Comparison

Alchemy Chef vs Shishke Bob

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

Head to head
About

Alchemy Chef

Embark on a magical time-management adventure in a fantasy world. Run mystical taverns, serve enchanted dishes and potions, and upgrade your kitchens across diverse islands. Challenge yourself to become a master chef in this unique cooking game.

Highlights
  • Time-management gameplay
  • Mystical tavern management
  • Magical item and potion crafting
  • Island exploration and upgrades
  • Restaurant and shop enhancement
  • 250+ levels
Features
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A different kind of cooking game is here! Run mystical taverns, serve magical items and keep your customers happy! Play in a time-management adventure with exploring restaurants and shops! 250 LEVELS and MORE! From swamps, dark forests to blacksmiths' realm, various islands are ready and each presents a new cooking game adventure. Serve magical drinks and cook mysterious food, prepare potions, craft iron to make new equipment. UPGRADE AND ENHANCE! Enhance your islands, upgrade your kitchens, open new restaurants and shops and catch the taste of cooking fever. COOKING JOY! Do you love to challenge yourself? Do you like cooking games? Do you want to be a cooking master chef ? Then Alchemy Chef, one of the exantiric free cooking games, is waiting for you! FOLLOW US! Twitter: @hammurabigames Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hammurabigames/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hammurabi_games/

About

Shishke Bob

Embark on a culinary adventure across the cosmos, skewer exotic ingredients, and fulfill unique orders. This match-three game challenges you to create the wildest shish kebabs while competing with friends and other players.

Highlights
  • Cosmic shish kebab creation
  • Match-three gameplay
  • Diverse and wacky ingredients
  • Global leaderboards
  • Engaging challenges
  • Power-ups and obstacles
Features
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Guess: how many different shish kebabs could possibly exist? That answer, according to Shishke Bob and his out-of-this-world expertise, is about to make your jaw drop! Many moons ago, Shishke Bob left home to go on the adventure of a lifetime, and he's not coming back until he has tasted every last shish kebab this world has to offer! Don't worry, he still sends his mother postcards from all the exciting places he goes: America, Italy, Japan, Turkey, Mars?! Even on this fascinating quest for shish kebab, there are times when he fears nothing will rid the taste of loneliness from his mouth— but that's where you come in, kiddo! Skewer ingredients on a shish, fulfill orders, watch stuff go “boom”, and make other chefs jealous! Tomatoes, onions, meats, peppers, salmons, hamburger buns, snails, jellybeans and other whacky ingredients are just waiting to be a part of your kebabs! Brace yourself: you've just found one of the wildest match-three games in the universe! THE SHISH IS CALLING FOR YOU! As you travel every corner of the cosmos, you'll face various obstacles, find unique power-ups, taste sweet victories and defeats, and realize the true power of shish kebab! WHO RULES THE GRILL? YOU DECIDE! Connect with friends and other players to brawl your way to the top of the Leaderboards! Or, take on a myriad of engaging challenges to take home the trophies! AND THE BEST PART? IT'S FREE TO PLAY! That's right. The world of shish kebab is waiting for YOU! DON'T FORGET TO FOLLOW US Instagram: @blay.games | @megamientertainment Twitter: @BlayGames_ Facebook: @blaygamespage

Screenshots

Alchemy Chef4 screens
Shishke Bob4 screens

Verdict

The call

Alchemy Chef and Shishke Bob both sit at 3.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 76% of Shishke Bob's written reviews are positive against 25% of Alchemy Chef's. Shishke Bob also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). Alchemy Chef's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (12 vs 3). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Alchemy Chef sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Shishke Bob sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Alchemy Chef holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 25% of Alchemy Chef's written reviews are positive against 76% of Shishke Bob's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alchemy Chef ships an update every 5 weeks, Shishke Bob weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Alchemy Chef versus Shishke Bob: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlchemy ChefShishke Bob
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (12 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews76.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size282 MB211 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHammurabi GamesBlay Games

Customer experience

Alchemy Chef

All ratings12 ratings
Positive58.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral75.0%
Negative0.0%

Shishke Bob

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive76.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative23.5%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Alchemy Chef

One-time10
  • 5K Coins$1.99
  • 25 Diamonds$1.99
  • Starter Chest$2.99
Show 7 more
  • 100 Diamonds$5.99
  • Alchemist Chest$6.99
  • 200 Diamonds$9.99
  • 400 Diamonds$19.99
  • 1K Diamonds$39.99
  • 600K Coins$99.99
  • 3K Diamonds$99.99
9 purchases

Shishke Bob

One-time9
  • Special Offer2 variants$0.99
  • Special Offer$1.99
  • Special Offer$2.99
Show 6 more
  • Special Offer$3.99
  • Valuable Pack$4.99
  • Special Offer$4.99
  • Special Offer$9.99
  • Valuable Pack$74.99
  • Mega Pack$99.99

Questions

Is Alchemy Chef free?
Alchemy Chef is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shishke Bob free?
Shishke Bob is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Alchemy Chef or Shishke Bob?
Alchemy Chef is rated higher. Alchemy Chef averages 3.9 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Shishke Bob averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Alchemy Chef or Shishke Bob have ads?
Shishke Bob shows ads; Alchemy Chef does not.
Which is updated more often, Alchemy Chef or Shishke Bob?
Alchemy Chef ships an update every 5 weeks, and Shishke Bob weekly. Most recently, Alchemy Chef was updated on October 20, 2026 and Shishke Bob on October 7, 2026.

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