Comparison

Cookie Doodle vs Ready to Print

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

Ready to Print

This app helps children aged 2-7 develop essential pre-writing skills through a structured progression of activities. Designed by an occupational therapist, it focuses on building a strong foundation for handwriting and preventing bad habits.

Highlights
  • Structured progression of pre-writing skills
  • 194 levels across 13 activities
  • Adjustable size settings for skill levels
  • Multiple user profiles with progress tracking
  • Email progress reports
  • Automatic sensitivity adjustment for iPad size
  • Customizable sound effects and voice prompts
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Learn Handwriting Skills the Fun Way! Ready to Print is created and maintained by an Occupational Therapist with over 25 years of experience working with children. It is a comprehensive tool for parents, therapists and educators to help teach pre-writing skills to children in order to build a strong foundation for beginning printers. We continue working to make Ready to Print the most complete writing development iPad app available, and continue to add new features. Ready to Print progresses through the pre-writing skills in a specific order, so that children can master the visual-motor, visual-perceptual, and fine motor skills necessary for correct printing patterns. It is designed to teach children the correct patterns for printing, and to avoid bad habits that are difficult to change as the child gets older. Ready to Print features 194 separate levels in 13 activities. The latest addition is the Touch and Drag activity, which helps students work on movement in one of four specific directions. - It's designed with a progression of skills that work towards correct printing patterns. - It allows you to change size settings to match each child’s skill level. - It features a progression from larger hand movements to smaller, more refined movements. - It lets you choose which activity and level to begin on. - It allows setting up multiple user profiles, and remembers skill settings and tracks progress for each user. - It allows you to send progress reports via e-mail directly from the app. - It detects the size of your iPad and adjusts sensitivity automatically. - Choose from either sound effects or voice prompts. - Turn many features on or off, for everyone or by student. - High contrast mode available. Ready to Print works on any size iPad. Requires iOS version 12 or higher. *** TeachersWithApps.com TWA Pick FunEducationalApps.com Top Pick Children's Technology Review Editor's Choice Award Apps for Children with Special Needs (A4CWSN.com) Featured App Visit www.ReadyToPrintApp.com for more professional reviews *** Visit www.ReadyToPrintApp.com for more details!

Screenshots

Cookie Doodle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cookie Doodle at $0.99 against Ready to Print's $19.99. Cookie Doodle also leads on ratings volume (3.5K vs 33) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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 Ready to Print $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ready to Print holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cookie Doodle has 3.5K ratings behind it against 33, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Cookie Doodle's written reviews are positive against 96% of Ready to Print's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cookie Doodle ships an update every 2 months, Ready to Print every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Cookie Doodle versus Ready to Print: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCookie DoodleReady to Print
Price$0.99 — better$19.99
Rating4.5 (3.5K ratings)4.7 (33 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews96.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.5K — better33
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShoe the GooseEssare LLC

Customer experience

Cookie Doodle

All ratings3,509 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral7.1%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews283 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral5.3%
Negative1.8%

Ready to Print

All ratings33 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive96.4%
Neutral3.6%
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
Show 3 more
  • Mixing ingredients in order
  • Measuring cups and spoons
  • Ability to share cookies on social media

Ready to Print

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Cookie Doodle

No in-app purchases

None

Ready to Print

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cookie Doodle free?
Cookie Doodle costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ready to Print free?
Ready to Print costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cookie Doodle or Ready to Print?
Ready to Print is rated higher. Cookie Doodle averages 4.5 out of 5 from 3.5K ratings, while Ready to Print averages 4.7 from 33 ratings.
Do Cookie Doodle or Ready to Print have ads?
Neither Cookie Doodle nor Ready to Print shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cookie Doodle or Ready to Print?
Cookie Doodle ships an update every 2 months, and Ready to Print every 6 months. Most recently, Cookie Doodle was updated on October 28, 2026 and Ready to Print on October 23, 2026.

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