# Chef Friends: Cooking Game — user reviews > 692 indexed App Store user reviews of Chef Friends by Mytona, rated 4.90/5 from 21,551 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chef-friends-cooking-game/id1586951898/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chef-friends-cooking-game/id1586951898.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 20,711 · 4★ 403 · 3★ 129 · 2★ 87 · 1★ 221 ## What do users think of Chef Friends? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Enjoyable gameplay - 🚀 Frequent updates - 🎨 Appealing graphics and design - 💰 Reasonable monetization model - 🤝 Helpful customer support **Cons** - 🔒 Restrictive progression without spending money - 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches - 🔄 Repetitive gameplay at higher levels - 💰 Expensive in-app purchases for progress **Commonly reported bugs** - Game freezing or crashing on certain devices - Coins/gems not carrying over between levels - Issues with ad rewards not being granted **Most requested features** - More diverse restaurant themes and cuisines - Ability to customize player avatar - More challenging and engaging events/competitions - Improved reward system for completing levels ## Newest reviews (14 of 692) ### 2/5 — Fun at first but can’t beat levels unless you spend money *2026-08-28* I really enjoyed this game but as it progressed I spent money a few times and now levels get impossible. Even after I have fully upgraded all of my kitchen I still fail at levels **Developer response:** Hello Chef! We understand your concerns and will do our best to address them in the upcoming updates. Thank you for your patience!🙏 ### 3/5 — Pay to win *2026-08-28, version 1.47.10* The game is fun and great but you can tell as the levels progress that they just want in app purchases to pass efficiently! ### 5/5 — Suggestion :)) *2026-08-27, version 1.47.10* Would it be possible to refresh daily quests by paying with diamonds? Also i really dont like that i cant buy those energies(?) for the merging mini game.. now diamonds are only useful for more coins..? Love the game ofc! ### 2/5 — Difficulty level *2026-08-26, version 1.47.10* I used to enjoy playing it and unwind from the world. Not with each update the difficulty level has been made impossible to achieve without paying for add on’s. Is this a fun silly game to play and unwind or a gambling machine? ### 4/5 — Nice game *2026-08-26* I really love this game and used to play it all the time. However, I’m currently stuck on a screen where a finger keeps tapping on a particular spot but nothing happens. I’ve tried tapping on different areas on the screen but I can’t get past this page or continue with the game **Developer response:** Hi Chef! 👨‍🍳 We apologize for the inconvenience. To assist you better, please contact us at support@mytona.com. Make sure to include your Support ID, your device model, and, if possible, a screenshot of the issue. We’ll do our best to fix this for you!🛠️ ### 4/5 — I love the game butt *2026-08-22, version 1.47.10* The levels eventually get really hard and everything costs more rubies than they even reward you some of the levels are reallly hard without the boosts I’ve been stuck on a level for about a week now ### 3/5 — Too bugy *2026-08-22* I liked it but sometimes I can't click buttons **Developer response:** Hi Chef! Apologies for any inconvenience🙏 Please contact us via the "Help" button in the game settings, describe the situation in detail, and attach a screenshot of the error if necessary. We will do our best to help you find a solution! 👍 ### 5/5 — Lovely game *2026-08-22, version 1.47.10* Very fun and the graphics are beautiful!! And surprisingly no ads!! ### 5/5 — No add fun *2026-08-21, version 1.47.10* Amazing game, completely add free… love it ### 3/5 — Je ne mets que 3 mais … *2026-08-19* Je ne mets que 3 étoiles , car points positifs le jeu est très bien fait rien à redire j’aime bien le concept SAUF que devoir et c’est vraiment dommage payer pour avancer dans les niveaux c’est très décevant j’ai actuellement 5 niveaux sur lesquels je suis totalement bloquée, rien à faire si vous n’avez pas les boost recommander vous restez bloqué je m’en lasse et je pense à l’avenir le désinstaller. Le principe de devoir payer pour avancer devrait être réétudier… **Developer response:** Hello Chef! Our apologies for this negative experience 🙏 We will consider your feedback in the next updates. Thank you! ### 3/5 — A bug? *2026-08-18, version 1.47.05* The game is great! I really enjoyed it, but I’m at the stage 6: Sweet Tooth, and the first part of the tutorial went fine, but then, when I tried the other part, it won’t let me do Éclairs… I hit the oven to make them but it doesn’t do anything, I can give the coffee and muffin, but not the éclairs… I was really enjoying the game, but it’s unfortunate that I can’t anymore because of that bug.. ### 5/5 — Хочу новые уровни *2026-08-18* Обожаю эту игру,классно в неё залипать,но очень хочется новых уровней почаще.Они слишком быстро заканчиваются. **Developer response:** Привет, Шеф!🥗 Наша команда учтёт ваш отзыв в будущих обновлениях! Спасибо, что помогаете делать игру лучше! ❤️ ### 5/5 — It’s awesome *2026-08-17* Everything about it is awesome so happy to choose on things **Developer response:** Hey there! We're glad to hear you're having a fantastic time with it! Your feedback means a lot to us. 😊 Keep enjoying all the awesome features! ### 5/5 — Best game *2026-08-16* Love this gameeee **Developer response:** Hey there! We're glad to hear you love the game! 🎮 We appreciate your support and will keep working to make it even better! 🌟 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — No longer fun *2026-09-03, version 1.47.11* This game used to be my FAVORITE game with all the changes it now has become impossible to play without paying. ### 1/5 — Game broken *2026-08-30* Started playing maybe a week ago, have been having fun, just opened the lagoon restaurant and it’s telling me to open episodes, I do so, then nothing happens. I’ve scrolled through all possible levels, I’ve gone back to old ones, nothing happens, then when I go back to my “main screen” to attempt to play - the same pop up comes up.. “that was the end of that episode! Click on episodes” and it’s a loop I’m now stuck in and can’t play the game at all lol. 0/5 stars. **Developer response:** Hi Chef! 👨‍🍳 We apologize for the inconvenience. To assist you better, please contact us at support@mytona.com. Make sure to include your Support ID, your device model, and, if possible, a screenshot of the issue. We’ll do our best to fix this for you!🛠️ ### 1/5 — MONEY *2026-08-22, version 1.47.10* Only play if you plan on spending a lot of money! ### 1/5 — Annoyed *2026-08-22* Spent money on coins for them to be removed next level for different kind of coin. Rip off. **Developer response:** Hi Chef! We will do our best to help you with this issue if you contact us via the "Help" button in the game settings. Looking forward to your message! 📝 ### 1/5 — Pay to win *2026-08-20, version 1.47.05* Pay-to-win. At some points in the game, you need to buy something to keep going😪. Nice game, but it is not free. ### 1/5 — Dear Mytona *2026-08-19, version 1.47.05* What is wrong with you people? Do you think about your players being human when you make such awful timed levels or are we just dollar signs to you? Your timed levels are God awful it's not humanly possible to even keep up with the orders much less finish in time. Lower your standards before your players decide to up theirs and go to a different game. Stunts like this is how you loose potential players. I just started playing I'm on the second restaurant these timed levels should not be so difficult!! I can't even buy boosters because their so expensive!! ### 1/5 — Macht keinen Spaß mehr *2026-08-07* Habe das Spiel schon lange gespielt und hatte auch lange viel Spaß dabei, aber dann habt ihr die Möglichkeit für optionale Werbung abgeschafft, was offensichtlich dazu dienen sollte um mehr Geld zu verdienen. War nervig aber okay, ihr wollt ja nicht umsonst arbeiten. Aber die neueren Restaurants sind so blöd gemacht, dass es bei vielen Levels ohne Booster kaum möglich ist sie überhaupt zu schaffen. Jetzt ist es einfach nur noch frustrierend und scheinbar soll der Zwang zum Kauf nochmal verstärkt werden. Für mich ist das Spiel damit uninteressant geworden, was echt schade ist, weil ihr nach und nach alles was euch besonders gemacht hat und von anderen Spielen dieser Art unterschieden hat einfach wegprogrammiert habt. **Developer response:** Hello Chef!👩‍🍳 Thanks for sharing your thoughts. We agree that some levels can be quite challenging, and we’re truly sorry for any frustration this may have caused. Please use the "Help" button in the game settings to share the details — we’re here to assist and will carefully review it!🤝 ### 1/5 — WAS a great, fun, original game… NOW an impossible money grabber *2026-08-05* I downloaded this game at least 6 years ago, and was enthralled from the first level. It was exactly how the ads showed - you build recipes to complete orders and upgrade/restore different kitchens. The game was challenging, especially the middle/upper levels of each restaurant when you haven’t upgraded the kitchen enough, but you could complete them after a few tries, or with the occasional boosters. But life happens and I stopped playing about a year ago (summer 2025). I picked up the game again in Dec 2025, but I found it a lot harder than I remembered. I chalked it up to being rusty, so I put it aside until summer 2026. This time I really wanted to complete the restaurant as I only had 12 full levels left, so I focused and let myself lose until I felt like I was comfortable and should be able to beat the levels. But I didn’t, and quickly realized that I never would without using gems AND boosters. I gave it up again for a month, and just opened it 8/4/26 to try one more time. Sure enough, level 757–2 needs 1000 coins in 60 seconds. My entire kitchen is fully upgraded, and I know I have completed that in the past without boosters. But the number of customers that I was getting and the orders that are requesting and no points without using boosters. So I’m done. I have always spent over $200 through the years on this game because I like to support games that reward you with fair and consistent play. This WAS that game; I’m sad that it isn’t anymore. Also all the annoying mini games that pop up are exactly like every other game out there. So I’ll move back to my other games, that’s still challenge me but reward my Fairplay. Sorry Chef & Friends y’all had a great thing going. **Developer response:** Hello Chef!👩‍🍳 Thanks for sharing your thoughts. We agree that some levels can be quite challenging, and we’re truly sorry for any frustration this may have caused. Please use the "Help" button in the game settings to share the details — we’re here to assist and will carefully review it!🤝 ### 1/5 — MONEY GRAB *2026-07-31, version 1.46.10* This game is PLAYABLE for about two restaurants (which took me about 2 hours), but after that it gets impossibly difficult to the point where you HAVE to spend money to continue on. Getting gems is nearly impossible and the only free way to receive boosters. Not to mention, what it COSTS to purchase gems or perks is outrageous. $20 is not worth passing a handful of levels before I need to pay again. Ultimately you’re better off playing Diner Dash. At least there the levels are difficult but don’t require you to break the bank to play. ### 1/5 — Fun at first… *2026-07-24, version 1.46.0* This was great when I started playing but now it seems impossible to pass most levels even when all of your ingredients are max level. It feels like a cash grab because it also seems impossible to get enough diamonds to get a second chance at any level and you definitely don’t get enough boosters to help get through the levels. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Minha opinião vale mt a pena e super tira do tédio *2026-09-09* Muito bom super recomendo vcs usar ### 5/5 — Awesome game but recent update *2026-09-08* I want to start off that this is an AWESOME game. Everything from the graphics to the storyline to be able to choose options in regard to design of the restaurants. I’ve been looking for a cooking game that stands out and this is one of my favorites! But I think there was a recent update where it changed the pricing of the items to be less expensive (great because it was crazy expensive to update every time and had to play a lot of levels to get the coins) but now the appliances that have timers are much slower, the fastest it can go is 5 seconds which it used to be 3 seconds. It feels a bit less challenging and soooo slow when playing the game. I’m used to go go go and the 2 second difference makes a difference. I feel like I have to wait forever for the food to be ready. **Developer response:** Chef, it's great to hear that you love the game! We acknowledge your concerns about the pricing changes and the slower timers, as we understand how that can impact your gameplay experience. We will look into this to ensure we continue to provide the best experience possible. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us! 🍽️ ### 5/5 — Fun *2026-09-08* Very fun game, good interaction good storyline **Developer response:** Hey there! We're happy to hear you’re enjoying the game and its storyline! 🎮✨ We appreciate your feedback and will keep working to make your experience even better! ### 5/5 — Awesome *2026-09-05, version 1.48.0* Love that you can go back and replay levels to earn extra stuff. It’s the perfect time management cooking game. ### 5/5 — Best game *2026-09-04, version 1.48.0* This is the best game I’ve played for a very long time! It’s difficult at times but not too difficult to the point of giving up. I love it ### 5/5 — Klasse Spiel *2026-09-04* Ich muss dazu sagen, dass ich eig. nie Bewertungen abgebe, aber dieses Spiel hat es mir angetan. Keine Ingame Käufe nötig um weiter zu kommen, man kann alles gut durchs spielen erreichen. Einziges Manko, viel Werbung für Ingame Käufe, das ist manchmal etwas nervig. Aber ansonsten klasse Spiel. **Developer response:** Hi Chef! 🌮 We are grateful for your awesome review! It's great to see you enjoying the cooking adventures. Have fun exploring Chef & Friends! 🎉✨ ### 5/5 — Lieblingsspiel *2026-09-03* Genau so ein Spiel habe ich jahrelang gesucht. In anderen Spielen kommt man ab einem bestimmten Level ohne echt Geld nicht weiter, hier allerdings hast du so viele Möglichkeiten auch die schwierigen Level abzuschließen. Und die Events sind Mega klasse und nicht nur die sondern auch die Storys. **Developer response:** Hi Chef! Thanks a million for your support! 🎉 We’re beyond excited you’re having a blast in Chef & Friends. Keep cooking, Chef! 🍝💥 ### 5/5 — Zone out time *2026-09-01, version 1.47.11* Fun and relaxing game ### 5/5 — awesome *2026-08-29, version 1.47.11* one of the best cooking gamez with no ads ### 5/5 — СРОЧНО! Не запускается игра *2026-08-29* Здравствуйте! Сегодня обновила игру и она теперь не запускается **Developer response:** Привет, Шеф! 🍕 Приносим извинения за неудобства. Пожалуйста, напишите нам на support@mytona.com, указав ваш Support ID, модель устройства и, если возможно, приложите скриншот ошибки. Мы с радостью вам поможем! 🙌 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-11.*