Comparison

My Cafe vs Diner DASH Adventures

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

My Cafe

Build and manage your dream coffee shop, from designing the interior to setting prices and creating unique menu items. Engage with customers through interactive storylines and connect with friends to form townships and compete with other cafes.

Highlights
  • Real business simulation
  • Cafe interior design and makeover
  • Interactive storylines with customers
  • Create custom coffee and tea drinks
  • Social play with friends and townships
  • Offline income generation
Features
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Join more than 50 million coffee lovers around the world and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit in this FUN and RELAXING restaurant game. Decide on your cafe STRATEGY and earn income, even when you are offline! REAL BUSINESS SIMULATION ● With My Cafe you can own and grow a coffee shop of your dreams ● Decorate the space as you wish, hire and train staff, decide on menu items and even set prices as you see fit CAFE MAKEOVER ● Do you have a knack for design? Hone your interior design skills and do a total cafe makeover ● In this restaurant game, you can choose from numerous decor styles, position furniture as you wish, and make a place totally yours by accentuating with elements that show your true self INTERACTIVE STORYLINES ● As a true coffee shop owner, you will get to meet your customers from various backgrounds and get to help them navigate through life. In this time management game you can pick between different lines of dialogue with customers and see where your story takes you! ● Do you like drama? Romance? In My Cafe, the choice is all yours! GO SOCIAL WITH MY CAFE ● Play this cafe game with friends or meet like-minded people to form townships and compete against owners of other coffee shops. ● Fulfill festival tasks and lead your town to success together! COFFEE MANIA: Do you love coffee as much as we do? ● My Cafe: Recipes & Stories allows you to unleash your barista superpower and create custom coffee and tea drinks for all your guests. ● Unlock unique coffee recipes and spice up everyone’s life in your cafe with distinctive drink combinations. •••••••••••••••••••••• My Cafe: Recipes & Stories is FREE to download and play with no obligations to pay. However, some in-game items can be purchased for real money. If you wish to disable this feature, please turn off in-app purchases in your device’s settings. •••••••••••••••••••••• +++++ Note: An internet connection is required to play the game A Prestige Township is a weekly/monthly/annual subscription service that allows you to increase the prestige of any township of which you are a member and accept two quests at the same time during Festivals. A Prestige Township subscription costs USD $3.99/$7.99/$49.99 USD (or local equivalent) per week/month/year, which will be charged to your iTunes account after purchase and when the subscription is renewed weekly/monthly/annually. Subscriptions are renewed automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. The payment will be charged to your iTunes account once the purchase is confirmed. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription period. You can manage your subscription and disable auto-renewal in your account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. +++++ Follow My Cafe on Facebook and Instagram for exclusive offers and bonuses! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MyCafeGame/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mycafe.games/ Terms of Service: https://static.moonactive.net/legal/terms.html?lang=en Privacy Notice: https://static.moonactive.net/legal/privacy.html?lang=en Questions about the game? Our support is ready and waiting at: https://melsoft-games.helpshift.com/hc/en/3-my-cafe-recipes-stories---world-restaurant-game/contact-us/

About

Diner DASH Adventures

Engage in a fast-paced cooking and time management game where you serve delicious dishes, renovate a town, and uncover a heartwarming story. Beat the clock, manage multiple restaurant types, and design your dream town.

Highlights
  • Fast-paced cooking action with hundreds of levels
  • Restaurant simulation across various locations
  • Time management gameplay with order matching
  • Town and restaurant decoration and renovation
  • Storyline with characters and plot progression
  • Collectable pets and customizable items
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This game includes optional in-game purchases of virtual currency that can be used to acquire virtual in-game items, including a random selection of virtual in-game items. Can you beat the clock? Take casual cooking up a notch, and play the classic cooking and time management game, Diner DASH Adventures! Cook delicious dishes, match customers to orders, serve food and renovate the town! Enjoy cooking games with time management challenges to give you a fast-paced cooking experience. Think you have what it takes? Serve and cook food as quickly as possible as you battle against a flurry of orders to keep customers happy. Take Diner DASH Adventures with you wherever you go. Reveal the heartwarming story of our hero, Flo, as she returns to her hometown to help a unique cast of citizens and adorable animals of DinerTown. Stop Mr. Big and his mischievous goons as they cook up their evil plans! Serve hundreds of unique foods to customers. Design DinerTown YOUR way to #savetheday! FUN COOKING ACTION • Get cooking fever with hundreds of fast levels. • Fun cooking games with hundreds of customizable foods, recipes and menus. • Cook up fun: Donuts, burgers, milkshakes…from breakfast to dinner and more! • Crush cooking competitors: Team up with the top chef in town, Cookie, to beat Mr. Big and other rivals. RESTAURANT SIMULATION MANIA • Simulate cooking with fast-paced gameplay in unique locations. Manage your own restaurant, cafe, bakery, food truck and more! • Server, master chef and designer - control all aspects of your restaurant and town. FAST-PACED TIME MANAGEMENT GAMEPLAY • Tap to cook food, serve customers, and manage your restaurant. • Match food to customer orders. • Hundreds of fun levels with challenges, boosts, mini-games, and puzzles! • Classic and casual puzzle play for fans of challenging and fun franchises. DECORATE. RENOVATE. EXPLORE. • Design and remodel restaurants, gardens, houses, cruise ships, mansions, and more. • Renovate an entire town and choose your favorite decorations. • Choose from thousands of design and decor combinations. • Cute pets can be yours to collect. • Adventure awaits! Discover the Diner DASH story filled with colorful characters. Supports most devices from iPhone 6S to iPhone 13 and iPad 5th Generation to 9th Generation. This app: Requires acceptance of EA’s Privacy & Cookie Policy and User Agreement. Requires an Internet connection (network fees may apply). Includes in-game advertising. Collects data through third-party ad-serving and analytics technology (See Privacy & Cookie Policy for details). Contains direct links to the Internet and social networking sites intended for an audience over 13. User Agreement: terms.ea.com Privacy and Cookie Policy: privacy.ea.com Visit help.ea.com for assistance or inquiries. Do Not Sell My Personal Information: https://tos.ea.com/legalapp/WEBPRIVACYCA/US/en/PC/ EA may retire online features after 30 days’ notice posted on ea.com/service-updates. Follow and Join the Conversation at: Website: dinerdashadventure.com Facebook: facebook.com/dinerdash Instagram: instagram.com/dinerdashadventures Forums: https://communities.glu.com/diner-dash-adventures Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiO8zURuUdCyl1uFf3J1HCw?view_as=subscriber Giphy: https://giphy.com/dinerdashadventures

Screenshots

My Cafe4 screens
Diner DASH Adventures4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: My Cafe at 60% against Diner DASH Adventures's 32%. My Cafe also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. My Cafe sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Diner DASH Adventures sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

My Cafe holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 93K and 71K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of My Cafe's written reviews are positive against 32% of Diner DASH Adventures's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Cafe ships an update every 6 days, Diner DASH Adventures monthly. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
My Cafe versus Diner DASH Adventures: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy CafeDiner DASH Adventures
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (93K ratings) — better4.4 (71K ratings)
Positive reviews60.5% of reviews — better31.6% of reviews
Number of ratings93K — better71K
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterMonthly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1515.0
Further details — not scored
Size766 MB204 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperMelsoftGlu Games LLC

Customer experience

My Cafe

All ratings93,410 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral3.2%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews2,473 reviews
Positive60.5%
Neutral13.3%
Negative26.2%

Diner DASH Adventures

All ratings70,593 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral6.7%
Negative10.7%
Written reviews728 reviews
Positive31.6%
Neutral18.3%
Negative50.1%

User reviews

My Cafe

From 93K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Addictive and fun
  • 👍 Unique and interactive gameplay
  • 🎨 Customizable cafe
  • 📚 Interesting character stories

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
  • 🤑 Difficult to progress without spending money
  • 🕰️ Slow progression and earning of coins/gems
  • 🔀 Frustrating special order requirements
  • 🧱 Cluttered cafe layout due to too many machines

Diner DASH Adventures

From 71K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun gameplay
  • 👍 Enjoyable story and characters
  • 🎨 Great graphics and visuals

Room to improve

  • 💰 Excessive in-app purchases required
  • 🕰️ Levels too short and time-limited
  • 🔍 Difficult to earn in-game currency
  • 🔧 Frequent bugs and glitches

Bugs and requests

My Cafe

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Customers orders not registering properly
  • Purchased items not showing up in game
  • Inability to access certain features
  • Sound issues and constant need to reload app

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to create own township without VIP
  • More ways to earn coins and gems for free
  • Option to rotate furniture 360 degrees
  • Staff kitchen area to store excess equipment
  • Ability to upgrade existing machines
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  • Faster customer turnover and order fulfillment

Diner DASH Adventures

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezes and crashes
  • Rewards not properly credited
  • Connectivity issues causing progress loss

Requested features

3 requests
  • More free ways to earn in-game currency
  • Longer and more challenging levels
  • Option to disable automatic power-up usage

In-app purchases

10 purchases

My Cafe

Subscriptions1
  • Elite Membership for 1 week7 Days trial$4.997 Days
One-time9
  • Special Offer$0.99
  • Pink Gift$0.99
  • Gems$1.99
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  • Blue Gift$1.99
  • Golden Gift$2.99
  • Gems for recipes and stories$4.99
  • Special Offer$4.99
  • US Independence day$7.99
  • Gems for recipes and stories$9.99
10 purchases

Diner DASH Adventures

One-time10
  • Handful of Coins$0.99
  • Handful of Gems$1.99
  • Continue 1$1.99
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  • Stack of Coins$2.99
  • DASH Pack$2.99
  • Key Pack 2$2.99
  • Vault 1$2.99
  • Fistful of Gems$4.99
  • Super DASH Pack$6.99
  • Pocketful of Gems$9.99

Questions

Is My Cafe free?
My Cafe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Diner DASH Adventures free?
Diner DASH Adventures is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, My Cafe or Diner DASH Adventures?
My Cafe is rated higher. My Cafe averages 4.7 out of 5 from 93K ratings, while Diner DASH Adventures averages 4.4 from 71K ratings.
Do My Cafe or Diner DASH Adventures have ads?
Both My Cafe and Diner DASH Adventures show ads.
Which is updated more often, My Cafe or Diner DASH Adventures?
My Cafe ships an update every 6 days, and Diner DASH Adventures monthly. Most recently, My Cafe was updated on November 1, 2026 and Diner DASH Adventures on November 1, 2026.

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