BakerMath vs Escoffier
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BakerMath
Easily scale and manage your baking recipes with a personal assistant. Import recipes and access workshops on baking techniques. Enjoy an ad-free experience with premium subscriptions.
- Recipe scaling and management
- Personal baking assistant
- Smart recipe import
- Baking techniques workshops
- Ad-free premium experience
- Subscription management
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BakerMath is the baker's percentage calculator built for serious home bakers and pros. Scale any recipe instantly, dial in hydration with the Hydration Lab, and keep a Baking Journal of every loaf — what worked, what didn't, what to try next. 1. Instant recipe scaling (×0.1 to ×5) 2. Hydration Lab — see your dough at 60%, 75%, 90% hydration 3. AI-powered ingredient analysis for unusual recipes 4. Nutrition & calorie estimates 5. Baking Journal — log mood, lessons, and improvements per bake 6. Tags, Baker Plans, and recipe organization
Escoffier
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Escoffier is a reference app for the five French mother sauces and their derivatives — built for home cooks, culinary students, and professional chefs. Based on the classical framework of Auguste Escoffier, the app maps the full sauce family tree from béchamel to hollandaise, showing how every sauce connects back to its mother. Whether you are cooking at home for the first time or running a professional kitchen, every recipe is written for you. Each sauce includes a home recipe scaled for 4 and a restaurant recipe scaled for 20, with step-by-step instructions, built-in timers, ingredient scaling, classic dish pairings, drink pairings, and troubleshooting tips for when things go wrong. Features • Full sauce family tree — explore all five mother sauces and their derivatives • Home and restaurant recipes with scalable ingredients • Built-in timers for each cooking step • Shopping list — add ingredients and export to your notes app • Make it your own — copy any sauce and save your personal version • Illustrated sauce guides with classic dish pairings
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Escoffier at none against BakerMath's 3. BakerMath's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. BakerMath sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Escoffier asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | BakerMath | Escoffier |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Heqing Huang | Jan-Markus Andersson |
In-app purchases
BakerMath
- BakerMath Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
- BakerMath Premium half year$25.996 Months
- BakerMath Premium annually$45.991 Year
Escoffier
No in-app purchases









