Comparison

ねこぽん vs Cooking Chef

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

Head to head
About

ねこぽん

This game features a virtual cat that answers phone calls, creating an illusion of a living pet. You can send your cat on missions and teach it to understand human language.

Highlights
  • Virtual cat answers phone calls
  • Send cat on missions
  • Cat learns human language
  • Offline functionality
  • Unlock new characters
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ねこが電話に出ますよ的なアプリ。 (実際に電話をかけるわけではないので、ネットに非接続の状態でも動きます。 かわいいねこのお人形さんが、実世界にまるで生きてるかのように電話に出る、というのが面白いかなと思って作りました) 指令を出すとTootchieが数時間かけてどっかにでかけて何事かのミッションをこなします。 指令は昼のみ受け付けます。 学習ボタンを押すと、人間の言葉を覚えます。(1日1回) また、何度もアクセスするうちに、GavinやShirleyにも電話がかけられるようになります。

About

Cooking Chef

This game lets kids and toddlers explore a virtual kitchen, preparing various meals and drinks. It's designed to be fun, educational, and help develop problem-solving and cognitive skills through interactive cooking activities.

Highlights
  • Virtual kitchen exploration
  • Meal and drink preparation
  • Educational skill development
  • Interactive cooking activities
  • Creative food preparation
  • Suitable for all ages
Features
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Discover the world of kitchen ! A wonderful game for kids and toddlers that want to cook ! Does your kid love kitchen games ? Does he love pretend play kitchens games ? This is the app for you! Kitchen Kids Cooking Chef is an educational and entertaining game. It is a nice, simple, fun, and colorful game for girls, kids and adults too! Easy to learn and to control: choose your hungry character are you hungry or thirsty ? choose among fruits and vegetables, meat or fish carefully slice the food on the chopping board turn on the stove, put over the pan start to cook your food, use spices, oil salt pepper but careful not to burn all ! Place on the plate and feed the child you may also prepare a great smoothie or refreshing fruit juice put the right ingredients in a blender and enjoy ! Available for all screen resolutions and devices ( ipad / ipod / iphone )! Simple and intuitive, your little girl and boy will have lots of fun for hours with this beautiful kitchen game ! This educational game will help your toddler to improve skills in problem solving, logical and cognitive skills, concentration and memory. Features: - high quality game for toddlers , preschool kids and adults - Easy to use and control - fun for children of all ages, babies, preschoolers, school children and pre-teens, designed for preschool boys and girls - Toddlers develop their fine motor skills in the kitchen - Play with your child or let them play alone - use it to keep your baby or toddler occupied - fun activities such as preparing food and drinks - fry vegetables such as french fries : take a potato - uses the child's creativity - Open the fridge and choose the food you prefer - choose the fruit you want and prepare a good juice - kitchen game for kids and adults - use your favorite ingredients - watch children's reactions : the dish was good ? Fun and enjoyable to learn and to play, this is a must have app! A lot of educational kitchen games for toddlers and young kids!! Your child will admire every kind of cooking activity ! give kids an idea of how a kitchen work ! If your kid loves kitchen games then you will just love this cooking game for girls and boys ! Kitchen Kids Cooking Chef is a great game for kids and girls. Ideal for children but also fun for adults who want to play with their kids! What are you waiting for ? Start playing and be the best cook in the kitchen ! A free cooking game for kids and girls, simple and fun ! This app is a funny game which also helps your toddler improving his abilities.

Screenshots

ねこぽん4 screens
Cooking Chef4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cooking Chef at 4.5 against ねこぽん's 4.0. ねこぽん's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume and device support 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. Cooking Chef sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ねこぽん asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cooking Chef holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 6 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ねこぽん ships an update every 3 months, Cooking Chef every 104 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
ねこぽん versus Cooking Chef: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterねこぽんCooking Chef
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)4.5 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings46 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 104 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB98 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMika HatakeyamaPINKYTALE LTD

Customer experience

ねこぽん

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Cooking Chef

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

ねこぽん

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Cooking Chef

One-time1
  • No Ads$2.99

Questions

Is ねこぽん free?
ねこぽん is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cooking Chef free?
Cooking Chef is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ねこぽん or Cooking Chef?
Cooking Chef is rated higher. ねこぽん averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Cooking Chef averages 4.5 from 6 ratings.
Do ねこぽん or Cooking Chef have ads?
Cooking Chef shows ads; ねこぽん does not.
Which is updated more often, ねこぽん or Cooking Chef?
ねこぽん ships an update every 3 months, and Cooking Chef every 104 months. Most recently, ねこぽん was updated on November 2, 2026 and Cooking Chef on November 2, 2026.

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