Comparison

Cupcake Maker Games vs Snow Cone Maker

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

Snow Cone Maker

Create virtual snow cones by crushing ice, selecting cones, and adding your favorite flavors and toppings. Enjoy a fun, interactive dessert-making experience.

Highlights
  • Crush ice into fine powder
  • Choose from decorated cones
  • Scoop and shape shaved ice
  • Add favorite flavors
  • Apply toppings and extras
Features
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Make your own snow cones from scratch with Bluebear's latest app "Snow Cones! by Bluebear" This is the newest and funnest snow cone maker app on the App Store. First you have to pour the ice into the ice shaving machine, then you crush the ice until its really fine and powder like. Once your shaved ice is ready, you choose one of the many decorated cones. When your happy with your cone, you can start scooping your ice. All you have to do now is shape your ice to get the snow cone of your dreams. Then just add your favourite snow cone flavors, a few toppings and a couple extras and your done! Just like in real life! So what are you waiting for...Start making snow cones today! 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/privacy - 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
Snow Cone Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Snow Cone Maker at weekly against Cupcake Maker Games's every 3 months. Snow Cone Maker also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (83% vs 58%). Cupcake Maker Games's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, 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. Cupcake Maker Games sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Snow Cone Maker 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

Snow Cone Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Snow Cone Maker has 2.3K ratings behind it against 106, 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 83% of Snow Cone Maker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cupcake Maker Games ships an update every 3 months, Snow Cone Maker weekly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Cupcake Maker Games versus Snow Cone Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCupcake Maker GamesSnow Cone Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (106 ratings)4.8 (2.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.6% of reviews82.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1062.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
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 MB69 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%

Snow Cone Maker

All ratings2,288 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral2.5%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews332 reviews
Positive82.8%
Neutral10.2%
Negative6.9%

User reviews

Cupcake Maker Games

From 106 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Nostalgic and childhood memories
  • 👍 Fun and entertaining game
  • 🍰 Realistic cupcake making experience

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
  • 📺 Too many intrusive ads
  • 🔒 Limited free content

Snow Cone Maker

From 2.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and creative
  • 🎨 Lots of customization options
  • 🍧 Enjoyable snow cone making experience
  • 🤩 Great for kids

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Too many locked features
  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and freezes
  • 🙄 Boring after a while

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

Snow Cone Maker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Buttons covered by ads
  • Inability to restore purchases
  • Freezing when selecting flavors

Requested features

4 requests
  • Unlock all features for free
  • Add more food making options (burgers, tacos, pancakes, etc.)
  • Introduce a scoring/progression system
  • Improve overall gameplay and interactivity

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Cupcake Maker Games

One-time10
  • Candles$1.99
  • Toppers$1.99
  • Holidays and Occasions$1.99
Show 7 more
  • 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

Snow Cone Maker

Subscriptions5
  • Food Pass3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Bluebear Food Pass 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
  • Unlock Everything & Remove Ads$4.99
  • Bluebear FoodPass Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Cupcake Maker Games free?
Cupcake Maker Games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Snow Cone Maker free?
Snow Cone Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cupcake Maker Games or Snow Cone Maker?
Snow Cone Maker is rated higher. Cupcake Maker Games averages 4.4 out of 5 from 106 ratings, while Snow Cone Maker averages 4.8 from 2.3K ratings.
Do Cupcake Maker Games or Snow Cone Maker have ads?
Neither Cupcake Maker Games nor Snow Cone Maker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cupcake Maker Games or Snow Cone Maker?
Cupcake Maker Games ships an update every 3 months, and Snow Cone Maker weekly. Most recently, Cupcake Maker Games was updated on November 3, 2026 and Snow Cone Maker on November 3, 2026.

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