Cupcake Maker vs Cake games
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
Cake games
Create delicious virtual cake pops with a variety of shapes, flavors, and decorations. Mix ingredients, add toppings, and enjoy your sweet creations. This game offers a fun and engaging baking experience for all ages.
- Choose from round or heart shapes
- Multiple cake pop flavors
- Mix ingredients
- Variety of decorations
- Add toppings and sticks
- Eat your creations
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Cake Pops, Lets get to baking! Features: - Shapes to choose from: Round or Heart - Cake pop flavors, a lot of them - Mix ingredients - Decorations: Icing, sprinkles, toppings, sticks - EAT IT! EAT IT AGAIN AND AGAIN! Download Cake games right now and have fun mixing and baking! PLEASE NOTE: - Cake games is free to play with a few free options but in app purchases charges real money within the app for full game experience. You can adjust your device settings to deactivate in app purchasing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cupcake Maker at fortnightly against Cake games's every 2 months. Cupcake Maker also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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 and Cake games sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cupcake Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.3K and 4K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of Cupcake Maker's written reviews are positive against 87% of Cake games's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Cupcake Maker ships an update fortnightly, Cake games every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cupcake Maker | Cake games |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.3K ratings) — better | 4.5 (4K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 79.4% of reviews | 86.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.3K | 4K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bluebear Technologies Ltd. | Top Crazy Games LLC |
Customer experience
Cupcake Maker
Cake games
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
Cake games
From 4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and entertaining
- 🧁 Realistic cake pop making
- 💡 Ability to watch ads to unlock items
- 🎨 Cute and creative decorating options
Room to improve
- 🔒 Many features locked behind paywall or social media
- 📺 Too many ads
- 🔍 Difficulty unlocking certain items/flavors
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 games
Reported bugs
2 issues- Occasional freezing or crashing
- Connectivity issues when trying to unlock content
Requested features
4 requests- More cake pop shapes and designs
- More frosting/topping options
- Ability to name/save created cake pops
- Reduced reliance on ads/social media to unlock content
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
Cake games
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Icings, Toppings & Fun Pack$2.99
- Sticks Pack$2.99
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- Unlock Flavor Pack$2.99
- Heart Cake Pops Pack$2.99
- Unlock Everything + Remove Ads$5.99
Questions
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