Restaurant Story vs Bakery Town
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Restaurant Story
Design, decorate, and customize your own virtual restaurant. Serve delicious meals to customers and socialize with other players. New content is added weekly to keep your culinary empire growing.
- Design and build personalized restaurants
- Decorate with thousands of items
- Customize a menu of delicious meals
- Socialize with other restaurants
- Invite Facebook friends
- Weekly updates with new content
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Enjoy the #1 virtual restaurant game! Decorate a restaurant and share with your friends! Impress your customers with beautiful decorations and tasty treats! - DESIGN and build the perfect personalized restaurant! Stunning variety and unlimited creativity! - DECORATE with thousands of items, choose from tables, chairs, wallpaper, art, and more! - CUSTOMIZE a menu of delicious meals that makes tummies grumble for more! - SOCIALIZE with other restaurants, and collect bonus tips from players! - INVITE Facebook friends to set up shop right next door! Share secret recipes! - Download and play weekly updates with new dishes and decorations! New content is released every week to keep your restaurant growing! Restaurant Story is the MOST delicious and BEST looking restaurant game for your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch! Restaurant Story is an online game. Your device must have an active internet connection to play. Please note that ou can purchase in-app items with real money. To delete this feature, on your device go to Settings Menu -> General -> Restrictions option. You can then simply turn off In-App Purchases under "Allowed Content". In addition, Restaurant Story may link to social media services, such as Facebook, and Storm8 will have access to your information through such services. Follow Storm8 www.storm8-studios.com facebook.com/storm8 twitter.com/storm8
Bakery Town
Manage and grow your own virtual bakery. Bake a wide variety of cakes, cookies, pies, and drinks to satisfy customers. Expand your business by upgrading appliances, decorating your shop, and hiring skilled chefs. Connect with friends to share progress and gifts.
- Bake cakes, cookies, muffins, pies
- Prepare coffee, tea, smoothies, milkshakes
- Decorate and expand bakery
- Upgrade appliances and hire chefs
- Connect with friends for gifts and sharing
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Bake it big and make it big! Do you have what it takes to save your bakery? Bake gorgeous cakes, delicious cookies, mouth-watering muffins, scrumptious pies and plenty more! Make different types of coffee and tea or smoothies and yummy milkshakes! The better your tasty treats, the happier your customers will be! Watch your bustling baking business rise like your pies - expand your menu, invest in new appliances, display your edible masterpieces and decorate the place with hundreds of cool, fancy and fun items. Buy wallpapers, windows and doors, tables and chairs, employ better chefs with special skills, add more space to your bakery and even more floors once the business really gets boomin! Connect with your friends via Facebook or Game Center, share your accomplishments, send them gifts or write on their walls.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Bakery Town at none against Restaurant Story's shown. Bakery Town also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. Restaurant Story sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Bakery Town sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bakery Town holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7.6K and 3.5K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Restaurant Story's written reviews are positive against 81% of Bakery Town's.
Restaurant Story ships an update every 4 months, Bakery Town monthly. Both last shipped on November 8, 2026.
| Parameter | Restaurant Story | Bakery Town |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (7.6K ratings) | 4.6 (3.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.7% of reviews | 81.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7.6K — better | 3.5K |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 378 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Storm8 Studios | nanobitsoftware.com |
Customer experience
Restaurant Story
Bakery Town
Bugs and requests
Restaurant Story
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Bakery Town
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to place food on counters
- Disappearing progress and items
- Connectivity issues with Facebook
Requested features
4 requests- More efficient ways to earn gems
- Faster cooking times
- Improved stability and performance
- Additional decorative options
In-app purchases
Restaurant Story
- 9 Gems$2.39
- Bundle Pack$2.39
- 24 Gems$4.79
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- 24 Gems$5.99
- Bundle Pack$5.99
- 50 Gems$8.39
- 50 Gems$11.99
- 105 Gems$16.49
- 105 Gems$23.99
- 275 Gems$41.99
Bakery Town
- Small pack of gems$1.99
- Handful of gems$1.99
- Pouch of gems$3.99
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- Small pack of gems$4.99
- Bag of gems$6.99
- Medium pack of gems$9.99
- Bag of Gems$14.99
- Large pack of gems$19.99
- Heap of Gems$34.99
- Mountain of Gems$59.99
Questions
Is Restaurant Story free?
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Which has better reviews, Restaurant Story or Bakery Town?
Do Restaurant Story or Bakery Town have ads?
Which is updated more often, Restaurant Story or Bakery Town?
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