Comparison

Kitchen Buddy vs Tarrific

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

Head to head
About

Kitchen Buddy

Easily convert cooking measurements, find ingredient substitutions, and adapt recipes for different pan sizes. This app offers a vast database of ingredients and conversions to help bakers and cooks overcome common kitchen challenges.

Highlights
  • Measurement conversion
  • Ingredient substitution
  • Pan size adaptation
  • Extensive ingredient database
  • Ingredient descriptions and alternate names
Features
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Ever had a recipe call for 100 grams of flour but you’re using measuring cups? Or you have run out of a spice and you want to know what you can use instead? Or perhaps you have a recipe calling for a square cake pan but you want to use two round pans. The Kitchen Buddy has you covered. In one application you can convert measurements, determine how to substitute different sizes and shapes of pans, even how to replace one ingredient with another. Kitchen Buddy includes more than 2500 different ingredients with descriptions, alternate names, and potential substitutions in addition to managing a myriad of conversions. Kitchen Buddy is the baker’s best friend.

About

Tarrific

This app helps home cooks and bakers quickly calculate ingredient weights by storing the tare weights of common kitchen containers. It also assists in dividing ingredients into equal portions for consistent results.

Highlights
  • Store tare weights of containers
  • Quickly subtract container weight
  • Divide ingredients into equal portions
  • Calculate portion weight
  • Supports split-screen on iPad
Features
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Do you use a kitchen scale? If you do, you need Tarrific! Kitchen scales, and their handy tare feature, make baking and cooking so much easier. But, sometimes you need to know the weight of your ingredients, and you forgot to zero out your scale first! Tarrific is designed to help you solve that problem quickly and easily. Store the empty weights of the most commonly used bowls and dishes in your kitchen in Tarrific. When you need to subtract out the weight of a container, Tarrific does the work for you. Want to divide your ingredients into equal portions? Tarrific can help! Just enter in the number of portions you need, or the portion weight, and Tarrific will help you remove just the right amount each time. No more uneven cookies, or running out of muffin batter before you've filled the last one! Tarrific is a universal iOS app that runs on all devices. If you use split-screen on a newer iPad, Tarrific can run right next to your favorite recipe app. Try Tarrific today - you'll wonder how you ever cooked without it!

Screenshots

Kitchen Buddy4 screens
Tarrific4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tarrific at Free against Kitchen Buddy's $0.99. Tarrific also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 33%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months). Kitchen Buddy's advantage is rating (3.8 vs 2.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ratings volume, ads 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

Tarrific is free to download; Kitchen Buddy costs $0.99 up front. Tarrific sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Kitchen Buddy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kitchen Buddy holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Kitchen Buddy's written reviews are positive against 67% of Tarrific's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kitchen Buddy ships an update every 6 months, Tarrific every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Kitchen Buddy versus Tarrific: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKitchen BuddyTarrific
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.8 (4 ratings) — better2.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings44
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#142 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.69.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB15 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJan-Wouter ArendsenLittle Potato Software

Customer experience

Kitchen Buddy

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%

Tarrific

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Kitchen Buddy

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Tarrific

One-time1
  • Tarrific Unlimited$0.99

Questions

Is Kitchen Buddy free?
Kitchen Buddy costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tarrific free?
Tarrific is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Kitchen Buddy or Tarrific?
Kitchen Buddy is rated higher. Kitchen Buddy averages 3.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Tarrific averages 2.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Kitchen Buddy or Tarrific have ads?
Neither Kitchen Buddy nor Tarrific shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kitchen Buddy or Tarrific?
Kitchen Buddy ships an update every 6 months, and Tarrific every 3 weeks. Most recently, Kitchen Buddy was updated on September 10, 2026 and Tarrific on June 1, 2026.

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