Comparison

Cupcake Maker Games vs Make Cake

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

Head to head
About

Cupcake Maker Games

Design, bake, and decorate your own virtual cupcakes with a wide variety of flavors, liners, icings, and toppings. Share your sweet creations and enjoy a fun baking experience.

Highlights
  • Choose cake mix flavors
  • Select decorative liners
  • Bake cupcakes in a virtual oven
  • Decorate with various icings
  • Add toppings from 5 categories
  • Share and store creations
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Create yummy,sweet cupcakes in the original Cupcake Maker game! Bake your way to delicious creations in the very best cupcake maker game out there! Choose your cake mix from a variety of flavors. Next, add the eggs, oil, and water and stir until a smooth batter is formed. Now it’s time to choose which liners you want. How about bold colored foil, decorative, or traditional? Maybe one of each! After you have carefully selected 6, it’s time to spoon the batter in each liner, one by one. Now it’s time to bake those yummy cupcakes! Place the pan in the oven and watch the batter turn into warm, moist, perfect cupcakes. When the red indicator light turns off, your cupcakes are fully baked and ready for your decorating skills! Next, select the color and style of icing for each cupcake. Maybe you want it piled high in purple or just spread evenly in white. Then, top those cupcakes off with fun, colorful, and delicious items from 5 sweet categories: candies and nuts, candles, toppers, holidays and occasions, and extras. With all the choices, you will find yourself baking batch after batch of cupcakes in every flavor and color! Share your cupcake creations! Store them in the fridge for later. Beware! The more cupcakes you bake, the more you will crave the real thing! For more fun, try your hand at Chop Shop or take the food challenge and see how many cupcakes you can eat in 30 seconds! ABOUT Sunstorm Sunstorm is the pioneer of the popular "Maker" and "Sunnyville" series of games. Founded in 2009, Sunstorm provides creative and fun experiences for kids and parents to enjoy together. Sunstorm is a subsidiary of TabTale, a leading, global creator of innovative games, interactive books and educational apps. Visit us: https://www.tabtale.com/ Like us: https://www.facebook.com/TabTale Follow us:@Tabtale Watch us: https://www.youtube.com/iTabtale CONTACT US Let us know what you think! Questions? Suggestions? Technical Support? Contact us 24/7 at WeCare@TabTale.com. FOR PARENTS The app is free to play but certain in-game items may require payment. You may restrict in-app purchases by disabling them on this device. Use of the app is subject to TabTale’s terms of Use: https://tabtale.com/terms-of-use/ . The app may include advertising for TabTale and certain third parties which will redirect users to our sites, apps or third-party sites. TabTale is committed to protect its users’ privacy. The app may enable collection of limited user data by TabTale or its carefully selected providers (e.g. ad networks and analytics) for limited and lawful purposes (e.g. respond to support queries; maintain, analyze and improve the app’s features and services; serve contextual advertising). By downloading or using the app you accept TabTale’s Privacy Policy: https://tabtale.com/privacy-policy/ and permit such uses for users of your device. For more information please refer to our Privacy Policy.

About

Make Cake

Design, bake, and decorate your own virtual cakes with a wide variety of flavors, shapes, and decorative elements. Enjoy the creative process without the mess of a real kitchen and share your edible masterpieces with friends or savor them yourself.

Highlights
  • Virtual cake creation and baking
  • Multiple cake flavors and shapes
  • Extensive decorating options
  • Custom frosting tools
  • Share or save creations
  • No kitchen mess
Features
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Make, Bake and Decorate your very own Cake! Mmmm.. Love Cake? or need a Cake for that special day? Cake Fun! is for you! Choose your flavor and start adding your ingredients! Once you've baked your Cake, its time to get creative… Choose from a huge range of Decorations, Toppers, Tips and yummy Frosting flavors! There are hundreds of different decorating combinations! Once you've finished decorating your yummy masterpiece, if you're feeling generous you can share your Cake with friends OR more likely, you can have a quick nibble without worrying about the calories! So leave the mess of the kitchen, and start having Cake Fun! Main Features - Multiple cooking steps (without the kitchen mess!) - Choose from loads of Cake shapes! - Lots of different Cake flavors to choose from, each with unique cooking steps! - Bake your Cake in the Oven. Overcooking feature to test your cooking skills! - Decorating stage with a vast range of options to personalize your Cake design - Custom frosting tools to make your creation extra tasty! - Choose from a huge range of Tips for your Cake. - Eat or share your Cake via email or Facebook, or save it to your photo album to show your friends. IMPORTANT MESSAGE: - This App is free to play but certain in-game items may be purchased for real money. You may restrict in-app purchases by disabling them on your device. - By downloading this App you agree to Bluebear's Privacy Policy: http://www.bluebear.ie/foodpass_privacy.php - Please consider that this App may include third parties services for limited legally permissible purposes. Terms of Use: https://www.bluebear.ie/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.bluebear.ie/privacy

Screenshots

Cupcake Maker Games4 screens
Make Cake4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Cupcake Maker Games at none against Make Cake's shown. Cupcake Maker Games also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). Make Cake's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Cupcake Maker Games sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Make Cake sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Make Cake holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Make Cake has 1.5K ratings behind it against 105, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Cupcake Maker Games's written reviews are positive against 72% of Make Cake's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cupcake Maker Games ships an update every 3 months, Make Cake every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Cupcake Maker Games versus Make Cake: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCupcake Maker GamesMake Cake
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (105 ratings)4.7 (1.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.6% of reviews72.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1051.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTabTale LTDBluebear Technologies Ltd.

Customer experience

Cupcake Maker Games

All ratings105 ratings
Positive83.8%
Neutral3.8%
Negative12.4%
Written reviews328 reviews
Positive57.6%
Neutral14.3%
Negative28.0%

Make Cake

All ratings1,495 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral2.7%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews125 reviews
Positive72.0%
Neutral12.8%
Negative15.2%

Bugs and requests

Cupcake Maker Games

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Frequent crashes and glitches
  • Purchased content not unlocking properly

Requested features

3 requests
  • More free decorating options
  • Ability to create custom cupcakes
  • Expand gameplay beyond just decorating

Make Cake

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Cupcake Maker Games

One-time10
  • Candles$1.99
  • Toppers$1.99
  • Holidays and Occasions$1.99
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  • Extras$1.99
  • Candy and Nut Toppings$1.99
  • Valentine's Cupcakes$1.99
  • More Decorations$2.99
  • More Flavors$4.99
  • More Icings$5.99
  • Master Cupcake Maker$15.99
7 purchases

Make Cake

Subscriptions5
  • Food Pass3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Bluebear FoodPass Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Bluebear FoodPass Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
Show 2 more
  • Bluebear FoodPass Annual$29.991 Year
  • Bluebear FoodPass Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Unlocks Everything & Remove Ads$3.99
  • Bluebear FoodPass Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Cupcake Maker Games free?
Cupcake Maker Games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Make Cake free?
Make Cake is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cupcake Maker Games or Make Cake?
Make Cake is rated higher. Cupcake Maker Games averages 4.4 out of 5 from 105 ratings, while Make Cake averages 4.7 from 1.5K ratings.
Do Cupcake Maker Games or Make Cake have ads?
Make Cake shows ads; Cupcake Maker Games does not.
Which is updated more often, Cupcake Maker Games or Make Cake?
Cupcake Maker Games ships an update every 3 months, and Make Cake every 2 weeks. Most recently, Cupcake Maker Games was updated on October 29, 2026 and Make Cake on October 29, 2026.

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