The Mind vs CatThroat Kitchen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Mind
A cooperative card game where players must play cards in ascending order without communication. Experience a unique team challenge, either with friends online or AI opponents.
- Cooperative gameplay
- No communication required
- Play with friends online
- Play with AI opponents
- Collect achievements
- Score top results
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The Mind is more than just a game. It's an experiment, a journey, totally simple and the the greatest team experience ever. If you complete the last level together , you will float on cloud seven. For you must not discuss it, will not exchange any information. And still it works - if you really want ONE you will. Only with the help of your thoughts... This unique experience can now also be enjoyed as an app! If you don't have any other players available, you can still experience The Mind by simply playing with one to three of the six individually designed computer players! Of course, you can also play online with your friends or make new friends playing the game online! Collect achievements and score top results for particularly successful mastering of the challenge. Nominated for Game of the Year 2018!
CatThroat Kitchen
Compete in a baking challenge by matching pie ingredients to themes. Sabotage opponents with flavor changes to earn points and impress the judges. The best bake wins!
- Ingredient card matching
- Pie theme challenges
- Opponent sabotage
- Flavor manipulation
- Score-based judging
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Welcome to CatThroat Kitchen, an intense baking competition between Mother Nature's finest! Use ingredient cards to match your pie to the theme of the challenge, or sabotage your opponent by messing with their flavors. Whoever's bake matches the challenge best when time is up and judging starts will earn Marshmallow's approval and win delicious pie points!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CatThroat Kitchen at 100% against The Mind's 32%. CatThroat Kitchen also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and rating (5.0 vs 2.5). The Mind's advantage is chart position (#114 vs unranked). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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
CatThroat Kitchen is free to download; The Mind costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CatThroat Kitchen holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of The Mind's written reviews are positive against 100% of CatThroat Kitchen's.
The Mind ships an update every 5 months, CatThroat Kitchen daily. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Mind | CatThroat Kitchen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.5 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #114 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 1.2 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brettspielwelt GmbH | MassDiGI |
Customer experience
The Mind
CatThroat Kitchen
In-app purchases
The Mind
No in-app purchases
CatThroat Kitchen
No in-app purchases
Questions
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