Kalkuva: Food Cost Calculator
Kelly Zwart Food & Drink iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Kalkuva: Food Cost Calculator is a free Food & Drink app for iPhone and iPad by Kelly Zwart. Requires iOS 15.0. Updated October 14, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 21 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 14
- 2026 · v1.9.3
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About Kalkuva: Food Cost Calculator
Kalkuva (formerly PlateCost) is the fastest way for chefs to cost a dish. Paste your supplier's price list or upload a PDF, Excel or CSV. Your whole ingredient library gets priced in one go. Type your ingredients in plain kitchen language and Kalkuva does the math: the grams, the cost per portion, the food cost percentage and your margin, instantly. • Price list import: Paste a price list or upload a PDF, Excel or CSV file. The AI reads it and matches your ingredients. Every price updates in one tap, and big jumps get flagged for review first. • Cost-sheet import: Upload your old cost-price Excel (or Word, PDF or a photo of it) and bring in dishes, preps and prices at once. • Smart units: Don't know the weight of "1 tbsp of honey" or "1 slice of tomato"? The AI helper weighs it and shows its reasoning. Next time it already knows. • Food cost traffic light: Green under 30%, orange 30–35%, red over 35% (adjustable). See at a glance which dishes eat your margin. • One ingredient list, one price: Change a price once and every dish that uses it recalculates automatically. • Sub-recipes: Build a stock or a sauce once and reuse it; its cost flows through to every dish. • Allergens: Get an allergen suggestion per ingredient. • Available in 10 languages, from English to Japanese. • Works offline: Your recipes stay on your device. No account required. • Backup: Export your whole book to one file, or restore an earlier version. Free for everyone. The whole cost sheet is free to use, with three limits: 12 dishes (importing your own cost sheet is free up to that), 2 price-list imports to try, and 10 questions to Sous, the cost-price expert. Kalkuva Pro (optional) removes those limits. It also syncs your recipes and prices across devices. The yearly plan starts with 14 days free. Kalkuva is a calculator without stock management or dashboards. It's the fastest cost sheet in the kitchen. Built by Kell Zwart, chef. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
What’s new
Version 1.9.3 · Updated October 14, 2026
Don't know an ingredient's price? Kalkuva can now estimate it for you, right in the dish. Example prices stay in your price list when you clear the example dishes. After your first cost price you will see a short offer for Kalkuva Pro.
App privacy
The developer, Kelly Zwart, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Contact Info: Email Address
- Identifiers: User ID
Used for: App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- User Content: Other User Content
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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