Hell's Kitchen vs Candy Rush
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hell's Kitchen
Restore and design a restaurant, following the Hell's Kitchen theme. Solve match-3 puzzles to renovate spaces, unlock recipes, and meet characters. Become a renowned chef and build your dream eatery.
- Match-3 puzzle gameplay
- Restaurant renovation and design
- Unlock Hell's Kitchen recipes
- Character interactions and story
- Interior and exterior customization
- Restaurant management simulation
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You may think that you can cook, but can you live up to the challenge of running a Hell's Kitchen Restaurant? Help Olivia in this "Create your own restaurant" game and face together the biggest challenge of your lives, to restore an old, outdated mansion to a new, fancy Hell's Kitchen restaurant! Explore the Hell's Kitchen cookbook as you progress your way through the cooking diary and decorate the restaurant's areas according to your personal taste. This is the perfect kitchen game that offers you an opportunity to run your own restaurant. Match tasty ingredients, combine power-ups and solve match-3 puzzles to renovate and design the old restaurant. Unlock new areas, choose between interior & exterior designs, learn new recipes, meet exciting characters but beware, some of them are rivals and want to shut your business down! The game features: My restaurant - Help Olivia run her own restaurant under the famous brand of Hell's Kitchen! Match and Blast - Hundreds of unique match-3 levels with fiery boosters and tasty combinations! Cook and Design - Show your design skills and renovate the restaurant as you play cooking games. Home chef - Become a better home chef by unlocking real and unique Hell's Kitchen recipes for you to cook at home. Food - Be a part of Olivia's journey to become the "World famous chef" and explore various types of food. Story - Meet new characters, hire assistants, win friends along the way! But be careful, you will earn some enemies as well who are more than eager to stab you in the back... This old mansion is in desperate need of a complete makeover! Restore, renovate and design the kitchen, restaurant, café, garden, and many more areas with your style! Experience a whole library filled with furniture combinations and the freedom to use your design skills. Breathe in the Hell's Kitchen atmosphere and help Olivia reach her dream with the restoration of this restaurant by solving match-3 puzzles, beating rivals, finding coworkers, and opening up this place to the world! Hell's Kitchen is free to play, but optional in-app purchases for bonuses are available. Follow us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/hellskitchenmatch3/ Facing issues while playing Hell's Kitchen or have suggestions/feedback? We would love to hear from you! Use the Contact button in settings while you are in the game or email us at: support@qiiwi.com
Candy Rush
Embark on a sweet adventure in this match-3 puzzle game. Explore a vibrant fantasy world filled with gingerbread characters and challenging puzzles. Utilize boosters and bonuses to overcome obstacles and enjoy hours of casual fun.
- Over 1000 challenging match-3 puzzles
- Casual gameplay for all ages
- Colorful fantasy world graphics
- Exciting music and sound effects
- Unique gingerbread character twists
- Magic boosters and bonuses
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A pink cotton candy cloud enchanted by delicious cookies, jellies, chocolate and marshmallows is home to some of the most famous gingerbread rappers, chefs, astronauts, philosophers and farmers in the universe. Wait what? Gingerbread? Rappers? Chefs?? Astronauts??? Now that’s a fun twist! If you enjoy Match 3 puzzle games but want to try something new and exciting Candy Drops is for you. Get fresh advice and feedback on your puzzle solving skills from the coolest gingerbread rappers in your neighborhood and meet various other gingerbread friends on the road. Have the best time with unique, wonderful and cheeky gingerbread characters in this crazy sweet fantasy world! FEATURES -Challenging match 3 puzzles, YO! Over 1000 fun, challenging and unique puzzles will provide you with hours of fun! -Casual game fun for all ages, YO! Play alone, with friends and family, at home, on the bus to work, wherever, whenever. -Colorful and sizzling hot graphics, YO! Enter a breathtaking fantasy world filled with rainbows, chocolate and gingerbread friends. -Move delicious candy to the hottest beats in town, YO! Activate your senses with exciting music to make your game play even more fun. -The freshest rappers in the hood waiting for you, YO! A fun twist on the regular puzzle game, cute and hilarious rappers to entertain you. -Magic boosters and bonuses, just for you, YO! Boosters and bonuses help you on your way if you ever get stuck. Still not convinced? Once you get a bite of this deliciously fun and addictively sweet match 3 puzzle game it will be hard to stop. Mix it, match it, crunch it, munch it. Play Candy Drops now! Enough said. Mic drop!
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Verdict
Hell's Kitchen and Candy Rush both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Candy Rush's written reviews are positive against 60% of Hell's Kitchen's. Candy Rush also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). Hell's Kitchen's advantage is ratings volume (4.7K vs 21). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Hell's Kitchen sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Candy Rush sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Hell's Kitchen against 4.8 for Candy Rush. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hell's Kitchen has 4.7K ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 60% of Hell's Kitchen's written reviews are positive against 100% of Candy Rush's.
Hell's Kitchen ships an update monthly, Candy Rush every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hell's Kitchen | Candy Rush |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (4.7K ratings) | 4.8 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.7K — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 381 MB | 243 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Qiiwi Games AB | cookapps |
Customer experience
Hell's Kitchen
Candy Rush
Bugs and requests
Hell's Kitchen
Reported bugs
3 issues- Doors not opening to start levels
- Purchases not registering correctly
- Losing progress after updates
Requested features
4 requests- More level variety
- Ability to gift items to friends
- Faster progression without spending money
- Improved stability and performance
Candy Rush
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hell's Kitchen
- 1500 Coins$1.99
- Starter Pack$1.99
- Kitchen Porter Pack$2.99
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- Adfree$2.99
- HK Pass$4.99
- 5000 Coins$5.99
- Chef Pack$6.99
- 10000 Coins$9.99
- Station Chef Pack$11.99
- Sous Chef Pack$26.99
Candy Rush
- Piggy Bank$1.99
- Starter Pack$1.99
- 600 Coins$2.99
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- Piggy Bank$3.99
- 1100 Coins$4.99
- Toy Pack$6.99
- Piggy Bank$9.99
- Super Pack$14.99
- 5000 Coins$19.99
- Mega Pack$29.99
Questions
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