Comparison

Cotton Candy! vs Ready, Set, Rescue!

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

Head to head
About

Cotton Candy!

Create your own virtual cotton candy from scratch! Choose flavors, mix sugar, and decorate your sweet creation with various toppings. A fun and interactive food-making game for imaginative play.

Highlights
  • Choose candy sugar and rod
  • Select color flavors
  • Use the cotton candy machine
  • Decorate with extra flavors
  • Add delicious sweets as toppings
Features
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Your Cotton Candy maker has finally arrived to the AppStore. This is the first and only Cotton Candy machine App. Create your very own Cotton Candy from scratch! First, choose the candy sugar and rod you want to use. You will be given a variety of color flavors and options. Once you have your rod and your candy sugar mix, its time for the Cotton Candy Machine. Pour in your sugar mix and start collecting your yummy candy floss with the rod. Then it's time to decorate! Add extra flavours to the cotton candy and choose from loads of fun, delicious sweets to make your cotton candy creation even tastier. If you liked our other apps Gingerbread Fun!, Cake Fun! or Toasted Marshmallows.. you will love this yummy Cotton Candy app! About Bluebear:
 With over 60 million downloads, Bluebear is one of the top developers on the App Store. We pride ourselves on being a creator of innovative premium games that kids and parents love. Our goal is to make games that help stimulate the imagination and creative learning process. Visit www.bluebear.ie for more information Join our Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/BluebearApps
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 - We Value Your Feedback
 Please rate and review our app. We listen and read all the feedback received so we can keep improving our games. Please note that we aren't able to respond to reviews in the app store, but we can respond to your feedback via email: support@bluebear.ie - Something wrong. Need Help?
 Contact us with any questions at support@bluebear.ie
 - Sound not working? 
If the sound is not working, be sure the mute switch is turned off, activate the application, then turn up the volume and the sound will work (the mute switch and volume button are located on the side of your device). 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

About

Ready, Set, Rescue!

Embark on a matching adventure to find and rescue over 35 adorable animals. Slide and switch tiles to create matches of three or more, collecting cute dogs, cats, farm animals, and even rare and magical creatures. Utilize fun power-ups to overcome challenges and time limits.

Highlights
  • Rescue over 35 animals
  • Match 3 or more items
  • Collect dogs, cats, and farm animals
  • Discover rare and magical creatures
  • Use power-ups like Shuffle and Wand
  • Timed challenges
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Find and rescue over 35 animals. Match 3 or more animal items to win and collect them all. Rescue dogs, cats, a pony, a pig, a panda and more. So cute and fun! Help Anna rescue all the animals in Ready, Set, Rescue!    -The cutest, lovable dogs, cats, puppies and kittens too!   -Animals from the farm – horses, ponies, pigs, and more.   -Wild animals from the forest - birds, raccoons, or a fox!    -Animals from the Arctic– polar bears, snow leopards and penguins.   -Rare animals too. You can rescue a panda. -Even a magical and a mystery animal. Match three or more animal items to try and rescue your favorites. Slide and switch the tiles around to test your matching skills and to make larger matches. Watch them pop! Some animals are hard to find - plus you only have so much time! Try awesome power-ups to help rescue your favorites. - Magic Potion Shuffle, Magic Wand or a Pinch More Time!   - Try out the Golden Bush too! - Post in Instagram too! Ready, Set, Rescue! is free to play but in-app purchases are available in the game.    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. 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.

Screenshots

Cotton Candy!4 screens
Ready, Set, Rescue!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Ready, Set, Rescue! at none against Cotton Candy!'s shown. Ready, Set, Rescue! also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). Cotton Candy!'s advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.3). 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. Cotton Candy! sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Ready, Set, Rescue! 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

Cotton Candy! holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cotton Candy! has 2.8K ratings behind it against 328, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Cotton Candy!'s written reviews are positive against 64% of Ready, Set, Rescue!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cotton Candy! ships an update weekly, Ready, Set, Rescue! every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Cotton Candy! versus Ready, Set, Rescue!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCotton Candy!Ready, Set, Rescue!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.8K ratings) — better4.3 (328 ratings)
Positive reviews81.4% of reviews — better63.6% of reviews
Number of ratings2.8K — better328
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB227 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBluebear Technologies Ltd.Sunstorm Interactive

Customer experience

Cotton Candy!

All ratings2,821 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral2.9%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews269 reviews
Positive81.4%
Neutral9.3%
Negative9.3%

Ready, Set, Rescue!

All ratings328 ratings
Positive81.7%
Neutral7.6%
Negative10.7%
Written reviews132 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral15.9%
Negative20.5%

User reviews

Cotton Candy!

From 2.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🍭 Fun and creative
  • 👍 Realistic cotton candy visuals
  • 🎨 Ability to customize colors
  • 🍿 Variety of food options

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Many features locked behind paywall
  • 💰 Expensive to unlock full version
  • 🤖 Repetitive and limited gameplay
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs

Ready, Set, Rescue!

From 328 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and addictive game
  • 🐶 Cute animal rescue concept
  • 💎 Nostalgic and memorable
  • 🎨 Visually appealing graphics

Room to improve

  • ⏱️ Insufficient time limit
  • 💰 Difficulty obtaining coins/upgrades
  • 🔁 Repetitive gameplay/duplicate animals
  • 🛒 Aggressive in-app purchases

Bugs and requests

Cotton Candy!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Incorrect color display on some items
  • Freezing during mini-games
  • Inconsistent purchase restoration

Requested features

4 requests
  • More food options like burgers, pies, etc.
  • Ability to save and share creations
  • Multiplayer or competitive modes
  • Unlock all features without payment

Ready, Set, Rescue!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Ads not providing expected rewards
  • Purchases not being properly credited
  • Game crashing or freezing issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more animals to rescue
  • Increase time limit for rescues
  • Implement daily login bonuses
  • Allow skipping of animations

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Cotton Candy!

Subscriptions3
  • Food Pass3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Bluebear FoodPass Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Bluebear FoodPass Annual$29.991 Year
One-time7
  • Unlock Cotton Candy Bundle$0.99
  • 100 coins$0.99
  • 300 Coins$1.99
Show 4 more
  • Unlock Corn Dogs Pack$2.99
  • Unlock Kettle Corn Maker$2.99
  • Unlock All Makers & Items & Remove Ads$6.99
  • Bluebear FoodPass Lifetime$39.99
10 purchases

Ready, Set, Rescue!

One-time10
  • Itty Pile$0.99
  • Itty Pile$1.99
  • Magic Wand$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Magic Potion$1.99
  • Pinch of Time$1.99
  • Teeny Pile$2.99
  • Golden Bush$2.99
  • Teeny Pile$4.99
  • Popular Pile$9.99
  • Simple Sack$19.99

Questions

Is Cotton Candy! free?
Cotton Candy! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ready, Set, Rescue! free?
Ready, Set, Rescue! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cotton Candy! or Ready, Set, Rescue!?
Cotton Candy! is rated higher. Cotton Candy! averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.8K ratings, while Ready, Set, Rescue! averages 4.3 from 328 ratings.
Do Cotton Candy! or Ready, Set, Rescue! have ads?
Cotton Candy! shows ads; Ready, Set, Rescue! does not.
Which is updated more often, Cotton Candy! or Ready, Set, Rescue!?
Cotton Candy! ships an update weekly, and Ready, Set, Rescue! every 3 months. Most recently, Cotton Candy! was updated on October 22, 2026 and Ready, Set, Rescue! on October 23, 2026.

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