Comparison

Pancake Tower Decorating vs Hamster Town

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

Head to head
About

Pancake Tower Decorating

Build and decorate a towering stack of pancakes. Experience realistic physics as you balance cakes and cute characters to reach the next level. A fun game for kids and families.

Highlights
  • Stack pancakes to build a tower
  • Decorate your pancake creation
  • Realistic physics for balance challenges
  • Cute characters add to the experience
  • Progress through multiple stages
  • Simple tap-to-stack gameplay
Features
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Let's decorate a Pancake Tower! In this game, you can try to stack pancakes and make a PancakeTower with decoration. There are so many cute characters that makes your heart pounding with realistic experience of physical balance. If you success to make up a tower, you can go to next stage. -- How to play -- 1.Stack all cakes on the dish. 2.Keep balance until completion. 3.After count down of three without crash, you win! This game has made for kids and family.

About

Hamster Town

Draw lines to guide candy to adorable hamsters in this charming puzzle game. Solve levels to earn stars, expand your hamster house, and collect various animal friends. Enjoy a relaxing experience with hundreds of ways to solve each puzzle.

Highlights
  • Draw lines to deliver candy
  • Hundreds of puzzle solutions
  • Collect stars
  • Build and expand hamster house
  • Invite animal friends
  • Raise and play with hamsters
Features
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Draw lines as you please to deliver sweet, sweet candy to the cute hamsters. A game where you deliver candy to adorable hamsters by drawing lines! Collect stars by finding the best ways to solve puzzles to build and expand your own hamster house, and invite all sorts of animal friends! ■ How to Play Deliver candy to the hamsters any way you like. There are hundreds of ways to solve each puzzle. Collect more stars by finding the best way to solve each puzzle. ◝(・ω・)◟ ■ Game Features Though simple and fun to play, this puzzle game isn't short on challenges. The hamster life: just watching these cute little fluffballs will heal your mind. Collect stars to expand and decorate your hamster house. Earn sweet rewards by raising and playing with your hamsters! ※Extreme Cuteness Alert!※ Extreme hamster cuteness may cause some players to experience brain freeze ◝(・ω・)◟ ■ Ads and in-app products in-game. ■ Please note that data will be deleted when deleting games. Deleted data can not be recovered.

Screenshots

Pancake Tower Decorating4 screens
Hamster Town4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pancake Tower Decorating at none against Hamster Town's 6. Pancake Tower Decorating also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). Hamster Town's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (2.3K vs 574). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Hamster Town sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Pancake Tower Decorating asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Pancake Tower Decorating against 4.7 for Hamster Town. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 574 and 2.3K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Pancake Tower Decorating's written reviews are positive against 83% of Hamster Town's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pancake Tower Decorating ships an update every 2 months, Hamster Town fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pancake Tower Decorating versus Hamster Town: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPancake Tower DecoratingHamster Town
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (574 ratings)4.7 (2.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.4% of reviews — better83.5% of reviews
Number of ratings5742.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB213 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOTOUCH INC.Super Awesome Inc.

Customer experience

Pancake Tower Decorating

All ratings564 ratings
Positive90.4%
Neutral4.3%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews127 reviews
Positive87.4%
Neutral7.1%
Negative5.5%

Hamster Town

All ratings2,263 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral3.0%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews418 reviews
Positive83.5%
Neutral8.6%
Negative7.9%

User reviews

Pancake Tower Decorating

From 574 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and addictive game
  • 🥞 Cute pancake theme
  • 🎨 Appealing visual design
  • 🕹️ Challenging gameplay
  • 🆓 No ads

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional glitches or crashes
  • 🔚 Lack of new levels after completing the game
  • 💤 Game can get repetitive after a while

Hamster Town

From 2.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🐹 Cute hamster game
  • 👍 Fun and relaxing gameplay
  • 💎 Variety of hamsters to collect
  • 🎨 Adorable art style and animations

Room to improve

  • 💸 Too many ads, especially unskippable ones
  • 🔒 Inability to have multiple hamsters in one room
  • 🔍 Lack of customization options for hamsters and home

Bugs and requests

Pancake Tower Decorating

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Items sometimes fall to the bottom unexpectedly
  • Occasional freezing or unresponsiveness

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more levels or a third game
  • Implement team or account features
  • Add achievements or leaderboards
  • Introduce a free play mode to create custom towers
  • Implement multiplayer functionality

Hamster Town

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game randomly switching to Korean language
  • Certain levels becoming unbeatable due to glitches

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more mini-games and levels
  • Allow users to name or dress up their hamsters
  • Implement a way to use excess acorns
  • Provide an option to have multiple hamsters per room

In-app purchases

None

Pancake Tower Decorating

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Hamster Town

One-time6
  • Gems$0.99
  • Starter Package$1.99
  • Gem Pocket$4.99
Show 3 more
  • Gem Bucket$9.99
  • Gem Cask$19.99
  • Gem Box$49.99

Questions

Is Pancake Tower Decorating free?
Pancake Tower Decorating is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hamster Town free?
Hamster Town is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pancake Tower Decorating or Hamster Town?
Hamster Town is rated higher. Pancake Tower Decorating averages 4.6 out of 5 from 574 ratings, while Hamster Town averages 4.7 from 2.3K ratings.
Do Pancake Tower Decorating or Hamster Town have ads?
Both Pancake Tower Decorating and Hamster Town show ads.
Which is updated more often, Pancake Tower Decorating or Hamster Town?
Pancake Tower Decorating ships an update every 2 months, and Hamster Town fortnightly. Most recently, Pancake Tower Decorating was updated on November 6, 2026 and Hamster Town on November 6, 2026.

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