Cookie Build Network vs Buddies
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cookie Build Network
Connect with your gaming community by checking server status, player activity, and game modes. Track your progress, discover news, and receive alerts for friends and game events. Securely link your in-game identity for personalized features.
- Live server status (Java & Bedrock)
- Player leaderboards and rank tracking
- Daily rewards and quest tracking
- Online friends and party member visibility
- Opt-in alerts for friends and game needs
- Gamemode guides and connection details
- Community events and news feed
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Cookie Build brings the server community with you. See whether the network is online, check connection details, discover every gamemode, follow community events and news, and browse player leaderboards. Link your in-game identity with a short one-time code to manage structured Friends and Parties and choose which useful alerts you receive. Highlights: • Live Java and Bedrock network status • Gamemode guides and quick connection details • Player lookup and leaderboards • Your personal season rank, daily goals, weekly quests and rewards • Private per-game stats, 30-day activity and completed-match history • Balanced kits unlocked with coins earned only through gameplay • Structured Friends and Parties with fixed actions • Private online presence for accepted friends and party members • Optional online alerts for friends you explicitly select • Opt-in player calls when a minigame is waiting for teammates • Community events and server news • Fine-grained notification and privacy controls • Daily and weekly reminders with configurable quiet hours • Secure account linking that never asks for your game password Friends and Parties do not include custom messages or live chat. Earned coins have no cash value and cannot be bought, transferred, sold, or redeemed.
Buddies
This app offers a unique way to connect with friends by sharing photos and videos that are only revealed later in the day. It also features timed message delivery and a chat function to keep you close.
- Delayed photo/video reveals
- Timed message delivery
- Private and group chat
- Daily streaks and rewards
- Memory calendar
- Friend highlights
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Buddies is a new way to stay close to your friends — more private, more meaningful, more lasting. Throughout the day, capture photos and videos with your friends without being able to see the result after taking them. No preview, no editing — like a disposable camera, you discover the result later. REVEAL During the day, you and your friends add your photos and videos to the Reveal without being able to see them. You can see how many pieces of content were taken, but you have to wait until the evening. Every day at 6:00 PM, everything is revealed at once: you discover their day, and they discover yours. RUSH Send instant photos and videos to your friends. Choose an opening time — 5 minutes, 10 minutes, or 1 hour — and they’ll have to open them before time runs out. Otherwise, it disappears. CHAT Chat with your friends in private or group messages. Send messages, voice notes, and stay connected every day. STREAKS Post every day to keep your streak going. The more consistent you are, the more rewards you unlock. MEMORIES Find all your memories in your calendar. Relive your best moments anytime. HIGHLIGHTS Showcase your favorite Buddies on your profile. Your friends can see them instantly. Contact us: Bug / issue: lucas.richard@buddiesapp.fr Partnership: mathieu.moriaux@buddiesapp.fr Company / suggestion: sacha.lachere@buddiesapp.fr
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Buddies at 4.8 against Cookie Build Network's 4.0. Buddies also leads on ratings volume (1.3K vs 4). Cookie Build Network's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (100% vs 91%). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Cookie Build Network sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Buddies sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Buddies holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Buddies has 1.3K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Cookie Build Network's written reviews are positive against 91% of Buddies's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Cookie Build Network ships an update weekly, Buddies every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cookie Build Network | Buddies |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 90.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 1.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 135 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Guillaume Claverie | Evendia |
Customer experience
Cookie Build Network
Buddies
Bugs and requests
Cookie Build Network
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Buddies
Reported bugs
4 issues- Camera not working for some users
- Buddy recap not loading properly
- Occasional app crashes
- Issues with switching between front and rear cameras
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to add captions/descriptions to photos
- Implement group chat/messaging features
- Allow customization of notification settings
- Extend video recording time limit
- Provide option to save/access past weekly recaps
In-app purchases
Cookie Build Network
- MicroBattles VIP (lifetime)$4.99
- KitPvP VIP (lifetime)$4.99
- Domination VIP (lifetime)$4.99
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- BuildBattle VIP (lifetime)$4.99
- UltraVIP (All games, lifetime)$18.99
Buddies
- Repair of a Rush streak.$0.99
- Repair of the Reveal streak.$1.99
