Comparison

More Buffet! vs Cupcake Maker

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

Head to head
About

More Buffet!

Explore global cuisine by virtually preparing and sharing dishes from 19 countries. Spin a 3D globe to select foods, customize meals with numerous ingredients, and earn achievements. Share your culinary creations with friends.

Highlights
  • Explore 19 countries with over 250 foods
  • Virtually prepare tacos, sushi, pasta, pizza, burgers, and crepes
  • Customize dishes with numerous ingredients and toppings
  • Share food creations via email
  • Earn Game Center achievements and compete on leaderboards
  • High-resolution graphics for all devices
Features
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Discover foods from other countries in Maverick Software's biggest virtual food app! Make tacos & nachos, roll sushi, create your own pasta, build burgers & hot dogs, roll up crepes, make custom pizza slices, or fill your plate from over 250 different kinds of food from 19 countries. More Buffet! brings a world of food to your iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, with all the attention to detail & polish you've come to expect from Maverick Software, creators of the hit apps Cupcakes!, More Cookies!, More Toast!, and others. You start out with a 3d globe you can spin and zoom to visit countries from Australia to Russia. Then load up your plate with local food- whether you are in the mood for tacos, curry, sushi, fried rice, schnitzel, meat pies, hot dogs, or even bangers & mash, you'll find your favorites! After you've gone through the world's greatest buffet, you can eat it a bite at a time, or share your plate of food with friends via email. If that's not enough, More Buffet! also has achievements you can earn just by building different plates of food and discovering secrets. Full Game Center support means you can track your friends' achievements and see who is the buffet master! More Buffet Features: - Full support for Retina Display and all iPad screen resolutions, with graphics so sharp you'll want to bite the screen. - 19 countries with over 250 kinds of local delicacies (Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Korea, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Scotland, United Kingdom, United States) - Build your own tacos & nachos, with choice of chips, taco shells, tortillas, or tostadas, and two dozen toppings from fajitas to guacamole and salsa. - Roll your own sushi. Choose from eight classic rolls like California, Spicy Tuna, or Dragon, add the ingredients, then roll and slice! - Roll crepes, both sweet and savory, with 25 ingredients to add. - Top your favorite pizza slice, choosing from over 20 toppings. - Create your own pasta. Pick the pasta (spaghetti, macaroni, ravioli, penne, and more) then add any of 7 sauces and 10 toppings. - Build a custom burger or hot dog. Hamburgers, veggie burgers, turkey burgers, hot dogs, and bratwurst, and dozens of options for buns & toppings. - Support for Game Center achievements and a top buffet maker leaderboard. - 25 plates and 14 tablecloths to give your food the perfect presentation. Post a review with your ideas of what country we should add next, or what foods you'd like to see. We're already planning the more free updates!

About

Cupcake Maker

Design and bake your own virtual cupcakes from scratch. Choose from numerous flavors, liners, and a vast array of frosting, sprinkles, and decorative toppings to create unique treats. Save, eat, or share your edible masterpieces.

Highlights
  • Customizable paper liners
  • Nearly 30 flavor recipes
  • Step-by-step cooking stages
  • Variety of frostings and whipped creams
  • Extensive sprinkle and sweet decorations
  • Save, eat, or share creations
Features
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Make, Bake and Decorate the cupcake of your dreams with Bluebear's amazing new app.

 Cupcakes! lets you make yummy cupcakes from scratch. You control everything and have the choice of a tonne of awesome flavors, paper liners and loads of decorations. 

It features: 
* Paper Cup Liners – a huge collection of crazy liners.
 * Flavor selection
 - almost 30 recipes to choose from.
 * Accurate ingredients and step by step cooking stages. * Create Unique Cupcakes – Decorations include; - Different Flavored Frostings - Variety of Whipped Creams - Huge Selection of Sprinkles, Sweets, Cupcake Sticks, and Backgrounds Once your happy with your cupcake, you can eat it all on your own, save it for later or share it with a friend! So lets go! Create your very own Cupcakes from scratch! 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: http://www.bluebear.ie/terms Privacy Policy: http://www.bluebear.ie/privacy

Screenshots

More Buffet!4 screens
Cupcake Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cupcake Maker at Free against More Buffet!'s $2.99. Cupcake Maker also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (2.3K vs 72). More Buffet!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Cupcake Maker is free to download; More Buffet! costs $2.99 up front. Cupcake Maker sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. More Buffet! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cupcake Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cupcake Maker has 2.3K ratings behind it against 72, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of More Buffet!'s written reviews are positive against 79% of Cupcake Maker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

More Buffet! ships an update every 6 weeks, Cupcake Maker fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
More Buffet! versus Cupcake Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMore Buffet!Cupcake Maker
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (72 ratings)4.8 (2.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.7% of reviews — better79.4% of reviews
Number of ratings722.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaverick Software LLCBluebear Technologies Ltd.

Customer experience

More Buffet!

All ratings72 ratings
Positive80.6%
Neutral5.6%
Negative13.9%
Written reviews246 reviews
Positive83.7%
Neutral8.5%
Negative7.7%

Cupcake Maker

All ratings2,306 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral2.7%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews320 reviews
Positive79.4%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.6%

User reviews

More Buffet!

From 72 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🍽️ Wide variety of cuisines
  • 🎨 Realistic food visuals
  • 🕹️ Interactive food preparation
  • 📚 Educational about international cuisine
  • 🏆 Fun achievements to complete

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or glitches
  • 🔍 Difficulty unlocking certain countries
  • 🍽️ Limited customization options
  • 🕰️ Repetitive gameplay after a while

Cupcake Maker

From 2.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and interactive app
  • 🍰 Wide variety of cupcake flavors
  • 🎨 Ability to decorate cupcakes
  • 💕 Loved by kids and families

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Many features locked behind paywall
  • 💸 Expensive to unlock full version
  • 📢 Excessive ads interrupting gameplay
  • 🐛 Occasional glitches and crashes

Bugs and requests

More Buffet!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Achievements not triggering properly
  • Plate clearing when switching countries
  • Slow loading times on older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more countries (e.g. Canada, Greece, Thailand, South American countries)
  • Expand 'make your own' food options
  • Include drink-making functionality
  • Add more achievements and challenges
  • Improve accessibility for users with disabilities

Cupcake Maker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Disappearing cupcake wrappers
  • Inability to access previously made cupcakes
  • Locked features not working after purchase

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to save and revisit decorated cupcakes
  • More unlocked flavors and decorations
  • Cake or other dessert maker modes
  • Smoothie, milkshake, or other drink maker

In-app purchases

None

More Buffet!

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Cupcake Maker

Subscriptions5
  • Food Pass3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Bluebear FoodPass Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Bluebear Food Pass Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
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  • 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 More Buffet! free?
More Buffet! costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cupcake Maker free?
Cupcake Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, More Buffet! or Cupcake Maker?
Cupcake Maker is rated higher. More Buffet! averages 4.3 out of 5 from 72 ratings, while Cupcake Maker averages 4.8 from 2.3K ratings.
Do More Buffet! or Cupcake Maker have ads?
Cupcake Maker shows ads; More Buffet! does not.
Which is updated more often, More Buffet! or Cupcake Maker?
More Buffet! ships an update every 6 weeks, and Cupcake Maker fortnightly. Most recently, More Buffet! was updated on October 20, 2026 and Cupcake Maker on October 22, 2026.

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