Comparison

Hidden Objects vs Little Cauldron Cafe

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

Head to head
About

Hidden Objects

Engage your detective skills by finding hidden objects within detailed pictures. This puzzle game offers numerous levels and challenging gameplay to test and improve your concentration. Play offline and enjoy regular updates with this engaging experience.

Highlights
  • Over 250 levels
  • 3 game modes
  • Challenging item detection
  • Free hints
  • Offline play
  • Original graphics
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Find all the hidden objects in the new puzzle Hidden Objects. Study pictures and develop your concentration, feel like a real detective! Your search skills will be tested like never before! Game Features: - Over 250 levels. - 3 different game modes. - Original graphics. - Difficult levels: items are not so easy to detect! - Free hints. - Ability to play without the Internet. - Regular updates. Try and enjoy!

About

Little Cauldron Cafe

Explore a cozy, pastel goth world where you brew unique potions instead of coffee. Discover 189 recipes across twelve themed rooms, collect charming items, and customize your own cabin. Enjoy a relaxing matching game and ambient soundscapes with no timers or pressure.

Highlights
  • Brew 189 unique potions
  • Explore twelve themed rooms
  • Collect and customize items
  • Play a gentle matching game
  • Mix ambient soundscapes
  • No timers or fail states
Features
Currently charting
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Halloween, all year round. No timers. No fail states. No way to lose. Just twelve spooky rooms, a cauldron in each one, and as long as you like to potter about in them. A pastel goth little world where you brew potions instead of coffee. BREW SOMETHING LOVELY Drop ghost berry, bat whisker and pumpkin spice into the main cafe cauldron and pull out a Witch's Latte. Try quill nib cocoa, moth dust and ember clove in the Reading Corner and you have a Marginalia Brew. There are one hundred and eighty nine potions waiting, and every single one of them is a discovery rather than a test. TWELVE ROOMS, TWELVE MOODS The main cafe. The Reading Corner. The Greenhouse. The Cellar. The Attic Loft. Each room has its own palette, its own ingredients and its own charm to collect when you finish it. Complete one and the next door opens. A JOURNAL OF EVERY POTION Every potion you brew is written into your recipe journal, illustrated, and yours to favourite. The journal is the quiet pleasure of this game. Some people finish it. Most people just like turning the pages. Nine rare potions have a book of their own, and they arrive when they please. BOO LIVES HERE Boo is the resident ghost. They greet you at the door, they peek over the edge of a finished drink, and there are hats and small things you can buy them with the coins you earn. They ask for nothing and they are very pleased you came. YOUR OWN COZY CABIN Earn coins, then spend them. Plushies for the cafe rooms, hats for Boo, and a cabin of your own where you can place every single thing exactly where you want it. PEEK A BOO A gentle matching game hidden inside the cafe, with a different deck for every room. Eight pairs to find, no clock, no score, and as the game itself puts it: no timer, no losing, take all the time you like. FOUR SOUNDS TO SETTLE INTO Fireplace. Rain. Night Watch. Storm's Edge. Mix them how you like and leave them running. PAY ONCE. THAT IS ALL. No adverts. No in app purchases. No energy meters. No account, no internet, no data collected. Nothing that punishes you for not turning up. You buy the game, and then the game is yours. For everyone whose spooky season never really ends.

Screenshots

Hidden Objects4 screens
Little Cauldron Cafe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Hidden Objects at Free against Little Cauldron Cafe's $4.99. Hidden Objects also leads on ratings volume (22K vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). Little Cauldron Cafe's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ads (none vs shown).

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

Hidden Objects is free to download; Little Cauldron Cafe costs $4.99 up front. Hidden Objects sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Little Cauldron Cafe asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Little Cauldron Cafe holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hidden Objects has 22K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hidden Objects ships an update every 2 months, Little Cauldron Cafe every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard10 real differences · 1 level
Hidden Objects versus Little Cauldron Cafe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHidden ObjectsLittle Cauldron Cafe
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.6 (22K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings22K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#180 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size203 MB132 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIldus GaliulinMary Kirkham

Customer experience

Hidden Objects

All ratings22,009 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral7.0%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews99 reviews
Positive69.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative19.2%

Little Cauldron Cafe

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Hidden Objects

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Sound/music not working
  • Orientation issues on tablets

Requested features

4 requests
  • Remove time limits
  • Improve object visibility
  • Reduce ad frequency
  • Add device sync

Little Cauldron Cafe

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Hidden Objects

One-time7
  • Special Offer$0.99
  • Remove ADS$1.99
  • 1000 Coins$1.99
Show 4 more
  • 3000 Coins$4.99
  • 6500 Coins$9.99
  • 13500 Coins$19.99
  • 30000 Coins$39.99
None

Little Cauldron Cafe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hidden Objects free?
Hidden Objects is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Little Cauldron Cafe free?
Little Cauldron Cafe costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hidden Objects or Little Cauldron Cafe?
Little Cauldron Cafe is rated higher. Hidden Objects averages 4.6 out of 5 from 22K ratings, while Little Cauldron Cafe averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Hidden Objects or Little Cauldron Cafe have ads?
Hidden Objects shows ads; Little Cauldron Cafe does not.
Which is updated more often, Hidden Objects or Little Cauldron Cafe?
Hidden Objects ships an update every 2 months, and Little Cauldron Cafe every 2 days. Most recently, Hidden Objects was updated on November 7, 2026 and Little Cauldron Cafe on October 31, 2026.

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