MasterChef vs TIME LOCKER+
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
TIME LOCKER+
Control the flow of time in this minimalist shooter. Slow down or speed up time with a single touch to evade enemies and enhance your abilities. Survive relentless waves of diverse foes in a race against a persistent threat.
- Control time speed with movement
- Minimalist shooter gameplay
- Diverse enemy types
- Character and equipment enhancement
- High score pursuit
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"Freezes Time When You Stop Moving" You can control the speed of time with only one finger! Move slowly, and time slows down. Move quickly, and it speeds up. But the looming darkness behind you never stops. You must keep going — sometimes with calm precision, sometimes with bold aggression. Time Locker is a minimalist shooter. Many foes will attack you, including animals, mammoths, soldiers, and even a giant T-Rex. But you have one great advantage. Control the speed of time and enhance your character and equipment without limit to get a high score. [ Features of the Apple Arcade Version ] - Special characters only available in the Arcade version - New enemies will appear - Some weapons have been enhanced - Redesigned game difficulty
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TIME LOCKER+ at 88% against MasterChef's 52%. TIME LOCKER+ also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.7). MasterChef's advantage is ratings volume (27K vs 1.8K) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TIME LOCKER+ holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MasterChef has 27K ratings behind it against 1.8K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of MasterChef's written reviews are positive against 88% of TIME LOCKER+'s.
MasterChef ships an update monthly, TIME LOCKER+ every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 29, 2026.
| Parameter | MasterChef | TIME LOCKER+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (27K ratings) | 4.9 (1.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.4% of reviews | 88.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27K — better | 1.8K |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 998 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Tilting Point LLC | sotaro otsuka |
Customer experience
MasterChef
TIME LOCKER+
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
TIME LOCKER+
From 1.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 👍 Smooth and satisfying controls
- 💡 Unique time-based mechanics
- 🎨 Appealing visual style
- 🕹️ Challenging but not too difficult
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
- 🔁 Temporary character/weapon unlocks
- 🔍 Difficulty seeing enemies due to visual effects
- 🎮 Lack of controller support
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
TIME LOCKER+
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game crashes or fails to launch
- Saved progress/records being lost
- Issues with in-app purchases and unlocks
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Permanent character/weapon unlocks
- Customizable visual effects
- Controller support
- More game modes and content
In-app purchases
MasterChef
No in-app purchases
TIME LOCKER+
No in-app purchases
