or portion your recipes to the serving size you desire. Easily convert recipes to your desired serving size by typing in (*or copying and pasting*) the ingredients from your favorite online food blogs or recipe sites. *Note: Due to the nature of text formatting, the copy and paste function may not work directly for some websites and certain mobile browsers. The ingredient unit converter tool allows you to convert by ingredient between volume and weight units, such as cups and grams. Choose from more than 250 of the most common ingredients, such as butter, eggs, flour, and sugar! The tool also includes basic conversion calculators for Volume, Weight, Length, Time, Energy and Temperature. For most conversions, you can directly type in fractions as an input value, such as "1 1/2" or "3/4". The tool also keeps a history of your past conversions. In addition to conversion calculators, the app has a Gas Mark reference and a cooking temperature references that allows you to quickly look up information about cooking temperatures for meat, candy, and other dishes. Take the power of recipe conversion with you by downloading this app. MyKitchenCalculator.com, recipe conversion made easier! Recipe Converter: Multiply, divide, or portion recipes with ease. This tool will take fraction inputs and output them to the nearest fraction also! Ingredient Unit Converter: Convert by ingredient between common volume and weight units for more than 250 ingredients! Includes sticks of butter conversion and conversion of medium, large, and x-large whole eggs! Volume Converter: Convert between units of teaspoons, tablespoons, cups, pints, quarts, gallons, fluid ounces, milliliters, liters. You can also convert between US and UK (imperial) units. There is also a conversion to "Cups and Spoons". This conversion will convert volume units to denominations of common measuring cups and spoons. For example, 1.75 cups = 1 cup + 3/4 cup. Weight Converter: Convert between units of grams, kilograms, ounces, and pounds. You can even convert to "Pounds and Ounces". Length Converter: Convert between units of millimeters, centimeters, meters, kilometers, inches, feet, yards and miles. You can even convert to "Feet and Inches". Time Converter Convert between seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years. Energy Converter Convert between Joules, Kilojoules, Gram calories, and Food Calories (Kilocalories). Temperature Converter: Convert between units of Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin. Gas Mark Reference: View common gas mark settings in Fahrenheit or Celsius. Cooking Temperatures: Easily look up the USDA recommended cooking temperatures of most dishes such as meats, eggs, and casseroles. You can also look up candy cooking temperatures that tell you the stages of sugar at each temperature range. Easily share your conversions with others if your device has compatible share action apps such as certain email or text messaging apps. Notes: 1)Conversions are calculated approximations and may not be exact. 2)US volume conversions are NIST based rounded values. 3)Conversions by ingredients are based on USDA values and actual measured values. 4)Always check for proper conversions before using converted recipes. 5)This tool is based on rounded and simplified values and is not recommended for mathematical, engineering, or scientific calculations that need precision.

Screenshots

Substitutions4 screens
My Kitchen Calculator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: My Kitchen Calculator at 4.7 against Substitutions's 3.4. My Kitchen Calculator also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 60%). Substitutions's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and chart position 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

Substitutions costs $1.99 and My Kitchen Calculator $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

My Kitchen Calculator holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Substitutions's written reviews are positive against 86% of My Kitchen Calculator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Substitutions ships an update every 2 months, My Kitchen Calculator every 7 months. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Substitutions versus My Kitchen Calculator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSubstitutionsMy Kitchen Calculator
Price$1.99$1.99
Rating3.4 (29 ratings)4.7 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.5% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings29 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank#15 — better#24
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB31 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperGormayaErnest Lee

Customer experience

Substitutions

All ratings29 ratings
Positive62.1%
Neutral10.3%
Negative27.6%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive59.5%
Neutral7.1%
Negative33.3%

My Kitchen Calculator

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

None

Substitutions

No in-app purchases

None

My Kitchen Calculator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Substitutions free?
Substitutions costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is My Kitchen Calculator free?
My Kitchen Calculator costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Substitutions or My Kitchen Calculator?
My Kitchen Calculator is rated higher. Substitutions averages 3.4 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while My Kitchen Calculator averages 4.7 from 9 ratings.
Do Substitutions or My Kitchen Calculator have ads?
Neither Substitutions nor My Kitchen Calculator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Substitutions or My Kitchen Calculator?
Substitutions ships an update every 2 months, and My Kitchen Calculator every 7 months. Most recently, Substitutions was updated on October 27, 2026 and My Kitchen Calculator on October 27, 2026.
Which is more popular, Substitutions or My Kitchen Calculator?
Substitutions currently peaks at #15 in the App Store charts, and My Kitchen Calculator at #24. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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