Comparison

Restaurant Story vs Bakery Town

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Restaurant Story4 screens
Bakery Town4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Restaurant Story ships an update every 4 months, Bakery Town monthly. Both last shipped on November 8, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Restaurant Story versus Bakery Town: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRestaurant StoryBakery Town
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (7.6K ratings)4.6 (3.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.7% of reviews81.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7.6K — better3.5K
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size378 MB101 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperStorm8 Studiosnanobitsoftware.com

Customer experience

Restaurant Story

All ratings7,324 ratings
Positive79.0%
Neutral6.8%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews2,456 reviews
Positive70.7%
Neutral11.0%
Negative18.3%

Bakery Town

All ratings3,504 ratings
Positive90.4%
Neutral5.6%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews1,455 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral10.9%
Negative7.8%

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

10 purchases

Restaurant Story

One-time10
  • 9 Gems$2.39
  • Bundle Pack$2.39
  • 24 Gems$4.79
Show 7 more
  • 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
10 purchases

Bakery Town

One-time10
  • Small pack of gems$1.99
  • Handful of gems$1.99
  • Pouch of gems$3.99
Show 7 more
  • 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?
Restaurant Story is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bakery Town free?
Bakery Town is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Restaurant Story or Bakery Town?
Bakery Town is rated higher. Restaurant Story averages 4.2 out of 5 from 7.6K ratings, while Bakery Town averages 4.6 from 3.5K ratings.
Do Restaurant Story or Bakery Town have ads?
Restaurant Story shows ads; Bakery Town does not.
Which is updated more often, Restaurant Story or Bakery Town?
Restaurant Story ships an update every 4 months, and Bakery Town monthly. Most recently, Restaurant Story was updated on November 8, 2026 and Bakery Town on November 8, 2026.

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