KitchenCost vs HeardCheck

No spreadsheets. See your margins at a glance. Still calculating food cost in a spreadsheet every night? Ever set a price by gut feeling, only to find no profit left at the end of the month? I built KitchenCost after watching my wife spend 30 minutes costing every new menu item at her cafe. Now it's your turn to spend that time cooking, not calculating. Add ingredients once, and KitchenCost calculates recipe cost, food cost %, margin %, and a recommended selling price. ▶ FOOD COST IN 5 SECONDS Add ingredients once. Costs update automatically. See food cost, cost per serving, total cost, and ingredient breakdown at a glance. ▶ PRICING THAT HITS YOUR TARGET "How much should I charge to keep food cost at 30%?" Set a 70% target margin and get the selling price instantly, with food cost % shown right next to it. ▶ SUB-RECIPES, AUTO-UPDATED Create sub-recipes like sauces and dressings as recipes. When ingredient prices change, every recipe using them updates automatically. ▶ ORGANIZE YOUR MENU Dairy, sauces, desserts... sort things your way. ▶ ANY CURRENCY YOU NEED Pick a preset or type your own to use any currency. ▶ BUILT FOR PEOPLE SELLING FOOD Whether you run a cafe, a food truck, a catering kitchen, or a home bakery side hustle — KitchenCost is for anyone who sells the food they cook. Unlike enterprise software like meez, KitchenCost is lightweight and fast. Set up in minutes with no onboarding calls or training. ▶ YOUR RECIPES, YOUR CONTROL All data stored safely on your device. Sync runs only when you choose to enable it, and synced data is encrypted in transit and at rest. No account needed to start — your data stays local on your device by default. ▶ DARK MODE Easy on the eyes during late-night menu planning. --- FAQ Q: Do I need an account? A: No. KitchenCost works offline and stores everything on your device. Sync runs only when you choose to enable it, and synced data is encrypted in transit and at rest. Q: Can I use it for a cafe, food truck, or home bakery? A: Yes. It is built for small F&B businesses, home sellers, and personal chefs. --- WHO THIS IS FOR - Cafe, restaurant, and bakery owners - Food truck operators and catering services - Home bakers selling on Instagram, Etsy, or farmers markets - Cottage food operators and pop-up kitchens - Personal chefs and meal prep businesses - Anyone starting a food side hustle Leave the numbers to KitchenCost — focus on selling more. --- Early User Feedback "Spreadsheets were a hassle. This saved me hours." - Early User "Exactly the features I need, nothing overwhelming." - Early User "Pricing menus felt simpler right away." - Early User "Finally ditched my nightly spreadsheet routine." - Early User "Sub-recipes updating automatically is a game changer." - Early User Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

HeardCheck is the all-in-one restaurant operations app built for the people who actually run the kitchen. Managers, line cooks, servers, and hosts — everything your team needs is in one place. Every feature is free. No more whiteboards for prep. No more group texts for schedule changes. No more guessing what's 86'd. HeardCheck replaces the patchwork of tools, paper tickets, and spreadsheets with a single app your whole team can use. KITCHEN DISPLAY SYSTEM (KDS) Orders hit the screen the moment they're placed. Color-coded tickets show priority, course, station, and elapsed time. Bump items as they're plated. Rush tickets stand out. Your expo line stays organized without shouting across the kitchen. FLOOR MAP & TABLE MANAGEMENT Drag-and-drop floor layout with real-time table status. Seat guests, assign servers to sections, track session duration, and fire courses from the table detail view. See your entire dining room at a glance — who's waiting on entrees, who needs the check, and which tables are turning. SMART MENU IMPORT Take a photo of your menu or paste the text, and HeardCheck uses AI to parse every item — names, prices, categories, stations, and modifiers. Review the results and confirm. Your full menu is loaded in minutes, not hours. PREP LISTS & TEMPLATES Create daily prep lists by station. Assign items to cooks, set par quantities, and track completion with photo proof. Save templates for repeating prep — Monday grill prep, Friday fry prep, weekend brunch. Your BOH team always knows exactly what needs to get done. INVENTORY TRACKING Log items by category with par levels, cost per unit, and vendor info. Count stock fast with the batch count screen. Low stock alerts tell you what to order before you run out. Track waste with dollar values and reasons to find where money is disappearing. SCHEDULING Build weekly schedules, assign shifts by station, and publish to your team. Employees see their shifts, request swaps, and clock in/out from the app. Timesheets auto-calculate hours. No more paper schedules taped to the walk-in. TEAM MESSAGING Send messages to individual staff or the whole team. Announcements go out instantly. No one misses a schedule change or a menu update because they didn't check the group chat. 86'D BOARD Mark items as 86'd with a reason and a tap. The whole team sees it immediately — no yelling across the line, no sticky notes on the pass. FOH ORDER ENTRY Servers enter orders by table and seat, select courses, and fire to the KDS. Split checks, apply tips, and close out — all from the phone in their apron. POS PAYMENTS Integrated Stripe Terminal card payments, digital receipts, settlement reports, tip pooling, and refund management — right from the app. ALL FEATURES INCLUDED Everything is free with no usage limits: unlimited staff, inventory items, prep templates, tables, waste analytics, shift swaps, timesheet export, announcements, server sections, check splitting, and tip pooling. BUILT BY A RESTAURANT WORKER HeardCheck was built by someone who works the line and knows what it's like when the printer jams during a Friday rush. It's fast, it's dark-themed so it doesn't blind you in a dim kitchen, and it works in English and Spanish. Your kitchen. Your data. Heard. Terms of Use (EULA): https://heardcheck.com/eula Privacy Policy: https://heardcheck.com/privacy