Comparison

Icing Cookie vs Cupcake Art

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

Head to head
About

Icing Cookie

Engage in a fun, step-by-step cookie-making simulation. Knead dough, cut shapes, bake, and then artfully decorate your creations with icing to make them look delicious. Unlock new cooking sheets and bonus items as you progress through various stages.

Highlights
  • Cookie dough kneading
  • Cookie cutting
  • Baking simulation
  • Icing decoration
  • Unlockable cooking sheets
  • Bonus item collection
Features
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You are the cookie maker. Bake some cookies and icing to make it loot delicious. It's time to show your icing skill! 1. Knead the dough. 2. Cut out the dough. 3. Bake cookies. 4. Icing on cookies! Easy four steps cookie making game. Decorate cookies with icing to make them look delicious! Collect keys to unlock cooking sheets. Play more stages to unlock mystery bonus for rolling pins.

About

Cupcake Art

Create unique pull-apart cupcake cakes with a satisfying decorating experience. Fulfill custom orders or let your creativity run wild, then capture your edible art with filters. The most enjoyable part is pulling the cake apart.

Highlights
  • Design pull-apart cupcake cakes
  • Satisfying icing and decorating mechanics
  • Fulfill custom cake orders
  • Creative free-form decoration
  • Apply photo filters to creations
  • Enjoyable cake deconstruction
Features
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Make creative pull apart cupcake cakes in this super satisfying game. Take the orders and try to make a cake as ordered, or go crazy with decorating it however you want! The icing process has never been sooo satisfying. Of course, you need to take a photo of your piece of art and add some filters to it. And don’t forget about the funniest part – pull it apart!

Screenshots

Icing Cookie4 screens
Cupcake Art4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Icing Cookie at 4.5 against Cupcake Art's 1.0. Icing Cookie also leads on ratings volume (620 vs 1). Cupcake Art's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Icing Cookie holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Icing Cookie has 620 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Icing Cookie ships an update every 6 weeks, Cupcake Art every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Icing Cookie versus Cupcake Art: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIcing CookieCupcake Art
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (620 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews43.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings620 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size283 MB103 MB
Age rating+174+
DeveloperDWANGO Co., Ltd.ArmNomads LLC

Customer experience

Icing Cookie

All ratings621 ratings
Positive85.8%
Neutral4.5%
Negative9.7%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive43.2%
Neutral5.4%
Negative51.4%

Cupcake Art

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Icing Cookie

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Level 2 decoration feature doesn't work
  • Game crashes at level 4 before decorating
  • Color changing functionality fails to respond
  • Level progression glitches and freezes
  • App crashes on level 1 requiring restart

Requested features

7 requests
  • Custom cookie creation mode with own designs
  • Ability to change icing and cookie colors easily
  • Tutorial or simpler color selection process
  • More levels and content
  • Reduce vibration intensity
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  • Offline gameplay mode
  • Better dough rolling mechanics with 'done' button

Cupcake Art

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Icing Cookie

No in-app purchases

None

Cupcake Art

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Icing Cookie free?
Icing Cookie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cupcake Art free?
Cupcake Art is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Icing Cookie or Cupcake Art?
Icing Cookie is rated higher. Icing Cookie averages 4.5 out of 5 from 620 ratings, while Cupcake Art averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Icing Cookie or Cupcake Art have ads?
Icing Cookie shows ads; Cupcake Art does not.
Which is updated more often, Icing Cookie or Cupcake Art?
Icing Cookie ships an update every 6 weeks, and Cupcake Art every 3 weeks. Most recently, Icing Cookie was updated on October 24, 2026 and Cupcake Art on October 8, 2026.

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