Cupcake Maker vs Cupcake Doodle
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
Cupcake Doodle
Design and bake virtual cupcakes with a wide variety of ingredients, shapes, and decorations. Save and share your edible creations.
- Choose from 15 fun batters
- Select cupcake shapes
- Design custom liners
- Frost with various shapes and colors
- Add diverse toppings and decorations
- Save creations to photo album
- Share with friends
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***** Spring 2014 Parents’ Choice Fun Stuff Award winner - Parents’ Choice Foundation ***** Make stunning cupcakes with Cupcake Doodle! Choose from 15 fun batters, like Confetti, Green Tea or Mississippi Mud. Follow the recipe by sifting the flour, squeezing the lemons, mashing the bananas and chopping the nuts. Before you put your cupcakes into the oven, decide on the cupcake shape you'd like – round, heart, square or fluted square. Next, design your liners using a variety of colors and patterns. Once your cupcakes are out of the oven, frost them with specially designed frosting shapes and colors. You can layer different shapes on top of each other or make two-toned frosting swirls. Put your finishing touches on your creation with sprinkles, jimmies, candies, fruits, flowers, animals, googly eyes and more. When you're done, save your cupcake to your photo album, share it with your friends or simply dig right in and eat it!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cupcake Maker at Free against Cupcake Doodle's $0.99. Cupcake Maker also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 21 months). Cupcake Doodle's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ads (none vs shown). On device support and iOS requirement 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
Cupcake Maker is free to download; Cupcake Doodle costs $0.99 up front. Cupcake Maker sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Cupcake Doodle 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 261, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of Cupcake Maker's written reviews are positive against 90% of Cupcake Doodle's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Cupcake Maker ships an update fortnightly, Cupcake Doodle every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cupcake Maker | Cupcake Doodle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.3K ratings) — better | 4.3 (261 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.9% of reviews | 89.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.3K — better | 261 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 21 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #143 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bluebear Technologies Ltd. | Shoe the Goose |
Customer experience
Cupcake Maker
Cupcake Doodle
User reviews
Cupcake Maker
From 2.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and interactive app
- 🍰 Wide variety of cupcake flavors
- 🎨 Ability to decorate cupcakes
- 💕 Loved by kids and families
Room to improve
- 🔒 Many features locked behind paywall
- 💸 Expensive to unlock full version
- 📢 Excessive ads interrupting gameplay
- 🐛 Occasional glitches and crashes
Cupcake Doodle
From 261 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great game overall
- 🎨 Fun to decorate
- 🧁 Fun to make cupcakes
- 😋 "Eating" cupcakes is fun
- ✨ Creative possibilities
Room to improve
- ⚠️ Too many pop-up ads
- 🔊 Sound is loud, even on mute
- 💸 Game prices are too high
- 🧁 Icing doesn't stay on for decoration
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
Cupcake Doodle
Reported bugs
1 issue- Frosting doesn't update after frosting before
Requested features
18 requests- More cupcake flavors (vanilla, chocolate, strawberry)
- More frosting flavors (cookie dough, coconut)
- Blue frosting option / food coloring
- More cupcake flavors
- Ability to make your own cupcake flavor
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- Lower prices on games
- Option to turn sound off
- Add more cupcake flavors
- Make your own cupcake recipe option
- More patterns for wrappers, frosting, tips, toppers, sprinkles
- More recognizable batter flavors
- Create your own design and frosting
- Option to make fewer than four cupcakes
- More doodle game ideas (milkshake, smoothie, popcorn, etc.)
- Add chocolate and vanilla cupcake options
- More cupcake flavors
- More flavors, icings, and toppings
- Make your own cupcake flavor
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
Cupcake Doodle
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Cupcake Maker free?
Is Cupcake Doodle free?
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