Cupcake Maker vs Muffin Baker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cupcake Maker
Design and bake your own virtual cupcakes from scratch. Choose from numerous flavors, liners, and a vast array of frosting, sprinkles, and decorative toppings to create unique treats. Save, eat, or share your edible masterpieces.
- Customizable paper liners
- Nearly 30 flavor recipes
- Step-by-step cooking stages
- Variety of frostings and whipped creams
- Extensive sprinkle and sweet decorations
- Save, eat, or share creations
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Make, Bake and Decorate the cupcake of your dreams with Bluebear's amazing new app. Cupcakes! lets you make yummy cupcakes from scratch. You control everything and have the choice of a tonne of awesome flavors, paper liners and loads of decorations. It features: * Paper Cup Liners – a huge collection of crazy liners. * Flavor selection - almost 30 recipes to choose from. * Accurate ingredients and step by step cooking stages. * Create Unique Cupcakes – Decorations include; - Different Flavored Frostings - Variety of Whipped Creams - Huge Selection of Sprinkles, Sweets, Cupcake Sticks, and Backgrounds Once your happy with your cupcake, you can eat it all on your own, save it for later or share it with a friend! So lets go! Create your very own Cupcakes from scratch! 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
Muffin Baker
Master the art of baking delicious muffins! Mix dough, bake to perfection, and decorate your creations. Upgrade your truck and buy competing businesses to become a baking tycoon.
- Mix dough to achieve perfect color
- Bake muffins without burning
- Decorate sweet snacks
- Upgrade baking truck
- Buy competing businesses
- Offline earnings boost
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Have you got what it takes to become the next master of muffins? Try Muffin Baker and find out! Upgrade your truck to earn more money for cupcakes. Mix the dough to get the perfect color, as ordered. Put it in the oven and set the timer. Don't keep it too long, or it will burn! Decorate the muffin and voila! The perfect sweet snack is ready for your customer. Can you nail it every time? If you become sufficiently rich, you will be able to buy the competing businesses from the area. This will boost your off-line earnings. Music Credits: The Show Must Be Go Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cupcake Maker at 79% against Muffin Baker's 25%. Cupcake Maker also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (2.3K vs 23). Muffin Baker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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. Cupcake Maker sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Muffin Baker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cupcake Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cupcake Maker has 2.3K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Cupcake Maker's written reviews are positive against 25% of Muffin Baker's.
Cupcake Maker ships an update fortnightly, Muffin Baker every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Cupcake Maker | Muffin Baker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.3K ratings) — better | 4.3 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 79.4% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.3K — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 201 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bluebear Technologies Ltd. | Bugbomb |
Customer experience
Cupcake Maker
Muffin Baker
Bugs and requests
Cupcake Maker
Reported bugs
3 issues- Disappearing cupcake wrappers
- Inability to access previously made cupcakes
- Locked features not working after purchase
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to save and revisit decorated cupcakes
- More unlocked flavors and decorations
- Cake or other dessert maker modes
- Smoothie, milkshake, or other drink maker
Muffin Baker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cupcake Maker
- Food Pass3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Bluebear FoodPass Monthly$6.991 Month
- Bluebear Food Pass Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
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- Bluebear FoodPass Annual$29.991 Year
- Bluebear FoodPass Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Unlock Everything & Remove Ads$4.99
- Bluebear FoodPass Lifetime$39.99
Muffin Baker
No in-app purchases
Questions
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