Problem Baker vs Cauldron
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Problem Baker
Easily reorder your favorite meals with just a few taps. This app simplifies the ordering process and allows you to conveniently track all your past purchases through a detailed order history.
- Quick favorite order placement
- Simple reordering from history
- Effortless order tracking
- Detailed order history
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With Easy Ordering, you can quickly place your favorite orders with just a few taps. Reordering is made simple, allowing you to conveniently reorder your favorites from your order history. Plus, you can effortlessly keep track of all your previous orders with the Order History feature.
Cauldron
Consolidate all your recipes in one place, import them from various online sources, and generate new meal ideas with AI. Features hands-free cooking mode, smart grocery lists, and social sharing.
- Import recipes from links
- AI recipe generation
- Hands-free Cook Mode
- Organize recipes into collections
- Share recipes with friends
- Smart grocery lists
- Scale recipes and convert units
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Cauldron is one calm place for the recipes you find, create, cook, and share. SAVE RECIPES FROM ANYWHERE Import from recipe sites, videos, social posts, photos, or pasted text. Cauldron turns them into clean, editable recipes with ingredients and step-by-step instructions. COOK WITH CONFIDENCE Follow one step at a time in Cook Mode, run timers, and keep your current step visible with Live Activities on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. FIND DINNER FASTER Search by name, ingredient, cuisine, dietary preference, or cooking time. On supported devices, Apple Intelligence can help turn the ingredients you have into a recipe. YOUR COOKBOOK, YOUR WAY Organize recipes into collections, scale servings, convert units, and send ingredients to an automatically organized grocery list. SHARE THE GOOD STUFF Connect with friends and share recipes, collections, and profiles. Public links open as complete web pages, even for people who do not have Cauldron yet. BUILT TO LAST Your library syncs privately with iCloud, works offline, and can be exported and restored. No ads. No subscription. No third-party account required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cauldron at weekly against Problem Baker's every 6 months. Problem Baker's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Problem Baker against 5.0 for Cauldron. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Problem Baker has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Problem Baker ships an update every 6 months, Cauldron weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Problem Baker | Cauldron |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Craver Solutions Inc. | Nadav Avital |
Customer experience
Problem Baker
Cauldron
In-app purchases
Problem Baker
No in-app purchases
Cauldron
No in-app purchases
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