Sous Chef vs Bake
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.
Bake
Easily convert baking ingredients between weight and volume units, and convert temperatures between Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Gas Mark. Includes a multi-timer for managing multiple cooking tasks simultaneously.
- Ingredient unit conversion (weight/volume)
- Temperature conversion (Celsius, Fahrenheit, Gas Mark)
- Multi-timer functionality
- Support for over 100 ingredients
- Converts between 30+ units of measure
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Does the recipe show weight but you don't have any scale? Or, do you prefer to measure your ingredients buy weighing them instead of messing up a lot of measure cups? This app helps you to exactly and effortlessly convert ingredients between over 30 weight and volume units of measure for more than 100 different ingredients. Do you have a recipe that say 175 degree Celsius but your oven is using Gas Mark? No problems! The temperature converter allows you to convert between Celsius, Fahrenheit and Gas Mark temperatures. It also shows a number of different verbal temperature notations common to cooking and baking. Within the same convenient app you also have a multi timer to help you keep track all the times especially when you are doing multiple tasks in the kitchen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bake at every 8 days against Sous Chef's every 3 months. Sous Chef's advantage is ratings volume (338 vs 34) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Sous Chef sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Bake sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Sous Chef against 4.4 for Bake. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sous Chef has 338 ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Sous Chef ships an update every 3 months, Bake every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sous Chef | Bake |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (338 ratings) — better | 4.4 (34 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 338 — better | 34 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | ChuChu Train Productions | Joakim Kungsman |
Customer experience
Sous Chef
Bake
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
Bake
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
Bake
- Master Baker Edition$2.99
