Frequently asked questions

Open Recipes and pick a tab, Dishes, Pastry or Drinks, then tap New dish (or New pastry, New drink). Give it a name and the number of portions it makes, then add its ingredients. On a phone, the round + button has New recipe too; on a computer, Recipes is in the sidebar.

Open Market Lists and start a new list, say "Saturday market – June". Add each item the way you buy it, with what you paid: a 50 kg bag, a crate, a single piece. Those prices feed every recipe that uses the item. To change a price later, edit it in All Ingredients and CostKit offers to update every recipe that uses it.

You choose when you start. Personal keeps CostKit simple for cooking at home or the odd order: recipes, market prices, the calculator and menus. Business adds Staff, Overheads and a monthly sales target, for a kitchen, bakery, caterer or food business. Switch any time in Settings, under "How you use CostKit".

Yes. After you sign up, a guided tour takes you from your first market price to your first saved costing. Replay it any time from Settings, under "Replay the guided tour".

Yes. CostKit runs in your browser and installs to your home screen, where it opens full-screen like any other app. On Android, open it in Chrome and tap Install when CostKit offers it, or choose Install app from the browser menu. On iPhone, open it in Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen. Native iOS & Android apps are coming soon.

You need a connection to save. If your signal drops, CostKit keeps showing the recipes and lists it has already loaded, read-only, until you are back online.

From the prices on your market lists and how much of each item a recipe uses. If you buy 1 kg of flour for ₦2,000 and the recipe uses 250 g, that ingredient costs ₦500. You can measure as part of a pack, an exact weight, or whole items, so there is no need to weigh every pinch.

It builds the full cost of a batch: food cost, with waste if you add it, then labour and extras such as gas, transport or packaging. It suggests a selling price from your profit markup, or you can set your own, and shows your food cost ratio and net profit.

CostKit suggests a price per portion from the profit you want to make, or you can set your own price. Either way, you can see at a glance whether your food cost is on target.

When the numbers look right, tap Review Final Costing, then Save to Library. Saved costings live in Saved, where you can reopen, edit or delete them. Export PDF on the final review gives you a costing report to keep or share.

One serving of a recipe. When you create a recipe you set how many portions it makes, for example 20. Every cost-per-portion figure is based on that number, and you can scale a recipe up or down to plan a different batch.

Yes, drinks have their own tab. A drink you make, like zobo, chapman or a fresh lemonade, is costed like any recipe. A drink you buy to resell is quicker: say whether you buy it by the crate or pack or one at a time, what you paid and how many come in it, and CostKit takes you straight to setting your price.

Yes. Plan it for the number of guests instead of portions and the calculator gives you the cost per head, with labour and extras like transport included.

When your ingredient prices change, Price check points out the recipes affected, so you can decide whether to keep your selling price or update it.

Open Menus and create a menu for dine-in, catering or takeout, then add dishes from your recipes. Each dish shows its cost per plate. Once a dish has a saved costing you also see its suggested price, and the menu shows its profit and food cost %.

Yes. Export a customer menu card, which leaves your costs out, or an internal costing overview for your team. Both come out as a PDF.

Staff is part of Business mode. Open Setup (in the tab bar of the phone app, or the sidebar on a computer) and choose Staff, or go to Settings and find Staff under Setup. Add each person with their role and pay, and CostKit includes their time in your costings.

Overheads are your running bills, like rent and electricity. Add them under Setup → Overheads and CostKit shows you the monthly sales you need to cover your team and your bills.

Yes. In Personal mode you can still add a helper or extras like gas and packaging to any costing, without setting up staff or overheads.

New accounts get 2 recipes fully featured recipe costings at no charge, with no card and no time limit. Add ingredients, labour and extras, set your markup and see your selling price. It is the real product, not a demo.

After your 2 free recipes, it costs ₦600 to cost a recipe, our launch price (normally ₦1,500). It is a one-time charge and credits never expire, so you can buy several at once to lock in the launch price. A costed recipe stays unlocked for good.

When you go to cost a recipe beyond your free ones, the app offers two options: ₦600 for that recipe, or Business for ₦6,000 a month. Payments are made in the web app, in Naira, through Paystack, by card, bank transfer or USSD.

Business costs ₦6,000 a month during our launch (normally ₦15,000) and covers unlimited recipe costings. Pay by card and it renews each month until you cancel: Settings → Account → Manage Subscription takes you to Paystack to change your card or cancel. Pay by bank transfer or USSD and you get 30 days, then renew when you are ready. Subscribe during the launch and you keep the ₦6,000 price for as long as you stay subscribed.

Because you can try CostKit free first, payments are normally non-refundable. But if you were charged twice, charged after cancelling, or paid for something that did not unlock, contact us within the billing period and we will put it right. See the refund policy.

No. The free recipes need no card, pay per recipe is a one-time ₦600 per recipe, and Business is a flat ₦6,000 a month you can cancel any time. All prices are in Naira, paid securely through Paystack.

CostKit is live on the web: open it in any browser, or install it on your phone’s home screen. iOS & Android apps are in development and coming soon.

Yes. Choose where your kitchen is during setup, or later under Country & Currency in Settings, and CostKit shows every price in your currency, from naira and cedis to rand, shillings, pounds and dollars. It changes the currency symbol only, with no exchange-rate conversion. CostKit’s own plans are priced and paid in naira.

Sign out, then use the password reset option on the sign-in screen and we will email you a link to set a new one. If you signed up with Google, your password is managed by your Google account.

In the app, open Settings → Send Feedback. Or send us a message from this site.

On a phone, tap your initials at the top right of Home to open Settings; on a computer, choose Settings in the sidebar. Then go to Account → Delete Account and confirm twice. This permanently removes your recipes, market lists, costings, menus and everything else, and cannot be undone. Can’t sign in? Request deletion here.