Comparison

Cooking City vs Food Truck

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

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About

Cooking City

Experience the thrill of a fast-paced cooking simulation game. Travel the world, cook diverse cuisines, and manage your own restaurants. Master thousands of levels and events to become a star chef.

Highlights
  • Time-management cooking gameplay
  • Global cuisine exploration
  • Restaurant management and upgrades
  • Thousands of levels and unique goals
  • Monthly themed events and challenges
  • Offline play capability
Features
Currently charting
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Cooking City - One of the most addicting time-management cooking games! Simply tap to cook, serve global cuisine and enjoy the fast-paced gameplay! Don't be an idle chef. Let's cook now! Become a master chef! Cook the best food and make the cooking fever catch on in Cooking City! Prepare, Cook & Serve delicious meals from all over the world! Get all the citizens and guests in this real cooking craze! Build your cooking empire and serve every hungry and crazy diner with great dishes! Explore worldwide food cultures by traveling among dozens of cities from the real world. Dash from restaurant to restaurant on every city map and discover authentic flavors. Go from Classic Coffee to Popular Pizzaria, bake cakes and grill delicious burgers. Cook well-known cuisines like Beijing Duck, French foie gras, Tom Yum Kung, and also learn endless hidden recipes! Do you like events? Keep up with the rush hours, and win rich prizes in Dinner Peak, Mini Café and World Chef Leaderboard. Can't miss out the monthly themed events which are well designed for festivals and holidays in the forms of jigsaw puzzles, tycoon games and animal adventure! Nobody would refuse the summer pool party monopoly games! Keep an eye on many more updates of events to come! Open Restaurants Anytime Anywhere - No internet required after initial installation! - Play offline in this FREE cooking game anytime! - Enjoy the kitchen game in your pocket anywhere! Travel & Cook in New Cooking World: Cooking City - Rome, Paris, Moscow, Beijing... 10+ cities of cuisine to travel and unlock! - Happy Bakery, Pasta House, China Café, Sushi King... 50+ dream restaurants await you to open! - Burgers, pizza, seafood and ice cream… Over 300 tasty foods on the menus to cook! - Master all kinds of dishes and global cuisines to become the Star and Mad Chef! Challenge 2000+ Levels With Unique Goals - Fantastic strategy meets fast-paced game play! - Interesting mini games and weekly events always kill time! - Celebrate important festivals in time-limited events and theme restaurants! - Complete grand monthly events to win free rewards! - Cook up rewarding combos, earning big bonuses! - Endless fun with new levels and casual games to be constantly updated! Master Your Exclusive Kitchen - Serve hundreds of exotic recipes all around the world - Cook cuisine you've seen or NEVER seen before - Upgrade ingredients to manage top cooking restaurants! - Manage cooking time efficiently with kitchen appliance upgrades - Decorate and level up to welcome more customers Use Powerful Boosters - Complete special cooking goals with magic boosts. - Make food never overcooked with special pans! - Serve with Cook Helper instantly. Fresh food are always inviting! - Increase earnings with help of Double Sales. - Boosts' Power feature star chef's skill and dash! Download Cooking City for free. Regular updates and festival events await you! Get Christmas and New Year restaurants now! >>Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Cooking-City-227424291396117 >>Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cookingcity_official/ >>Twitter: https://twitter.com/cookingcitygame >>Contact us: cookingcity@outlook.com

About

Food Truck

Manage a food truck business, cook a variety of street foods, and serve hungry customers. Hire staff, upgrade equipment, and explore different city locations to become a legendary chef.

Highlights
  • Cook diverse street food recipes
  • Manage business operations
  • Hire chefs and waiters
  • Upgrade kitchen equipment
  • Explore various city locations
  • Simple one-finger controls
Features
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The citizens are hungry! The city needs a real chef who can feed all the townspeople! Are you ready to take on this challenge? Then jump into the food truck and let's cook a street food! Food Truck: Idle Street Chef is perfect for those who love games in the idle arcade genre. You will definitely enjoy an incredible gameplay experience! Show cooking skills Look! A line of hungry customers is already standing in front of your food truck and every customer is waiting for their order! Don't waste time, serve everyone! First, set up the tables and chairs, then buy all the kitchen equipment you need! A burger grill, a coffee machine, a popcorn machine, and much more! Show the whole world your cooking skills and become a legendary street chef in this idle arcade game! Lead business management To earn a lot of money and maximize profits, you need the right business management! Hire helpers to optimize your business processes: recruit chefs to work in the kitchen and running waiters to serve the food! And at this moment you can do the job of a real cafe manager and do everything necessary to improve your track and make as much cash as possible, boss of cooking empire! Explore the city At each level, you'll find yourself in a new and unique location! First, feed the workers from the office buildings. Then go to the beach and show off your culinary skills to the tourists! Next, head to the drive-in cinema, because the visitors need popcorn! And many other locations are waiting for you in the Food Truck: Idle Street Chef. Just move around the map from point to point and discover the city! Start your cooking adventure! Main features: - Beautiful minimalistic 3D graphics - Simple gameplay. Easy to get started! - User-friendly UI - Easy controls - A large number of unique cooking recipes: burgers, hot dogs, coffee and etc. - Improve management skills It’s time to cook, serve and have fun in this idle arcade game! Food Truck: Idle Street Chef can be played with just one finger! It has simple controls for the player. You can become a legend chef on your way to school, university, or job. Ready for an unforgettable experience? Then download it for free and play right now!

Screenshots

Cooking City4 screens
Food Truck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Cooking City at 169K against Food Truck's 172. Cooking City also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (62% vs 44%). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Cooking City sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and Food Truck sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Cooking City against 4.8 for Food Truck. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cooking City has 169K ratings behind it against 172, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of Cooking City's written reviews are positive against 44% of Food Truck's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cooking City ships an update every 3 weeks, Food Truck every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Cooking City versus Food Truck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCooking CityFood Truck
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (169K ratings)4.8 (172 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.4% of reviews — better44.4% of reviews
Number of ratings169K — better172
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#99 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.1 GB198 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMagicSeven Co., LtdMAD PIXEL

Customer experience

Cooking City

All ratings168,618 ratings
Positive94.8%
Neutral3.2%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews1,895 reviews
Positive62.4%
Neutral11.9%
Negative25.6%

Food Truck

All ratings172 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral4.7%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative55.6%

Bugs and requests

Cooking City

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Progress and coins lost after updates
  • Game crashes after watching ads
  • Incorrect food registering as wrong item

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow coins to transfer between cities
  • Increase time limits on challenging levels
  • Provide more free boosts and gems
  • Improve ad experience (less frequent, less intrusive)

Food Truck

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Cooking City

Subscriptions1
  • Weekly Cooking Membership3 Days trial$6.997 Days
One-time10
  • Gems 50$0.99
  • Tiny Piggy Bank$0.99
  • Energy Pack1$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Glory Cooking Pack$1.99
  • Gorgeous Chef Pack$3.99
  • Gems 320$4.99
  • Gold Coupon$4.99
  • Lucky Pack$7.99
  • Gems 680$9.99
  • Grand Restaurant Pack$11.99
1 purchases

Food Truck

One-time1
  • No Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Cooking City free?
Cooking City is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Food Truck free?
Food Truck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cooking City or Food Truck?
Food Truck is rated higher. Cooking City averages 4.8 out of 5 from 169K ratings, while Food Truck averages 4.8 from 172 ratings.
Do Cooking City or Food Truck have ads?
Both Cooking City and Food Truck show ads.
Which is updated more often, Cooking City or Food Truck?
Cooking City ships an update every 3 weeks, and Food Truck every 4 months. Most recently, Cooking City was updated on September 24, 2026 and Food Truck on September 13, 2026.

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