CakeTallyFor home bakers and cake decorators
Quotes, orders and cake pricing — no subscription, $12.99 once
An inquiry comes in: “2-tier for Saturday, about 30 people.” Add the order, price the cake from your own recipes and hours, and send a clean quote PDF by text before the customer moves on.
The app does not process payments; it prepares your quotes and invoices.
Coming soon to the App Store for iPhone and iPad
$12.99 once
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2-tier round cake, 6″ + 8″Serves 32 · vanilla bean, raspberry filling · “Happy 40th, Dana” | $173.10 |
| Vanilla cupcakes12 × $3.50 | $42.00 |
| Total | $215.10 |
| Deposit (50%) due by Sat, Nov 7 | $107.55 |
| Balance due at pickup | $107.55 |
Every order on one calendar, deposits included
See the week at a glance: what is due, what is confirmed, and whose deposit hasn’t come in yet. When a deposit arrives, mark it received and the order moves to Confirmed.
- Mon9Cookie box, Ava M.Paid
- Wed11Smash cake, Liam’s 1stConfirmed · deposit in
- Thu12No orders
- Sat14Emma Brown, 2-tier + cupcakesQuote sent · deposit due
- Sun15Baby shower, 24 cupcakesInquiry
Reminders that know about money
- Deposit not received — Emma’s 2-tier, $107.55 dueA few days after the quote goes out (you pick how many), in the morning.
- Pickup tomorrow — Emma Brown, 2:00 PMThe day before every pickup or delivery.
- Collect the $98 balance at pickupOn the day, so nobody leaves with an unpaid cake.
Statuses follow the real flow: Inquiry, Quote sent, Confirmed, In progress, Delivered, Paid. Reminders are notifications made on your device; nothing goes through a server.
A quote PDF in a minute
Customers decide fast. A tidy quote with your bakery name, the pickup time, every line, the deposit and the balance looks like a real business, because it is one.
Add the order
Customer, pickup or delivery, date and time, items, the inscription and a reference photo.
Price it
Pick tiers and recipes in the calculator and drop the result into the order as a line. Or type your own price.
Send the PDF
One tap makes the quote. Send it by Messages, Mail or AirDrop, or print it. Unlimited quotes, no Pro needed.
An honest cake cost underneath every price
Underpricing is the quiet problem of home baking. CakeTally adds up what a cake really costs before you name a price: tiers and servings, ingredients from your own recipes, your decorating hours, packaging, then your markup.
Example: the 2-tier for Emma
| Tiers & servings6″ + 8″ round, party slices | 32 servings |
|---|---|
| Ingredientsscaled from your recipes, at your prices | $38.64 |
| Decorating3.5 hours × $22.00 an hour | $77.00 |
| Packaging & suppliesbox, boards, dowels | $8.00 |
| Total cost | $123.64 |
| Markup | 40% |
| Price | $173.10 |
| Profitprice per serving $5.41 | $49.46 |
Servings from a standard chart
| Round | Party | Wedding |
|---|---|---|
| 6″ | 12 | 12 |
| 8″ | 20 | 24 |
| 10″ | 28 | 38 |
| 12″ | 40 | 56 |
Your pantry, your prices
Enter what you pay for a bag of flour or a pound of butter once. Recipes work in grams, ounces, pounds, cups and spoons; change a price and every cake that uses it updates.
What’s included, and what Pro adds
No subscription, no account, no ads. Pay once if the app earns it.
Included
$0- Unlimited quote PDFs, with a small “Made with CakeTally” line at the bottom
- Up to 5 recipes and 3 active orders
- Cake calculator: tiers, servings, hours, packaging, markup
- Order calendar with deposit and pickup reminders
- Backup and restore with a file in Files
Pro
$12.99 once- Unlimited recipes and orders
- Invoice PDFs
- Your own logo, and no “Made with CakeTally” line
- CSV export of orders and ingredients
- iCloud sync through your own private iCloud
- Monthly summary: revenue, cost, hours and profit
One purchase, yours to keep. Restore it on a new iPhone or iPad at no charge.
Your bakery stays yours. Customers, orders, recipes and photos stay on your device and, with Pro sync, in your own private iCloud. No account, no analytics, no tracking, and it works offline. Privacy policy