Comparison

BakeValue vs CostBakery

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

BakeValue

Manage bakery ingredients, recipes, and inventory while automatically calculating costs and pricing for your baked goods. Track labor, kitchen expenses, and stock levels to ensure profitability. Generate shopping lists and export your data.

Highlights
  • Ingredient cost and stock tracking
  • Recipe building with nested sub-recipes
  • Automatic labor and kitchen cost calculation
  • Product pricing and profit margin analysis
  • Automated shopping list generation
  • Data export (ZIP/CSV)
  • VoiceOver and accessibility support
Features
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Stop guessing what to charge for cakes, cookies, bread, and other baked goods. BakeValue is a recipe cost calculator built for home and cottage bakers. It adds up ingredients, labor, overhead, and packaging, then shows the selling price and profit before you accept the order. No subscription. No ads. No spreadsheet formulas to rebuild. PRICE EVERY BAKE FOR PROFIT • Include ingredients, labor, overhead, and packaging • Set your desired margin and see the selling price • Enter a selling price and see the profit and markup it leaves • Calculate cost per slice, cookie, loaf, or other sellable unit KEEP INGREDIENT COSTS CURRENT • Enter a pack price and size once, then reuse the ingredient across recipes • Mix grams, kilograms, ounces, pounds, milliliters, liters, teaspoons, tablespoons, cups, and units • Track multiple purchases of the same ingredient at different prices • Update an ingredient price and every recipe using it follows BUILD AND SCALE RECIPES • Create recipes from saved ingredients • Reuse sub-recipes such as buttercream, ganache, fillings, and pastry cream • Scale batches while keeping ingredient, labor, and overhead costs accurate • Preview what a bake needs before starting MANAGE YOUR PANTRY • Track remaining stock and expiration dates • See low and expiring ingredients before they become a problem • Build a shopping list and record purchases back into stock • Log a bake to update ingredient quantities together BUILT FOR ONE-PERSON BAKERIES BakeValue is designed for home bakers, cottage-food businesses, custom cake makers, weekend market stalls, and anyone tired of guessing prices or maintaining the same spreadsheet. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No ads, tracking, analytics, or account required • Calculations happen on your device • Optional private iCloud sync across your devices • Export your data whenever you want ACCESSIBLE • VoiceOver labels and announcements • Dynamic Type and large touch targets • Reduce Motion support • Important status is never communicated by color alone FREE AND PRO The free version includes 3 active products, 4 recipes, 25 custom ingredients, two price lots per ingredient, and CSV export. BakeValue Pro is a one-time purchase with no subscription. It unlocks unlimited products, recipes, ingredients, and price lots, expanded CSV export, and the Pro Home Screen icon. SUPPORT Questions or feedback? Visit privacy-dxb.pages.dev/support.

About

CostBakery

Features
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CostBakery helps small baking, pastry, and home-food businesses calculate real costs without relying on complicated spreadsheets. Add your ingredients, packaging, recipes, preparations, and sales to understand how much production costs, how much you sell, and your real profit. Main features: • Ingredient and stock management. • Packaging and supply management. • Stock purchase records. • Average cost calculation. • Recipes with ingredients and packaging. • Product preparation records. • Sales tracking. • Cost, price, profit, and margin calculations. • Purchase, preparation, and sales history. • Language, currency, and measurement settings. • Works locally without an internet connection. • Manual local backups. • Full access to all features in this version. CostBakery is designed for people who sell cakes, brownies, cookies, breads, desserts, pastries, or custom products and want to make better pricing decisions. The app prioritizes clarity, speed, and a simple experience for small businesses.

Screenshots

BakeValue4 screens
CostBakery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CostBakery at none against BakeValue's 1. CostBakery also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BakeValue sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CostBakery asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
BakeValue versus CostBakery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBakeValueCostBakery
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHisa HashisakaCristian Miner

In-app purchases

1 purchases

BakeValue

One-time1
  • BakeValue Pro$19.99
None

CostBakery

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BakeValue free?
BakeValue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CostBakery free?
CostBakery is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BakeValue or CostBakery have ads?
Neither BakeValue nor CostBakery shows ads.

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