Comparison

marimo vs Restaurant Rush

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

Head to head
About

marimo

A virtual pet simulation where you nurture a Marimo, a unique aquatic plant from Hokkaido. The core gameplay involves changing its water to help it grow. You can then share your Marimo's progress with friends.

Highlights
  • Virtual Marimo pet
  • Water changing gameplay
  • Marimo growth simulation
  • Share progress on Twitter
  • Hokkaido souvenir theme
Features
Read full description

Marimo-chan is an application to grow the "Marimo" on the iPhone. Inhabit Lake Akan in Hokkaido, can be observed / breeding on the iPhone the "Marimo" very popular as a souvenir of Hokkaido. Is a very simple system. Basically all you have to do change water. When Marimo grow large then Let's boast to your friends on twitter

About

Restaurant Rush

Manage a bustling restaurant, cook delicious food, and serve impatient customers in this fast-paced time-management game. Decorate your eatery, unlock new recipes, and upgrade your kitchen. Features cozy chaos, two cats to pet, and full VoiceOver support for accessible gameplay.

Highlights
  • Run 5 unique restaurants
  • Story and Endless Shift modes
  • Unlock recipes and upgrades
  • Decorate your restaurant
  • Pet two cats to calm guests
  • Fully playable with VoiceOver
  • Accessible play and pace settings
Features
Read full description

Cook fast, serve happy guests and run a cozy restaurant that sounds as good as it looks. Restaurant Rush is a time-management cooking game that is fully playable with VoiceOver, so blind and sighted players can share the same kitchen. New: Burger Career, a 50-day diner story with Maya and her cat Holosko. Orders pile up, guests get impatient, and you keep the kitchen running one shift at a time. NEW: BURGER CAREER • Run Maya's diner through a 50-day story. Each day brings a story scene with choices, a shift in the kitchen and a report. • A hands-on kitchen: cook on the grill and toaster, build each burger on a plate and send it out. Patties warn you before they burn, wrong plates come back, guests can change their order, and wasted food costs you money. • Burger Endless: keep the diner open as long as you can, choosing a card every few days that adds recipes, upgrades, staff or risks. • Pace: pick Standard, Relaxed, Very relaxed or Custom. Guests wait longer; orders, money and cooking stay the same. • The characters speak with voices made with artificial intelligence. The voices of the first 10 days come with the game in English and Turkish. The voices of the rest of the story (days 11 to 50 and Burger Endless) are an optional download of about 40 MB per language, in all ten languages. The game asks before it downloads, and works with text if you skip it. • Guests can say their orders aloud, in English and Turkish, with the free Order voices setting. • The first 10 days are free. Days 11 to 50 and Burger Endless unlock once for 2,000 Coins, which you can earn by playing or get in the shop. There are no ads in Burger Career. PLAY YOUR WAY • Run 5 restaurants, each with its own menu and levels. Start at Sip Stop and work your way up. • Story levels for steady progress, or Endless Shift, where you pick draft cards to shape every run. • Unlock recipes and kitchen upgrades with Dollars, and hire a waiter for the busy rushes. • Finish daily goals and climb the leaderboards. • How to Play and Practice teach the modes, pace and combos, with a practice shift where nobody leaves. MADE TO BE HEARD • Fully playable with VoiceOver. Tables, the tray and the door queue are VoiceOver buttons, and the game announces new guests, orders and warnings. • Choose how much the game says: Full, Balanced or Sounds first. • Realistic kitchen and customer sounds: the door, footsteps, chairs, pouring and cooking. • Accessible play with pace choices, so anyone can play at their own speed. • Left-handed layout. No account is needed to play. • Accessibility features are never behind a purchase. MAKE IT YOURS • Restaurant Studio: decorate with themes, wall decorations, counters and tables. • Spend Coins on chef outfits, music, soundscapes and accessories for the cats. • Two cats, Holosko and Sabri, live in your restaurant. Pet them to calm impatient guests. GOOD TO KNOW Restaurant Rush is free to download. In-app purchases are optional: Coin packs and a Starter Bundle that removes ads. Burger Career days 11 to 50 and Burger Endless need the one-time unlock with Coins. The main game shows occasional ads between shifts, never during one, plus optional rewarded ads; Burger Career shows none. Available in 11 languages. Tie your apron and open the doors. Your first guests are already waiting.

Screenshots

marimo4 screens
Restaurant Rush4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: marimo at none against Restaurant Rush's 7. marimo also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Restaurant Rush's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months). On price, review sentiment and device support 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

Both are free to download. Restaurant Rush sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. marimo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

marimo ships an update every 4 months, Restaurant Rush every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
marimo versus Restaurant Rush: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermarimoRestaurant Rush
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (78 ratings) — better
Positive reviews98.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—78 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB273 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHANA-DA Hiromitsusuleyman gokhan birkin

Customer experience

marimo

Written reviews50 reviews
Positive98.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.0%

Restaurant Rush

All ratings78 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral7.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

marimo

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Restaurant Rush

One-time7
  • Coin Pack Small$0.99
  • Coin Pack Medium$4.99
  • Starter Bundle$9.99
Show 4 more
  • Coin Pack Large$9.99
  • Chef Pack$17.99
  • Supporter Pack$24.99
  • Founder Supporter Pack$99.99

Questions

Is marimo free?
marimo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Restaurant Rush free?
Restaurant Rush is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do marimo or Restaurant Rush have ads?
Restaurant Rush shows ads; marimo does not.
Which is updated more often, marimo or Restaurant Rush?
marimo ships an update every 4 months, and Restaurant Rush every 3 days. Most recently, marimo was updated on October 21, 2026 and Restaurant Rush on October 28, 2026.

Other comparisons