Comparison

Cookie Doodle vs SCIP

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

Head to head
About

Cookie Doodle

This app allows children to virtually create and decorate cookies. It offers a variety of dough recipes, cutters, frostings, and toppings for endless creative fun without the mess. Users can save or share their edible masterpieces.

Highlights
  • Virtual cookie making
  • 204 cookie cutters
  • 24 dough recipes
  • 21 dough flavors
  • Photo cookie dough
  • Decorate with frostings and toppings
  • Save and share creations
Features
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***** 2011 Parents’ Choice Recommended Award winner - Parents’ Choice Foundation ***** ----------------- Reviews ---------------------- One of "Our Favorite iPhone Apps for Kids" Marthastewart.com - 08/20/2010 "Cookie Doodle is a great value, with hours of entertainment and learning" Examiner.com - 10/20/2010 "The App is intuitive to use the moment you launch it and it won’t be long before you create your first cookie master piece." Crowdedbrain - Tech News & Reviews - 05/21/2010 "Cookie Doodle is an app for iPhone and iPad which allows kids to recreate the cookie making process in a fun, innovative way. " DadAesthetic.com - 11/05/2010 -------------------------------------------------- If you enjoy making cookies but hate the mess, this is the app for you. We provide the dough, a rolling pin, cookie cutters, your choice of frostings, sprinkles, and candies all in one easy to use package. Package includes: * 204 Cookie Cutters * 24 Make your own cookie dough recipes * 21 Instant cookie dough flavors * Photo cookie dough * 60 different sprinkles * 85 candy toppings Comes complete with a super-deluxe rolling pin that allows you to roll out the perfect dough every time. Our vintage oven bakes flawlessly, never burning a single cookie. After baking, choose a frosting to spread or pipe on and then add sprinkles to finish. When your creation is complete, devour it, send it to your friends and family, or save it to your photo album. Can’t you almost taste the cookies now? Nutrition Facts: Calories ------------------ 0 Total Fat ----------------- 0 g Cholesterol --------------- 0 g Carbohydrates ------------- 0 g Protein ------------------- 0 g Fun and educational. Helps develop: * Fine Motor Skills: Making the dough includes activities that help develop fine motor skills: tapping, pinching, tilting, twisting, shaking, and stirring. * Sequencing: Each recipe has a variety of sequential steps required to make a cookie.  Each recipe is slightly different, with some more complex than others. * Reading and pre-reading: The ingredients text and images are on the same screen. As ingredients are added, they are checked off to assist with word-picture association. * Artistic Creativity: Explore color, shape, and  design.  SUPPORT: For any technical issues, please visit www.shoethegoose.com/Support.aspx. We will respond as quickly as possible. Thank you!

About

SCIP

This therapeutic tool aids speech therapy by implementing evidence-based contrastive phonology approaches. It offers a vast library of words and allows for individualized or group sessions with detailed progress tracking and reporting.

Highlights
  • Five contrastive therapy approaches
  • 2,400+ real words and 6,000+ nonsense words
  • Individual or group sessions (up to 4 students)
  • Individualized treatment targets and data collection
  • Printable progress graphs and session notes
  • Printable illustrations for practice
Features
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Turbocharge your speech therapy! SCIP (Sound Contrasts In Phonology) is an evidence-based, therapeutic tool developed through a one million dollar NIH grant by ASHA Fellow Dr. A. Lynn Williams. Dr. Williams partnered with EBS Learning to create this revolutionary app to maximize therapy by increasing intelligibility in less time. SCIP allows you to both create and implement treatment approaches using five different contrastive therapy approaches: Multiple Oppositions Minimal Pairs Maximal Oppositions Treatment of the Empty Set Vowel Contrasts SCIP includes more than 2,400 real words and 6,000 nonsense words to provide the widest variety of treatment stimuli and support rapid progress. The app allows individual or group sessions with up to 4 students. In group sessions, each student has individualized treatment targets and data collection. Print or email graphs of treatment progress and individual session notes! Choose the option to treat word-initial or word-final sounds using pictures or illustrations. You can also print illustrations to prepare practice sets to be used away from the iPad or sent home for reinforcement. Amazing features of this app allow you to: Easily create treatment programs with five contrastive approaches. Provide therapy sessions using illustrations or pictures. Collect data and enter therapy notes for each session. Graph treatment data and produce therapy reports. Print illustrations for use away from the iPad. Create and save groups of up to four students each with their own targets and treatment approach. Previously created for use with a computer, this improved and even easier-to-use program is now available as an app on your iPad! "SCIP" the prep time and jump right into treatment!

Screenshots

Cookie Doodle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cookie Doodle at $0.99 against SCIP's $59.99. Cookie Doodle also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 67%) and ratings volume (3.5K vs 4). SCIP's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Cookie Doodle costs $0.99 and SCIP $59.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SCIP holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cookie Doodle has 3.5K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 93% of Cookie Doodle's written reviews are positive against 67% of SCIP's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Cookie Doodle versus SCIP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCookie DoodleSCIP
Price$0.99 — better$59.99
Rating4.5 (3.5K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings3.5K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB355 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShoe the GooseEBS LEARNING INC

Customer experience

Cookie Doodle

All ratings3,509 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral7.1%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews282 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral5.3%
Negative1.8%

SCIP

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Cookie Doodle

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Dough borders around photos
  • Blurry graphics after updates
  • Difficulty using the rolling pin

Requested features

8 requests
  • Custom cookie recipes
  • Ability to save favorite cookies
  • More cookie jar space
  • Ability to bake cookies in the oven
  • Customizable oven and rolling pin
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  • Mixing ingredients in order
  • Measuring cups and spoons
  • Ability to share cookies on social media

SCIP

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Cookie Doodle

No in-app purchases

None

SCIP

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cookie Doodle free?
Cookie Doodle costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SCIP free?
SCIP costs $59.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cookie Doodle or SCIP?
SCIP is rated higher. Cookie Doodle averages 4.5 out of 5 from 3.5K ratings, while SCIP averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Cookie Doodle or SCIP have ads?
Neither Cookie Doodle nor SCIP shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cookie Doodle or SCIP?
Cookie Doodle ships an update every 2 months, and SCIP every 2 months. Most recently, Cookie Doodle was updated on October 2, 2026 and SCIP on September 27, 2026.

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