Donut Maker vs Make Candy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Donut Maker
Create and decorate your own virtual donuts from scratch. Mix dough, fry, and then customize with various icings, sprinkles, and toppings. Share your delicious creations with friends or save them for later.
- Mix donut dough ingredients
- Fry donuts until golden brown
- Decorate with various icings
- Add sprinkles and toppings
- Choose from different plates
- Share creations via Facebook or email
- Save donuts to your fridge
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Tie on your apron and come fry up some warm, delicious donuts! Roll up your sleeves and join in on the greasy and messy fun! The original developers of the 'MAKER' series bring you Donut Maker! First, mix the donut dough ingredients. After the dough is thoroughly mixed, roll it out using the rolling pin. Then, use the donut cutter to cut out each individual donut. Now, place each donut in the fryer until it is golden brown. Be careful not to forget about them or they will disappear in the grease! Once the donuts are done to perfection, you get to decorate them! There are several categories to choose from so your donuts have just the right amount of icing and sprinkles! The decorating categories are: - Plates: Choose from a variety of fun plates to place your yummy donut on! - Icing: Select your base icing from an array of cute colors! - Paint on Icing: Find a contrasting icing color to paint on your own creative design! - Icing decorations: Select fun icing swirls and designs to add to your donuts! - Icing accents: Add some stars, dots, and loop-de-loops! - Candies and nuts: Sprinkle on fun colored candies! There are even cute holiday ones! Finally, it’s time to eat your donut… or two… or three! Post it on Facebook or email it to a friend! Or, save it in the fridge to show off or eat later! For more fun, be sure to try your hand at Chop Shop and test your chopping skills or take the food challenge and see how many cupcakes you can eat in 30 seconds! Donut Maker is brought to you by the inventors of the MAKER series of games. If you enjoy our games, tell your friends, and write a review! Enjoy! 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: http://www.tabtale.com/ Like us: http://www.facebook.com/TabTale Follow us:@Tabtale Watch us: http://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. The app may include advertising for TabTale and certain third parties which will redirect users to our sites, apps or third-party sites. Your privacy matters. The app may enable collection of limited user data by TabTale or its carefully selected providers (e.g. ad networks and analytics) for limited purposes described in our Privacy Policy (e.g. respond to support queries; enable, analyze and improve the app’s features and services; serve contextual ads and measure their performance). For more information (notably on the providers), please read our Privacy Policy: https://tabtale.com/privacy-policy/ . By downloading, updating or using the app you consent (in your personal capacity and for other users of your device) to this collection and use of limited device information for ad display and reporting purposes and you accept our Terms of Use: https://tabtale.com/terms-of-use/.
Make Candy
Create your dream candy combinations by picking and mixing a vast assortment of sweets. Decorate your candy bag and discover how popular candies are made with interactive creators. Enjoy a fun, virtual candy store experience.
- Pick and mix a variety of sweets
- Create candy combinations
- Decorate candy bags
- Candy creation mini-games
- Interactive cooking processes
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Bluebear's latest and greatest game "Pick 'n' Mix" a candy picker & creator has finally arrived to the Appstore! Make and choose from a huge variety of sweets to create the candy combination of your dreams! *** This is a brand new game from the Bluebear Collection. It joins our other popular titles including Candy Bars!, Cotton Candy!, IcePOPS!, and Make Soda! *** Pick 'n' Mix lets you make your own candies from scratch but also pick and mix a huge variety of sweets like you would at an old Penny Candy store. It's like being in a candy store, you get to choose a paper bag to hold all your candy, make you choose one thats big enough! Then your straight to the candy stand where you can start scoopin'. Mix and match to fill your bag, making crazy candy combinations. Once your done, its off the the bag weighing scales, to see if it passes the sweet tooth test! Before you dig in and start devouring all your candy, you can decorate your bag with different color markers and silly stickers. Then its time to rip that bag open, and start stuffing your face with delicious candy! At the end of all that, Just in case your wondering, "Where does all the candy come from?" We've put in 3 candy creators so you can see how Candy Corn, Gummy Bears and Gum Drops are made! Each creator uses unique cooking processes. If all you Bluebear fans like the individual candy creators, we'll keep adding new ones! So lets go! Lets start SCOOPIN', get Pickin' 'n' Mixin' your favorite candy! Please continue sending us your comments and suggestions to support@bluebear.ie 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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Donut Maker at none against Make Candy's shown. Donut Maker also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). Make Candy's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (79% vs 60%). On price, rating, 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. Donut Maker sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Make Candy sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Donut Maker against 4.7 for Make Candy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Make Candy has 1.5K ratings behind it against 123, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 60% of Donut Maker's written reviews are positive against 79% of Make Candy's.
Donut Maker ships an update every 6 weeks, Make Candy weekly. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Donut Maker | Make Candy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (123 ratings) | 4.7 (1.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.4% of reviews | 79.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 123 | 1.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| 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 | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TabTale LTD | Bluebear Technologies Ltd. |
Customer experience
Donut Maker
Make Candy
User reviews
Donut Maker
From 123 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🍩 Nostalgic childhood game
- 👍 Fun and entertaining
- 💡 Variety of donut customization options
- 🍩 Realistic donut-making experience
Room to improve
- 💰 Too many paid features/upgrades
- 📢 Excessive ads and pop-ups
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs, especially with jelly-filled donuts
- 🔒 Limited free content
Make Candy
From 1.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun to make candy
- 👍 Ability to decorate candy bags
- 🤩 Engaging and creative
Room to improve
- 🔒 Many features locked behind paywall
- 🤔 Limited selection of candies to make
- 😕 Repetitive gameplay
Bugs and requests
Donut Maker
Reported bugs
3 issues- Jelly-filled donut feature not working
- Frequent crashes and freezes
- Compatibility issues with older devices
Requested features
3 requests- More free customization options
- Ability to save and share created donuts
- Improved performance and stability
Make Candy
Reported bugs
2 issues- Candy sometimes gets stuck on the scale
- Bag decorating feature can be glitchy
Requested features
3 requests- Add more candy options like gummy bears, licorice, and chocolate
- Unlock all features for a one-time purchase
- Introduce new gameplay modes like breakfast or dinner maker
In-app purchases
Donut Maker
- Valentines Edition$1.99
- Candy Toppings and More$2.99
- More Icing Flavors$2.99
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- Twisty Donuts$2.99
- Cream & Jelly Filled Donuts$3.99
- Master Donut Maker$14.99
Make Candy
- Food Pass3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Bluebear FoodPass Monthly$6.991 Month
- Bluebear FoodPass Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
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- Bluebear FoodPass Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Bluebear FoodPass Annual$29.991 Year
- Unlock Everything & Remove Ads$4.99
- Bluebear FoodPass Lifetime$39.99
Questions
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