Icing on the Cake vs Shape and Bake
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Icing on the Cake
Test your cake decorating abilities in this relaxing simulation game. Rotate, pipe, and smooth out various pastries to create the perfect cake. Enjoy a satisfying and realistic icing experience with endless cakes to decorate.
- Relaxing cake decorating
- Realistic icing simulation
- Endless cake variety
- Satisfying gameplay
- Zen experience
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From the makers of I Peel Good, Icing on the Cake is your next obsession. Put your cake decorating skills to the test! Relax and channel your inner baker in Icing on the Cake. So many fun pastries for you to rotate, pipe, decorate and smooth out? Can you make the perfect cake? Fun and easy to pick up but don’t miss a spot... Will you be the first one to finish them all? Color and decorate the perfect wedding cake or birthday cake. The tasty end results will leave you feeling hungry for more! Any time is cake time. Game Features: 1. Zen Out Ice ice baby! Take your time and relax and create the perfect cake 2. Smooth Smooth Icing The most realistic food simulation game there is. The realistic cakes will leave you hungry. 3. Bake ALL the cakes Endless amount of cakes for you to ice and smooth. Can you put the icing on all of the cakes? 4. Feel the smooth Play, relax, and feel satisfied with every cake you ice. Feel the realistic sensation of icing and spreading. Whether you like icing, like smoothing or just want to spin and color, Icing on the Cake will take you there. This is the best and most zen cake simulation game there is. Good luck putting Icing on the Cake down! Follow us to get news and updates on our other Award Winning titles; https://lionstudios.cc/ Facebook.com/LionStudios.cc Instagram.com/LionStudioscc Twitter.com/LionStudiosCC Youtube.com/c/LionStudiosCC
Shape and Bake
Unleash your creativity by shaping dough with string to form various artistic designs. This game offers a relaxing and satisfying experience with hundreds of colorful arts to discover.
- Shape dough with string
- Creative design puzzles
- Hundreds of arts to create
- Relaxing and satisfying gameplay
- Colorful visual arts
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Bake Away! It’s amazing what you can do with a chunk of dough and a piece of string! In this game, you will need to use your creative mind and create the level’s shape using your string and dough! Simply cross the string from side to side to squeeze the desired shape! Hundreds of beautiful and colorful arts to create. Enjoy a relaxing and satisfying mechanism!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Shape and Bake at 100% against Icing on the Cake's 39%. Shape and Bake also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Icing on the Cake's advantage is ratings volume (217K vs 71). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Icing on the Cake sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Shape and Bake sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Shape and Bake holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Icing on the Cake has 217K ratings behind it against 71, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Icing on the Cake's written reviews are positive against 100% of Shape and Bake's.
Icing on the Cake ships an update every 2 months, Shape and Bake every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Icing on the Cake | Shape and Bake |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (217K ratings) | 4.8 (71 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 217K — better | 71 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | 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 | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 274 MB | 329 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lion Studios | APP CENTRAL LTD |
Customer experience
Icing on the Cake
Shape and Bake
Bugs and requests
Icing on the Cake
Reported bugs
3 issues- Icing colors appear in unintended areas during smoothing
- Game switches to smoothing mode before icing is complete
- Inconsistent scoring system, making it hard to get 100% matches
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to decorate cakes with sprinkles, toppings, etc.
- Option to create custom cake designs
- Improved camera controls for icing the top of the cake
Shape and Bake
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Icing on the Cake
- Remove all ads$2.99
Shape and Bake
- All Bundle Features Unlocked!$19.991 Month
- All AppCentral Games Unlocked!$29.991 Month
Questions
Is Icing on the Cake free?
Is Shape and Bake free?
Which has better reviews, Icing on the Cake or Shape and Bake?
Do Icing on the Cake or Shape and Bake have ads?
Which is updated more often, Icing on the Cake or Shape and Bake?
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