Operation Santa vs Christmas Cookie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Operation Santa
Help Santa deliver presents by launching them into chimneys. Master power and angle to overcome Christmas obstacles as you progress through increasingly challenging levels. Get the gifts delivered on time!
- Physics-based present launching
- Adjustable power and angle
- Overcome Christmas obstacles
- Multiple challenging levels
- Simple tap-and-drag controls
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Santa's sleigh is in the shop and he is asking for your help to deliver presents to all the children. Play by pressing and holding on the present and drag back to control power and angle to launch it into the chimney. As the levels progress you will have christmas obstacles that you will have to overcome in order to get the present in the chimney. Lets hope we're not too late!
Christmas Cookie
Swap and match festive cookie tiles to create power-ups and clear the board. Complete unique objectives before your moves run out to help Santa prepare for the holidays. Enjoy thousands of levels of crunchy Christmas fun.
- Match Christmas cookies
- Complete unique objectives
- Create power-ups
- Blast through rows
- Thousands of levels
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What's the biggest way to satisfy your sweet tooth this holiday season? By grabbing a handful of cookies and swapping until Christmas day arrives! Christmas Cookie is an amazing match 3 game that's all about tapping, swiping, and combining cookie flavors to earn power-ups and clear the screen as fast as you can. It's delicious, partially nutritious, and crazy Christmas fun, too! What better way to get into the holiday spirit then playing fun Christmas games? Santa is getting ready for the holiday season, and there's nothing he likes better than a handful of Christmas cookies. Help the big guy out by swapping tiles to make matches of three or more cookies at a time. Clear some space with a clever match 3 combination, then keep puzzle solving while more cookies, candies, and desserts fall from above. Get Santa excited and watch how he celebrates by dancing and singing Merry Christmas! Work fast and match smart to complete the objectives before your moves run out. If they do, Santa will have to go without his holiday treats! Christmas Cookie takes match 3 puzzles to a new level with many different power-up combinations. Open gift boxes, melt troublesome snowmen, break out the Christmas stockings and more! Match lots of cookies to create Christmas ornaments, arrow tiles and other power-ups, each perfectly suited for clearing huge groups of cookies all at once. Feel the crunch! The countdown to Christmas has started! Getting into the holiday spirit and playing fun Christmas games is a must if you want to be on Santas nice list. So what are you waiting for, download the number one Christmas match 3 game today! You can play regular match 3 puzzle games all year round. Features: - Match tons of different crunchy Christmas cookies, one swap at a time! - Complete unique objectives without running out of moves. - Blast through entire rows and groups of cookies. - Create huge combos and earn exciting power-ups. - 3100 levels of delicious puzzle challenge. If you're like everyone else, the holiday Christmas countdown means stress! That means preparing your Christmas list and checking it twice. So next time when you go Christmas shopping, and you're stuck waiting for your loved up to finish shopping. Pull out Christmas Cookie and get back into the holiday spirit. While playing Christmas Games is way more fun then Christmas Shopping, we do hope you enjoy the Christmas holidays with your friends and family. If you're like many of our fans, Christmas Cookie will keep you entertained all year long. The game is updated regularly, so come back and get into the Christmas spirit year round. We truly hope you enjoy playing our Christmas themed match 3 puzzle game. We thank you for your support this year and RV AppStudios wishes you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Christmas Cookie at Free against Operation Santa's $0.99. Christmas Cookie also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 37 months) and ratings volume (979 vs 1). Operation Santa's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Christmas Cookie is free to download; Operation Santa costs $0.99 up front. Christmas Cookie sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Operation Santa asks for nothing beyond the download.
Operation Santa holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Christmas Cookie has 979 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Operation Santa's written reviews are positive against 72% of Christmas Cookie's.
Operation Santa ships an update every 37 months, Christmas Cookie every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Operation Santa | Christmas Cookie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (979 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 72.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 979 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 37 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 335 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Mike Hempfling | RV AppStudios LLC |
Customer experience
Operation Santa
Christmas Cookie
Bugs and requests
Operation Santa
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Christmas Cookie
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game crashing on launch
- Levels not progressing properly
- Daily gifts/rewards disappearing
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to pause and replay tutorials
- Landscape mode support
- More frequent content updates
- Improved in-app purchase experience
In-app purchases
Operation Santa
No in-app purchases
Christmas Cookie
- Stack Of Coins$0.99
- Startup Special Offer: 80% Off2 variants$0.99
- Startup Special Offer: 60% Off$1.99
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- Remove Ads$2.99
- Chest Of Coins$4.99
- Piles of Coins$9.99
- Special Holiday Sale - 30% Off$9.99
- Vault of Coins$19.99
- Bag of Coins$29.99
Questions
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