Comparison

Operation Santa vs Christmas Cookie

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

Head to head
About

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!

Highlights
  • Physics-based present launching
  • Adjustable power and angle
  • Overcome Christmas obstacles
  • Multiple challenging levels
  • Simple tap-and-drag controls
Features
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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!

About

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.

Highlights
  • Match Christmas cookies
  • Complete unique objectives
  • Create power-ups
  • Blast through rows
  • Thousands of levels
Features
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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!

Screenshots

Operation Santa4 screens
Christmas Cookie4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Operation Santa versus Christmas Cookie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOperation SantaChristmas Cookie
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (979 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better72.2% of reviews
Number of ratings1979 — better
Update frequencyEvery 37 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB335 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMike HempflingRV AppStudios LLC

Customer experience

Operation Santa

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Christmas Cookie

All ratings976 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral3.5%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews72 reviews
Positive72.2%
Neutral11.1%
Negative16.7%

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

None

Operation Santa

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Christmas Cookie

One-time9
  • 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

Is Operation Santa free?
Operation Santa costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Christmas Cookie free?
Christmas Cookie is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Operation Santa or Christmas Cookie?
Operation Santa is rated higher. Operation Santa averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Christmas Cookie averages 4.7 from 979 ratings.
Do Operation Santa or Christmas Cookie have ads?
Christmas Cookie shows ads; Operation Santa does not.
Which is updated more often, Operation Santa or Christmas Cookie?
Operation Santa ships an update every 37 months, and Christmas Cookie every 2 months. Most recently, Operation Santa was updated on November 1, 2026 and Christmas Cookie on November 10, 2026.

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