Shopping Mall vs Choco Store
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shopping Mall
Build and manage your own virtual shopping mall. Earn in-game currency to unlock new stores and attract more shoppers to your creation. A fun way to learn basic economic principles through engaging gameplay.
- Build your own mall
- Unlock new stores
- Earn in-game money
- Attract shoppers
- Learn economic principles
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30,000+ Shopping Mall Downloads Create your own mall by making money to unlock more stores. If you build your shopping mall, shoppers will come.
Choco Store
Manage a virtual chocolate business, from sourcing exotic ingredients to crafting unique recipes. Expand your empire by unlocking new zones and creating a variety of chocolate and candy products to satisfy customers.
- Source exotic ingredients
- Unlock special recipes
- Create unique flavor combinations
- Manage a chocolate business
- Unlock new zones
- Expand your empire
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Discover exotic ingredients, unlock special recipes, and create unique flavor combinations that will have customers lining up for more. The success of your business depends on your strategic choices. As you progress through the game, unlock new zones and expand your empire. From luscious chocolate bars to colorful candy assortments, the possibilities are endless.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shopping Mall at none against Choco Store's 17. Shopping Mall also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Choco Store's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 21 months) and ratings volume (596 vs 1). On price 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
Both are free to download. Choco Store sells 17 one-off in-app purchases. Shopping Mall asks for nothing beyond the download.
Shopping Mall holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Choco Store has 596 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Shopping Mall's written reviews are positive against 6% of Choco Store's.
Shopping Mall ships an update every 21 months, Choco Store every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shopping Mall | Choco Store |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.6 (596 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews — better | 6.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 596 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 276 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hooda Math | Upperpik Oyun Yazilim ve Pazarlama Ticaret Anonim Sirketi |
Customer experience
Shopping Mall
Choco Store
Bugs and requests
Shopping Mall
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Choco Store
Reported bugs
11 issues- Repeating factories
- Crashes upon loading
- Won't open
- Can't play
- Unplayable
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- Lost all progress
- Bug
- Glitches with no customers
- Problems with Level 2
- Not working
- Freezing on ads
Requested features
1 request- Fix update please
In-app purchases
Shopping Mall
No in-app purchases
Choco Store
- Cash Kickstart Pack$1.99
- 10 Ticket$1.99
- 20 Ticket$2.99
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- Money Fountain Pack$2.99
- 30 Ticket$2.99
- Engineer$3.99
- NoAds$3.99
- Royal Treasury Pack$4.99
- Big Deal Pack!$4.99
- 50 Ticket$4.99
- 30 Tickets + No Ads$5.99
- Treasury Trove Pack$5.99
- CEO$7.99
- Big Vault Pack$8.99
- Mega Bundle$8.99
- Big Chest Treasure$11.99
- Ultra Bundle Pack$12.99
Questions
Is Shopping Mall free?
Is Choco Store free?
Which has better reviews, Shopping Mall or Choco Store?
Do Shopping Mall or Choco Store have ads?
Which is updated more often, Shopping Mall or Choco Store?
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