Chef Wars vs Bear's Restaurant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chef Wars
Embark on a culinary adventure as a budding chef in this RPG. Recruit and train chefs, discover ingredients, and invent hundreds of unique recipes. Then, battle your way through themed cooking challenges to become a world-renowned chef and thwart an evil plot.
- Invent over 900 recipes
- Explore 500 towns on a real-world map
- Recruit and train 20 chefs
- Compete in 3000+ themed cooking battles
- Win Cheffy Awards and reach Master Chef level
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Chef Wars is the first food discovery RPG! Recruit chefs, source ingredients, and invent hundreds of recipes from around the world. Then use those recipes to win themed kitchen battles! Become the most famous chef and stop the evil Baron von Pork from world domination! FEATURES: - INVENT: Collect 200 ingredients. Then mix and match to invent over 900 recipes! - EXPLORE: Visit 500 towns on a fully explorable, real-world map. - TRAIN: Recruit and train 20 chefs - each with their own traits and backstories. - COMPETE: Build your recipe arsenal to win themed cooking battles! 3000+ unique fights presided by celebrity judges! - RISE UP: Win the annual Cheffy Awards, reach Master Chef level, and defeat Baron von Pork once and for all. DEVELOPER'S NOTES: - Chef Wars is free to play with optional in-app purchases. Purchases are NOT needed to finish the game! - You also don't need to register an account and go online to play, but doing so gives access to friend rankings, global leaderboards, and access to your in-app purchases like premium chefs and skins. - As of initial release, we have a huge world map covering Europe and Asia! We hope to add more features, regions, chefs and recipes over time! - The game is only available in English right now, but we plan to add more translations in the future. JOIN THE COMMUNITY! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mindcakegames/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/mindcakes Chef Wars Playtest Community: http://www.facebook.com/groups/chefwars/ Having problems? Got a suggestion? We're a small indie team and we'd love to hear from you! Reach us via social media or email: contact@mindcakegames.com Stuck? Need hints? Check out the community wiki: http://chef-wars.wikia.com!
Bear's Restaurant
Serve unique dishes to spectral customers in a mysterious restaurant. Uncover memories and stories by diving into their past, all while assisting a chef bear and discovering your own identity. A narrative-driven adventure with emotional depth.
- Serve spectral customers
- Cook diverse dishes
- Dive into customer memories
- Uncover character stories
- Assist a chef bear
- Explore personal identity
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"Bear restaurant" In this restaurant, the dead will have their last supper. Hamburgers, omelets, sushi, pudding, anything. Let us cook your favorite dish when you were alive. This is a story about a "Bear" and a "Cat". You are a "Cat", the assistant of a "Bear", who is the chef of the restaurant. Players can know about the customer's favorite dishes by "diving" into their memories... but in fact, you yourself do not remember who you are. Not even your favorite dish. There is no difficult puzzle, no exciting battle, no epic cut scenes. But, you will remember their episodes. [Warning] This game contains potentially distressing materials, such as traffic accident, suicide and murder. However, there is no gore.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Chef Wars at none against Bear's Restaurant's shown. Chef Wars also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). Bear's Restaurant's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (9.1K vs 296). 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
Both are free to download. Chef Wars sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Bear's Restaurant sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bear's Restaurant holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bear's Restaurant has 9.1K ratings behind it against 296, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Chef Wars's written reviews are positive against 94% of Bear's Restaurant's.
Chef Wars ships an update every 3 weeks, Bear's Restaurant every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chef Wars | Bear's Restaurant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (296 ratings) | 4.9 (9.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.3% of reviews | 93.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 296 | 9.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 147 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Mindcake Games | Odencat Inc. |
Customer experience
Chef Wars
Bear's Restaurant
User reviews
Chef Wars
From 296 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Charming art style
- 🌍 Diverse cuisine and cultures
- 🎓 Educational and informative
- 💡 Innovative cooking RPG concept
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🔒 Unable to connect to internet/servers
- 💰 Difficult to progress without spending gems
- 🤔 Confusing recipe creation system
Bear's Restaurant
From 9.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ❤️ Heartwarming story
- 🎨 Beautiful pixel art and animations
- 🎶 Lovely soundtrack
- 🐱 Cute characters
- 👍 Unique and original concept
Room to improve
- 💰 Paid content required to continue the story
- ⏱️ Short gameplay length
- 🗣️ Some stereotypical character portrayals
- 🔁 Repetitive ad watching
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes
Bugs and requests
Chef Wars
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes after battles
- Inability to connect to internet
- Disappearing saved data and progress
- Graphical glitches and missing map areas
Requested features
5 requests- Cloud save/sync across devices
- More recipe slots and chef slots
- Better ingredient acquisition system
- Improved map and navigation tools
- Additional content updates and new features
Bear's Restaurant
Reported bugs
2 issues- Freezing during gameplay
- Ads not loading properly
Requested features
3 requests- Expand the story and add more characters
- Provide more ways to unlock paid content without ads
- Improve character diversity and avoid stereotypes
In-app purchases
Chef Wars
- Pack of Gems$0.99
- Stash of Gems$4.99
- Crate of Gems$8.99
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- Trove of Gems$34.99
- Cornucopia of Gems$49.99
Bear's Restaurant
- Bronze Support$0.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
- Silver Support$2.99
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- Sequel Story - The Nihility$2.99
- Gold Support$4.99
- Complete Bundle$4.99
- Platinum Support$9.99
Questions
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