Comparison

Chef's Quest vs Hell's Kitchen

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

Head to head
About

Chef's Quest

Embark on a global culinary journey to become a master chef. Solve match-3 puzzles, collect decor, and build a thriving restaurant. Compete with friends and attract celebrities for bonuses.

Highlights
  • Match-3 culinary challenges
  • Restaurant design and furnishing
  • Collect unique decor items
  • Play with friends
  • Power-ups
  • Attract celebrities
  • Master chef battles
Features
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Travel the world on your quest to become the ultimate chef and restaurateur. Switch and match your way through hundreds of culinary challenges in this most delectable puzzle adventure. Amass a wealth of opulent decor and acquire a cult following as you turn your quaint little diner into a global celebration of multicultural cuisine. Take on this adventure solo or play with friends visiting their own unique restaurants or challenging their scores! Chef’s Quest features: - Use dozens of power ups to sizzle, pop, and grill your way to the top! - Collect coins to design and furnish your very own restaurant - Discover dozens of unique restaurant decor items in your travels - Visit friends restaurants to forage for new design ideas - Challenge friend's scores on every puzzle - Attract celebrities for huge bonuses based on restaurant objectives - Challenging master chef battles when graduating from a region - Leaderboards & achievements to match with your friends - Delightful orchestrated soundtrack - Seasonal updates (Halloween, Easter, Valentine's Day, Christmas - there’s always something special cooking!) - Play on iPhone or iPad as your progress carries over - Support for 14 languages Visit us at https://thebinarymill.zendesk.com/ if you need any help! Follow us to get news and updates; facebook.com/thebinarymill Twitter: @thebinarymill https://www.youtube.com/user/binarymill http://www.thebianrymill.com/ Chef’s Quest is completely free to play but some optional in-game items will require payment. You can turn off the payment feature by disabling in-app purchases in your device settings.

About

Hell's Kitchen

Restore and design a restaurant, following the Hell's Kitchen theme. Solve match-3 puzzles to renovate spaces, unlock recipes, and meet characters. Become a renowned chef and build your dream eatery.

Highlights
  • Match-3 puzzle gameplay
  • Restaurant renovation and design
  • Unlock Hell's Kitchen recipes
  • Character interactions and story
  • Interior and exterior customization
  • Restaurant management simulation
Features
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You may think that you can cook, but can you live up to the challenge of running a Hell's Kitchen Restaurant? Help Olivia in this "Create your own restaurant" game and face together the biggest challenge of your lives, to restore an old, outdated mansion to a new, fancy Hell's Kitchen restaurant! Explore the Hell's Kitchen cookbook as you progress your way through the cooking diary and decorate the restaurant's areas according to your personal taste. This is the perfect kitchen game that offers you an opportunity to run your own restaurant. Match tasty ingredients, combine power-ups and solve match-3 puzzles to renovate and design the old restaurant. Unlock new areas, choose between interior & exterior designs, learn new recipes, meet exciting characters but beware, some of them are rivals and want to shut your business down! The game features: My restaurant - Help Olivia run her own restaurant under the famous brand of Hell's Kitchen! Match and Blast - Hundreds of unique match-3 levels with fiery boosters and tasty combinations! Cook and Design - Show your design skills and renovate the restaurant as you play cooking games. Home chef - Become a better home chef by unlocking real and unique Hell's Kitchen recipes for you to cook at home. Food - Be a part of Olivia's journey to become the "World famous chef" and explore various types of food. Story - Meet new characters, hire assistants, win friends along the way! But be careful, you will earn some enemies as well who are more than eager to stab you in the back... This old mansion is in desperate need of a complete makeover! Restore, renovate and design the kitchen, restaurant, café, garden, and many more areas with your style! Experience a whole library filled with furniture combinations and the freedom to use your design skills. Breathe in the Hell's Kitchen atmosphere and help Olivia reach her dream with the restoration of this restaurant by solving match-3 puzzles, beating rivals, finding coworkers, and opening up this place to the world! Hell's Kitchen is free to play, but optional in-app purchases for bonuses are available. Follow us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/hellskitchenmatch3/ Facing issues while playing Hell's Kitchen or have suggestions/feedback? We would love to hear from you! Use the Contact button in settings while you are in the game or email us at: support@qiiwi.com

Screenshots

Chef's Quest4 screens
Hell's Kitchen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Chef's Quest at none against Hell's Kitchen's shown. Chef's Quest also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and review sentiment (71% vs 60%). Hell's Kitchen's advantage is ratings volume (4.7K vs 51) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Chef's Quest sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Hell's Kitchen sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hell's Kitchen holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hell's Kitchen has 4.7K ratings behind it against 51, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of Chef's Quest's written reviews are positive against 60% of Hell's Kitchen's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chef's Quest ships an update weekly, Hell's Kitchen monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Chef's Quest versus Hell's Kitchen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChef's QuestHell's Kitchen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (51 ratings)4.7 (4.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.6% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings514.7K — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size123 MB381 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Binary MillQiiwi Games AB

Customer experience

Chef's Quest

All ratings51 ratings
Positive86.3%
Neutral3.9%
Negative9.8%
Written reviews180 reviews
Positive70.6%
Neutral13.3%
Negative16.1%

Hell's Kitchen

All ratings4,682 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral2.1%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews505 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral11.5%
Negative28.5%

User reviews

Chef's Quest

From 51 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Engaging gameplay
  • 🎨 Vibrant graphics
  • 🕹️ Addictive match-3 mechanics
  • 🛠️ Ability to decorate restaurant
  • 🕰️ Relaxing time-killer

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 💰 Monetization issues and paywall
  • 🕹️ Difficulty spikes in later levels
  • 🔇 Repetitive sound effects

Hell's Kitchen

From 4.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fantastic game
  • 👍 Addictive and fun
  • 🍴 Real recipes included
  • 🎨 Enjoyable decorating

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent freezing/crashing
  • ⏱️ Slow loading times
  • 💰 Too many ads/in-app purchases
  • 🕹️ Levels too difficult

Bugs and requests

Chef's Quest

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Disappearing lives and lost progress
  • Freezing and black screen issues
  • Inconsistent performance on older devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • More level variety and new content updates
  • Improved progress saving and syncing across devices
  • Option to disable in-app purchases

Hell's Kitchen

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Doors not opening to start levels
  • Purchases not registering correctly
  • Losing progress after updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • More level variety
  • Ability to gift items to friends
  • Faster progression without spending money
  • Improved stability and performance

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Chef's Quest

One-time10
  • 10 Diamonds$0.99
  • Buffet$1.99
  • Catch of the Day$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Lunch Special$1.99
  • Christmas Pack$1.99
  • 50 Diamonds$4.99
  • Buffet$6.99
  • Catch of the Day$6.99
  • Lunch Special$6.99
  • 100 Diamonds$9.99
11 purchases

Hell's Kitchen

One-time11
  • 1500 Coins$1.99
  • Starter Pack$1.99
  • Kitchen Porter Pack$2.99
Show 8 more
  • Adfree$2.99
  • HK Pass$4.99
  • 5000 Coins$5.99
  • Piggybank$5.99
  • Chef Pack$6.99
  • 10000 Coins$9.99
  • Station Chef Pack$11.99
  • Sous Chef Pack$26.99

Questions

Is Chef's Quest free?
Chef's Quest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hell's Kitchen free?
Hell's Kitchen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Chef's Quest or Hell's Kitchen?
Hell's Kitchen is rated higher. Chef's Quest averages 4.5 out of 5 from 51 ratings, while Hell's Kitchen averages 4.7 from 4.7K ratings.
Do Chef's Quest or Hell's Kitchen have ads?
Hell's Kitchen shows ads; Chef's Quest does not.
Which is updated more often, Chef's Quest or Hell's Kitchen?
Chef's Quest ships an update weekly, and Hell's Kitchen monthly. Most recently, Chef's Quest was updated on October 21, 2026 and Hell's Kitchen on October 24, 2026.

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