Used to be
Never click to pay! Not worth it
Not worth it
Rigged
I love royal cooking
Royal Cooking
Money money money
At first, this genuinely feels like a fun time-management game, which is why I actually paid for the No Ads option. That makes it even more ridiculous when you eventually realize the game stops testing your speed and starts testing your willingness to open your wallet again.
At a certain point, it simply doesn’t matter how fast or accurately you play. You can serve customers almost perfectly and still be physically unable to earn the required amount before the level ends. Meanwhile, the game happily sets goals of nearly 600 coins per level, even when your current equipment simply cannot process enough orders to reach that amount.
Fine, so I need to upgrade my kitchen. Except upgrades become increasingly expensive, and there’s no reasonable way to earn enough coins for them. You can’t replay previous levels to farm coins, losing gives you practically nothing, and the next level is already nearly impossible without those upgrades.
So you get this wonderful little loop:
Can’t beat the level → need upgrades → upgrades require coins → can’t earn enough coins → pay.
And this feels especially great after you’ve already paid to remove the ads.
The only reason I managed to get past one of these walls was because I had collected enough daily free coins. Without them, I would have simply been stuck behind an artificially created progression barrier — not because I was too slow or playing badly, but because the game had decided I needed more premium currency to continue.
I have absolutely no problem with free games being monetized. But there is a big difference between “pay if you want some extra convenience” and “we’ll deliberately design the economy so that progressing without additional purchases becomes nearly impossible.”
The funniest part is that this is supposed to be a game about serving customers quickly. Eventually, it stops testing how fast you can play and starts testing how fast you can reach for your credit card.
Royal cooking
Money pit
Don’t delete ads
I like the game but…
Too much ads
Decent game but ad money doesnt work
Steals your money with in app purchase
**DO NOT PAY TO REMOVE ADS**
Additionally, the returns on the “customer ratings” diminished significantly after the in-app purchase, making it more difficult to win levels without using a booster. E.g. before I removed ads I was averaging about 40% “tips” on top of the expected “income” set by the game. Now I’m barely pulling 5% on easy levels.
Ultimately, you spend a dollar and the game targets you for real cash moving forward. If I decide to keep playing, I will need to reinstall and lose my progress so I can restart again with Ads. Disappointing.
