Is there a good app for scale recipe serving sizes?
Lacks Features: 13 apps already serve this, and 35 data points mined from real user reviews across 2 sources show where they fall short. Apps exist but miss features users keep asking for. Enter with the missing feature.
Data refreshed July 20, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to scale recipe serving sizes, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| no ingredient-quantity scaling | missing-feature | 2 | Manque surtout une option pour modifier à la volée les quantités initiales |
| recipe star rating | missing-feature | 2 | No recipe star rating |
| recipe quality | other | 2 | абсолютно бессмысленная аппликация с дурацкими рецептами |
| serving-size scaling for own recipes | missing-feature | 1 | you cannot change the serving sizes on a recipe you put in |
| inconsistent recipe serving sizes | bug | 1 | there are inconsistencies in serving size, etc. Just needs to be looked at and cleaned up |
| no automatic serving-size scaling | missing-feature | 1 | Keine automatische Mengenberechnung für x Personen |
| recipe quantity accuracy | other | 1 | Dosi sbagliate x alcune ricette e/o elementi mancanti |
| no easy way to halve/scale recipe servings | missing-feature | 1 | It's tricky because I must halve every recipe |
| no serving-size scaling | missing-feature | 1 | dass man anscheinend nicht hoch- bzw. runterrechnen kann durch verändern der Personenzahl |
| recipe seasoning/ingredient ratio balance | other | 1 | Some I find to be a bit lacking in flavour or odd ratios |
| ingredient quantity accuracy | other | 1 | Nur die Mengenangaben passen nicht immer |
| cant rescale printed recipe to fit page | missing-feature | 1 | removed the ability to rescale the recipe to fit on the page - there’s no margin, I can’t write notes |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serving Sizer recipe converter | 4.2 | 28 | $0.99 |
| Kitchen Calculator PRO | 4.2 | 189 | $2.99 |
| Kitchen Scales | 0.0 | 0 | $1.99 |
| My Kitchen Calculator | 4.7 | 9 | $1.99 |
| Kitchen Calculator | 3.7 | 20 | $1.99 |
| Conversions - Bake & Cook | 4.0 | 57 | $1.99 |
| Ratio | 4.3 | 16 | $4.99 |
| Recipe Costing Calculator | 3.2 | 9 | $1.99 |
Should you build it?
Apps exist but miss features users keep asking for. Enter with the missing feature. Opportunity here scores 68 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
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