Sous Chef vs Roast Calc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sous Chef
This kitchen helper offers a suite of tools for meal preparation, including multiple configurable timers that function even when the app is closed. It also features a servings calculator and a handy conversion chart to simplify cooking tasks.
- 5 configurable timers
- Timers work in background
- Servings calculator
- Popular conversions chart
- Stores notes and favorite websites
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Kitchen Sous Chef is a set of everyday tools to assist you around the kitchen. This little kitchen helper is ready and waiting to help you serve up that delicious meal! *Note* Timers use the device notification system. Make sure notifications are turned on and that your device volume/ringer is not muted!! App Highlights • 5 Configurable timers. • Timers work even if app is not running. • Servings calculator • Chart of popular conversions. • Stores notes and favorite websites. • Available for both iPhone and iPad.
Roast Calc
This app helps you calculate the perfect cooking time and temperature for beef, chicken, and pork roasts. It takes the guesswork out of meal preparation by considering your preferred cooking style, speed, and the weight of the meat.
- Roast cooking time calculator
- Temperature calculation
- Beef, chicken, and pork options
- Customizable cooking styles (rare to well done)
- Adjustable cooking speeds (fast, regular, slow)
- Hints, tips, and sample recipes
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Roast Calc is the simple tool for calculating the cooking time and temperature for cooking family roasts. Take the guess work out of your roasts with individual calculators for Beef, Chicken and Pork. Juicy and succulent roasts are now easier than ever. Enter the cooking style you prefer, rare, well done etc along with the cooking speed - fast, regular or slow cooked, finally add the weight and the cooking times will be displayed in a simple to follow manner. Theres also a hints and tips page along with a sample recipe. This is probably all you need to use to get started! We hope that every time you can enjoy your next roast even more than your last
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sous Chef at 90% against Roast Calc's 33%. Sous Chef also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.5 vs 1.0). Roast Calc's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown).
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Sous Chef is free to download; Roast Calc costs $0.99 up front. Sous Chef sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Roast Calc asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sous Chef holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sous Chef has 338 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Sous Chef's written reviews are positive against 33% of Roast Calc's.
Sous Chef ships an update every 3 months, Roast Calc every 32 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sous Chef | Roast Calc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (338 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 338 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 32 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ChuChu Train Productions | Michael glucz |
Customer experience
Sous Chef
Roast Calc
Bugs and requests
Sous Chef
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes frequently during use
- Timer doesn't alert when phone is in lock mode
- Accidental timer reset when phone placed in pocket
- Pop-up ads appear during timer setup
- Free version upgrade doesn't convert to Pro (requires repurchase)
Requested features
13 requests- Custom alarm sounds for each timer
- Different ringtones/tones for different timers
- Count-up feature after timer reaches zero
- Larger readout/display text
- Cooking temperature reference charts
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- More than 5 timers available
- Gram conversion option
- Landscape mode support
- Volume control for alerts
- Number of alert repetitions option
- Menu planning features
- Additional sous chef functionality
- Ability to select iPhone system ringtones
Roast Calc
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sous Chef
- KS - Remove Ad Banner$9.99
- Unlimited Reference Entries$9.99
- Enable All Timers$9.99
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- All Features$24.99
Roast Calc
No in-app purchases
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