Comparison

Calculator‰ vs Cooking Calculator

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

Head to head
About

Calculator‰

This utility app offers a clean and intuitive interface for performing calculations. It prioritizes a user-friendly design with large buttons and a clear display for quick and efficient use.

Highlights
  • Large buttons
  • Clear display
  • Fast calculations
  • Intuitive layout
  • Retina Display support
Features
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This calculator has a perfect design that maximizes the size of the buttons and display, with a great layout for fast and easy calculations. Retina Display. Download now and see how truly great this basic calculator is.

About

Cooking Calculator

Easily convert and scale recipes with this kitchen helper. It supports volume, weight, and temperature conversions, and allows you to input amounts in fractions for precise adjustments. Convert over 250 ingredients and switch between US, UK, and metric units.

Highlights
  • Recipe scaling by servings
  • Volume, weight, and temperature conversions
  • Fractional input and output
  • 250+ ingredient conversions
  • US, UK, and metric unit support
  • Clean and easy interface
Features
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Have you ever found yourself in this situation: you have a great recipe, but you try to figure out the right amounts of ingredients or to fit a particular number of servings? Or the recipe calls for units you’re not particularly familiar with and you would like to use those units of measurements that work for you? Well now you can, with Cooking Calculator! For most conversions, you can directly select in fractions as a value, such as “1/2”, “3/4”, “1/8”. Easily convert and scale recipes in an instant. Doubling a recipe (or cutting a recipe in half) is simpler than ever before, with all the most common units of cooking measurement right at your fingertips.  MAIN FEATURES:* * Clean and easy interface to use * Supports volume, weight, and temperature conversions * Enter amounts and view results in standard cooking fractions (1/2, 1/3, etc ) * Quickly scale your recipes using fractions! * 250+ Baking Ingredients. Cups to Grams. US. Metric. * Liquid/Volume. Cup. Fluid Ounce. Tablespoon. Teaspoon. Millilitre. Litre. Pint. Quart. Gallon, Drop, Jigger, Gill, Dash, Pinch, * Dry/Weight. Tablespoon. Teaspoon, Cup, Ounce. Pounds, Grams, Kilograms, Smidgen, Pinch * Oven Temperature. Fahrenheit. Celsius. * Metric, UK and US units * Values can be entered and displayed as decimals * Quick switch between scaling yields to general 1:1 units Volume Converter: Convert between units of teaspoons, tablespoons, cups, pints, quarts, gallons, fluid ounces, millilitres, litres, drops, centilitre, quarts, jiggers gill, dash, pinch. You can also convert between US and UK (imperial) units. This conversion will convert volume units to denominations of common measuring cups and spoons. Weight Converter: Convert between units of grams, kilograms, ounces, pounds, teaspoon, tablespoon, cup, smidgen, pinch, decigrams, centigrams. You can even convert to "Pounds and Ounces". The dry/weight conversion depends on the ingredient. Convert between different units of weight and volume for cooking ingredients. Ingredients: Convert by ingredient between common volume and weight units for more than 250 ingredients! It comes with a database of common ingredients based on weight figures from the USDA (US Department of Agriculture). The preset ingredient list is based on USDA (US Department of Agriculture) figures and are approximate values. They may differ from the ingredients you use. For precise calculations we recommend entering the weights for your ingredients and, whenever possible using a scale. Temperatures: Convert between units of Fahrenheit, and Celsius. SCALE YOUR RECIPES New recipe scaling feature allows you to easily scale your recipes up or down without doing math! Our free Conversion Calculator allows you to scale your recipes: e.g. your recipe is for 2 persons but you want to scale it up to 4. Use the Recipe Servings: 2 persons -> Scale to: 4 persons. Easy as that! Makes scaling servings yields up or down easy for cooks, bakers, & chefs at home or the restaurant. Upcoming features: * Apple Watch support * Conversion between weight and volume units for various cooking ingredients. * Options to remove ads * Better interface and experience on iPad * More ingredients to convert from * Ability to add your own ingredient * Store your conversions so you can easily access previous conversions or recepies * Translations 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. *** Please get in touch with use or leave reviews" any requests, or features you would like to see get in touch with us at: features-cc-app@itcarst.com

Screenshots

Calculator‰2 screens
Cooking Calculator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Calculator‰ at 70% against Cooking Calculator's 0%. Calculator‰ also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (410K vs 4). Cooking Calculator's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Calculator‰ holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calculator‰ has 410K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Calculator‰'s written reviews are positive against 0% of Cooking Calculator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calculator‰ ships an update every 5 months, Cooking Calculator every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Calculator‰ versus Cooking Calculator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalculator‰Cooking Calculator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (410K ratings) — better2.3 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews69.8% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings410K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 12 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTim O's Studios, LLCItCarst

Customer experience

Calculator‰

All ratings409,300 ratings
Positive98.0%
Neutral1.4%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews443 reviews
Positive69.8%
Neutral5.2%
Negative25.1%

Cooking Calculator

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Calculator‰

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Calculations sometimes incorrect
  • App crashing or freezing

Requested features

4 requests
  • Percentage key in portrait mode
  • Option to remove ads (paid version)
  • More customization options
  • Memory function

Cooking Calculator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Calculator‰

No in-app purchases

None

Cooking Calculator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Calculator‰ free?
Calculator‰ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cooking Calculator free?
Cooking Calculator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Calculator‰ or Cooking Calculator?
Calculator‰ is rated higher. Calculator‰ averages 4.9 out of 5 from 410K ratings, while Cooking Calculator averages 2.3 from 4 ratings.
Do Calculator‰ or Cooking Calculator have ads?
Calculator‰ shows ads; Cooking Calculator does not.
Which is updated more often, Calculator‰ or Cooking Calculator?
Calculator‰ ships an update every 5 months, and Cooking Calculator every 12 months. Most recently, Calculator‰ was updated on October 29, 2026 and Cooking Calculator on October 24, 2026.

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