Comparison

BBQ Master Restaurant vs Detective Mio

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

Head to head
About

BBQ Master Restaurant

Prepare and serve delicious seafood dishes like lobster, crab, and squid to hungry guests in this fast-paced cooking simulation game. Manage your time effectively and use various cooking props to create the perfect barbecue experience.

Highlights
  • Seafood preparation (lobster, crab, squid)
  • Serve hungry guests
  • Time-limited challenges
  • Interactive cooking props
  • Food decoration with sauces
  • Dish cleaning
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It’s BBQ time! We roast lobster, crab, squid, offer different food for your hungry guests! See your table is waiting for their food to attract their taste buds to the guests! Are you ready to meet this challenge and do the best food for your lovely guests? I believe you will not let them down! This is good! let's start! feature:a   - Super interesting food production game   - Delicious food for guests   - three kinds of food: lobster, crab, squid   - real cooking props, barbecue grills, trash cans, seasonings, food ingredients and so on   - time is limited, speed up the bar How to play:   - Use interactive control to play games   - Choose the customer's favorite food to make or make food for your order   - Take the customer wants the barbecue process to serve the guests   - decorate your food with tasty sauce   - the rotten plate into the trash, clean rotten dishes

About

Detective Mio

Solve puzzles and quizzes to find hidden animals in various imaginative locations. This interactive game requires tapping, swiping, and dragging to uncover clues and complete illustrations. Decorate your detective office with earned items and enjoy offline play.

Highlights
  • Hidden object finding
  • Nonsense quizzes and puzzles
  • Interactive tap, swipe, drag mechanics
  • Animal rescue missions
  • Detective office decoration
  • Offline play
Features
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Has a cat gone missing? Are there animals in danger? Do you wish to rediscover a long lost memory? Then Detective Mio is the cat for you! This is more than a simple hidden picture finder! You need to solve various nonsense quizzes and puzzles to save cute animals! Tap, swipe, and drag on the screen to find hidden items! Sometimes you might even need to flip the whole smartphone! Attics, gardens, galleries, museums, malls, laboratories, and... space!? Listen to your client's tale and find the hidden animal. Those pesky animals find unbelievable ways to hide in the most unimaginable of places! Find all of the items and complete the illustration. Enjoy cute cartoon-style illustrations! A game that can be played offline! Put your heads together with your friends to solve the puzzles! Use the toys and furniture you earn from clearing stages to decorate your detective office in your own unique style!

Screenshots

BBQ Master Restaurant3 screens
Detective Mio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BBQ Master Restaurant at none against Detective Mio's 4. BBQ Master Restaurant also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Detective Mio's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (305 vs 1). On price 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. Detective Mio sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. BBQ Master Restaurant asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BBQ Master Restaurant holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Detective Mio has 305 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of BBQ Master Restaurant's written reviews are positive against 86% of Detective Mio's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BBQ Master Restaurant ships an update every 13 months, Detective Mio every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
BBQ Master Restaurant versus Detective Mio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBBQ Master RestaurantDetective Mio
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.6 (305 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better86.2% of reviews
Number of ratings1305 — better
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB273 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer斌 王1N1

Customer experience

BBQ Master Restaurant

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Detective Mio

All ratings305 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral3.9%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews138 reviews
Positive86.2%
Neutral9.4%
Negative4.3%

Bugs and requests

BBQ Master Restaurant

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Detective Mio

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Haunted house level prevents progression to next case
  • Ad countdown timer runs without showing actual ad
  • Some objects don't respond to required interactions
  • Hint system shows incorrect or already-solved clues
  • Touch input fails to register on certain objects
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  • Game freezes or crashes during ad playback
  • Specific level items won't appear despite correct actions
  • Knight helmet won't remove in case 12

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add significantly more levels and cases
  • Implement regular content updates
  • Increase office/detective space for more decoration options
  • Add zoom feature for reading clues more clearly
  • Create seasonal or holiday-themed cases
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  • Improve hint system with multiple hint options
  • Add more interactive puzzle mechanics
  • Implement reward system for office decoration

In-app purchases

None

BBQ Master Restaurant

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Detective Mio

One-time4
  • hint item 10$0.99
  • hint item 25$1.99
  • remove interstitial ads pack$4.99
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  • Remove all ads package$5.99

Questions

Is BBQ Master Restaurant free?
BBQ Master Restaurant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Detective Mio free?
Detective Mio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BBQ Master Restaurant or Detective Mio?
BBQ Master Restaurant is rated higher. BBQ Master Restaurant averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Detective Mio averages 4.6 from 305 ratings.
Do BBQ Master Restaurant or Detective Mio have ads?
Detective Mio shows ads; BBQ Master Restaurant does not.
Which is updated more often, BBQ Master Restaurant or Detective Mio?
BBQ Master Restaurant ships an update every 13 months, and Detective Mio every 2 weeks. Most recently, BBQ Master Restaurant was updated on October 14, 2026 and Detective Mio on October 27, 2026.

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