Cupcake Maker vs Phone Tower
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
Phone Tower
This game encourages real-life social interaction by linking nearby friends. It alerts players when someone leaves the game or uses their phone, with customizable consequences for rule-breakers.
- Increases real-life social interaction
- Links nearby friends
- Notifies when players exit game
- Notifies when players check phone features
- Customizable consequences for rule-breakers
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We're tired of our friends and family being on their phones all the time in a group setting. We believe people should talk and enjoy each other's company. Phone Tower is a game that increases real life social interaction. It creates a link between you and your nearby friends. It then notifys each player when someone exits the game or checks other phone features. Consequences for losing players are up to you... Have fun!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Phone Tower at none against Cupcake Maker's 7. Phone Tower also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 79%). Cupcake Maker's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (2.3K 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. Cupcake Maker sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Phone Tower asks for nothing beyond the download.
Phone Tower holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cupcake Maker has 2.3K ratings behind it against 1, 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 100% of Phone Tower's.
Cupcake Maker ships an update fortnightly, Phone Tower every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cupcake Maker | Phone Tower |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.3K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.3K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bluebear Technologies Ltd. | Stewart Enterprises |
Customer experience
Cupcake Maker
Phone Tower
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
Phone Tower
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
Phone Tower
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Cupcake Maker free?
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