From the price of a bag of flour to the price of a cupcake.
Doughbook is a recipe cost calculator, order book and bake planner for the home bakery: the cottage baker, the cake maker, the cookie decorator, the sourdough seller. Built for one person running the whole show from a home kitchen and a phone.
iPhone and Android · No account · Recipes stay on your phone
What it does
Know what every bake costs you
Buy it the way you buy it
Enter a 5 lb bag, a dozen eggs, a pound of butter. Build recipes in cups or grams; Doughbook does the converting.
Cost per piece
What one cupcake, one cookie, one 8-inch cake actually costs — labor and box included.
A price that pays you back
A suggested price, and a warning when you are about to sell below your floor.
Orders in one place
Who, what, when, deposit paid, balance due — not six chat threads.
A week that fills itself
Confirm an order and bake days land on the calendar and ingredients on the shopping list, added up across every order in the bags and cartons you actually buy.
Paperwork from data you already have
Quotes, invoices and receipts as PDF. Labels with the ingredient list in the right order and allergens in bold.
How it works
One person, one kitchen, one phone
Cost a recipe
Add what you buy once; every recipe that uses it stays up to date.
Take the order
Deposit, balance and pickup date in one card, with reminders and a home screen widget for the day.
Hand over the box
Send the invoice or receipt the moment the cake goes out the door.
Your data
Your recipes stay yours
- Recipes, orders and customers live on your phone.
- No account to create and no ads.
- No server that can shut down and take your recipes with it.
- Export to CSV or a full backup whenever you like.
- Cottage food limit: keep an eye on your yearly sales against your state's cap.
Questions
Before you download
How does Doughbook calculate recipe cost?
You enter ingredients the way you buy them — a 5 lb bag, a dozen eggs — and build recipes in cups or grams. Doughbook converts and works out the cost of one piece, with labor and packaging included.
Can it suggest what to charge?
Yes. It suggests a price that covers your costs and warns you when you are about to sell below your floor.
Does it handle orders and invoices?
Yes. Orders keep the customer, items, date, deposit and balance, and you can send quotes, invoices and receipts as PDF.
Can I print ingredient labels?
Yes. Labels list ingredients in the right order with allergens in bold.
Do I need an account?
No. Your recipes, orders and customers live on your phone, and you can export a full backup whenever you like.
Which devices and languages does Doughbook support?
iPhone (iOS 17 or later) and Android. The app is available in 10 languages: English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish.
- Made for
- Home bakers and cottage food businesses: cake makers, cookie decorators, sourdough sellers
- Platforms
- iPhone (iOS 17 or later) · Android
- Languages
- 10, including English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), French, German, Italian, Japanese
- Category
- Business
- Developer
- Ho Van Dai
- Page updated