MasterChef vs Nekograms+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MasterChef
Engage in a fun, fast-paced cooking competition game. Learn over 120 recipes, customize your chef avatar, and upgrade cooking gear. Compete with players globally in challenging mini-games to prove your culinary skills.
- Learn over 120 recipes
- Compete in global cooking challenges
- Play fun mini-games
- Customize chef avatar and outfits
- Upgrade cooking gear
- Unlock new recipes and challenges
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Discover the new MasterChef: Learn to Cook!, rebuilt for you to learn and compete for endless fun in the kitchen! Do you have what it takes to be the number one chef? Show your cooking abilities in MasterChef: Learn to Cook! A unique, fun, and fast-paced cooking competition & learning game awaits you! Get matched with other players around the globe. Choose your ingredients, slice, prepare, plate and serve delicious dishes with style in fun mini-games! The MasterChef judges will evaluate your dish based on your performance and speed. Complete and unlock new recipes, challenges, and mini-games along your cooking journey! PRACTICE AND LEARN WITH MORE THAN 120 RECIPES! From a Margherita Pizza to Sushi, what do you want to cook today? CHALLENGE MINI-GAMES Play countless mini-games with a twist! Challenges will take you to cook recipes with extra added difficulty. Will you be able to clear all of them? COOK WITH STYLE Create an avatar and customize its features as you want! Become the coolest chef and standout by changing your outfit from a wide range of clothes, accessories, and aprons! UPGRADE YOUR COOKING GEAR By completing mini-games, events and challenges, you will be able to collect different cooking gear such as pots, utensils, plates amongst others, and upgrade them! Cooking utensils are a chef’s best friend! Multiplayer fun and lots of recipes await you in MasterChef: Learn to Cook! Download it now, it is time to prove that you are a top chef! Join our Social Club and share your tasty dishes with us! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlayMasterChef Twitter: https://twitter.com/MasterChefGame Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Masterchef_game
Nekograms+
Guide adorable cats to sleep by solving unique puzzles that combine nonogram and sliding mechanics. Collect stars by completing levels efficiently and explore different game modes, including daily challenges and an endless mode.
- Guide cats to sleep
- Nonogram and sliding puzzle mechanics
- Collect all stars
- Daily puzzle mode
- Endless mode
- 160 levels across 4 worlds
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FALL 2026 UPDATE It's time to celebrate the arrival of Fall with three seasonal events over the next three months: Mushroom Forest Event (September) - Watch Autumn leaves fall on your daily stroll through the Mushroom Forest. - Earn the 'Autumn Leaves' achievement by playing a Daily Puzzle during this event. Spooksville Event (October) - Ghostly cats haunt a spooky graveyard - Earn the 'Candy Collector' achievement by collecting all the candy hidden throughout the game - Earn the 'Goosebumps' achievement by playing a Daily Puzzle during this event Harvest Feast Event (November) - Gather around the table for the Harvest Feast – a time for reflection and giving thanks - Earn the 'Pumpkin Pie' achievement by playing a Daily Puzzle during this event Earn the seasonal 'Fall Badge' achievement by playing a Daily Puzzle during each Fall event — Help all the cats get to sleep in this adorable puzzle game. Featuring novel mechanics based on nonograms and sliding puzzles. Nekograms is easy to learn but does get challenging! GET THE CATS TO SLEEP Cats only sleep on cushions. Complete a level by helping all the cats get to sleep. SOLVE THE DAILY PUZZLES Play a new puzzle every day and meet the cat of the day! Start with the Warm-up Puzzles, play the Daily Puzzle, and try your hand at the Daily Challenge. COLLECT ALL THE STARS Earn stars by completing levels in the fewest number of moves. Achieve 3 stars in every level. ENDLESS MODE Enjoy endless gameplay in Endless Mode and ascend through different states of cat consciousness. FEATURES - Original puzzle mechanics - Daily Puzzles Mode - 160 levels over 4 unique worlds - Over 15 different cat breeds - Original soundtrack - Endless Mode
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: MasterChef at free against Nekograms+'s paid. MasterChef also leads on ratings volume (27K vs 123) and device support (5 vs 3). Nekograms+'s advantage is review sentiment (84% vs 52%). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for MasterChef against 4.5 for Nekograms+. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MasterChef has 27K ratings behind it against 123, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 52% of MasterChef's written reviews are positive against 84% of Nekograms+'s.
MasterChef ships an update monthly, Nekograms+ every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MasterChef | Nekograms+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (27K ratings) — better | 4.5 (123 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.4% of reviews | 84.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27K — better | 123 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 998 MB | 572 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tilting Point LLC | Hungry Sky Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
MasterChef
Nekograms+
User reviews
MasterChef
From 27K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🍔 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 👍 Enjoyable cooking experience
- 🎨 Customizable character and utensils
- 🌟 Great graphics and visuals
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent bugs and glitches
- 🕰️ Laggy performance and freezing issues
- 🤔 Confusing mechanics and lack of tutorials
- 🧠 Unfair scoring and judging system
- 🔒 Limited ingredient and recipe options
Nekograms+
From 123 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 😻 Cute and adorable design
- 🧠 Challenging yet relaxing puzzles
- 😌 Stress-free gameplay experience
- ✨ Clean and pleasing user interface
- 🚫 Ad-free experience
Room to improve
- 📈 Repetitive level design
- 🤔 Too hard for some players
- ⏳ Limited moves can be restrictive
- 😕 Lack of hints or solutions
- 📉 Gets boring quickly for some
Bugs and requests
MasterChef
Reported bugs
4 issues- Oven stop button disappearing
- Mixing and pouring ingredients not registering properly
- Saved progress being lost or reset
- Inability to complete challenges due to missing ingredients
Requested features
5 requests- Add a practice mode to hone skills
- Implement a multiplayer mode to play with friends
- Provide more in-depth recipe customization
- Improve the boiling and stirring mechanics
- Allow players to create and share their own recipes
Nekograms+
Reported bugs
3 issues- Blank screen on startup
- Black screen on launch
- Portrait mode only
Requested features
15 requests- More levels needed
- Add more real levels
- Unlock cat skins for different rounds
- Add a clue or help feature
- Add a restart button on the main game screen
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- Add daily puzzle challenges
- Add hidden achievements
- More aspects to the game (e.g., blankets to go over cats)
- Breeding feature for exotic cats and kittens
- Difficulty setting
- Tutorial for new players
- Customize cats and decorate maps
- Add bonus levels without credits
- Cafe customization and interaction with cats
- More levels in endless mode
In-app purchases
MasterChef
No in-app purchases
Nekograms+
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is MasterChef free?
Is Nekograms+ free?
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Do MasterChef or Nekograms+ have ads?
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