Comparison

Cupcake Maker vs Cake Maker Deluxe

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Cake Maker Deluxe

Design and decorate custom cakes for any occasion. Choose shapes, fillings, and an array of toppings, then celebrate with fireworks and a virtual taste. Features a fun slide puzzle minigame.

Highlights
  • Customizable cake shapes and fillings
  • Multi-story cake creation
  • Extensive decoration options (toppings, fruits, candles)
  • Interactive celebration (fireworks, blowing candles)
  • Slide puzzle minigame
  • High-quality HD graphics
Features
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Have fun making a cake, blow the candles, make a wish and eat the cake. Everybody has a sweet tooth, especially when a yummy piece of cake is on the plate. Cake Maker Deluxe allows you to create a cake for any occasion. If you want to make a cake for someone’s birthday, your friend's wedding, or maybe to surprise your valentine sweetheart or just to brighten someone’s day, then Cake Maker Deluxe is the app for you. You can choose from numerous cake shapes with different fillings, create one or two storey cakes with different dressings, decorate it with figures for various occasions, add marzipan decorations, fresh fruits, candy and cream. Sprinkle it with crumbs, put on some candles and add little toys to make it even more attractive. Now, let's the party begin - watch and launch fireworks, blow out the candles and have a taste of the cake you've just created. Features: • beautiful high quality HD graphics • intuitive, easy to use interface • infinite gameplay with unlimited combinations • many different cake shapes with dressings for each of two storeys • lots of toppings, candies, fruits, creams, candles, crumbs, marzipan • figures and sound making toys for decoration • slide puzzle minigame This game is free to play but certain in-game items and features, also some of those mentioned in game description, may require payment via in-app purchases which cost real money. Please check your device settings for more detailed options regarding in-app purchases. The game contains advertising for Bubadu’s products or some third parties which will redirect users to our or third-party site or app. This game is certified compliant with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by FTC approved COPPA safe harbor PRIVO. If you would like to know more about the measures we have in place for protecting child privacy please see our policies here: https://bubadu.com/privacy-policy.shtml . Terms of service: https://bubadu.com/tos.shtml

Screenshots

Cupcake Maker4 screens
Cake Maker Deluxe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cupcake Maker at 4.8 against Cake Maker Deluxe's 4.1. Cupcake Maker also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (2.3K vs 32). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Cupcake Maker sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Cake Maker Deluxe sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cupcake Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cupcake Maker has 2.3K ratings behind it against 32, 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 68% of Cake Maker Deluxe's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cupcake Maker ships an update fortnightly, Cake Maker Deluxe every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Cupcake Maker versus Cake Maker Deluxe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCupcake MakerCake Maker Deluxe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.3K ratings) — better4.1 (32 ratings)
Positive reviews79.4% of reviews — better68.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2.3K — better32
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBluebear Technologies Ltd.BUBADU information technology Ltd.

Customer experience

Cupcake Maker

All ratings2,306 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral2.7%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews320 reviews
Positive79.4%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.6%

Cake Maker Deluxe

All ratings32 ratings
Positive78.1%
Neutral6.3%
Negative15.6%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive68.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative12.0%

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

Cake Maker Deluxe

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Cupcake Maker

Subscriptions5
  • Food Pass3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Bluebear FoodPass Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Bluebear Food Pass Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
Show 2 more
  • Bluebear FoodPass Annual$29.991 Year
  • Bluebear FoodPass Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Unlock Everything & Remove Ads$4.99
  • Bluebear FoodPass Lifetime$39.99
1 purchases

Cake Maker Deluxe

One-time1
  • Remove ads & unlock all items$1.99

Questions

Is Cupcake Maker free?
Cupcake Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cake Maker Deluxe free?
Cake Maker Deluxe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cupcake Maker or Cake Maker Deluxe?
Cupcake Maker is rated higher. Cupcake Maker averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.3K ratings, while Cake Maker Deluxe averages 4.1 from 32 ratings.
Do Cupcake Maker or Cake Maker Deluxe have ads?
Both Cupcake Maker and Cake Maker Deluxe show ads.
Which is updated more often, Cupcake Maker or Cake Maker Deluxe?
Cupcake Maker ships an update fortnightly, and Cake Maker Deluxe every 5 months. Most recently, Cupcake Maker was updated on November 6, 2026 and Cake Maker Deluxe on November 1, 2026.

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