Comparison

Candy Bar Maker vs Cupcake games

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

Head to head
About

Candy Bar Maker

Create your own custom chocolate bars from scratch. Select ingredients, mix flavors, fill molds, and decorate with various toppings and wrappers. Save, eat, or share your delicious creations.

Highlights
  • Flavor selection with nearly 30 recipes
  • Step-by-step cooking stages
  • Chocolate molding with candy fill combinations
  • Customizable decorations and wrappers
  • Photo frame wrappers for personalized designs
Features
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Bluebear's latest awesome app, "Candy Bars!" has finally arrived! ***A brand new app from Bluebear, the makers of Milkshakes!, Make Soda!, IcePOPS!
, Cotton Candy and many more apps in the Bluebear collection!*** Candy Bars! lets you make your own yummy chocolate candy bars from scratch. You control everything, selecting & mixing the ingredients, making awesome flavors, filling chocolate molds and customising your bar with loads of candy fills. It features: * Flavor selection
 - almost 30 recipes to choose from. * Accurate ingredients and step by step cooking stages. * Chocolate molding process - with tonnes of crazy candy fill combinations. * Create Unique Chocolate Bars – Decorations include; - Different Flavored Frostings - Variety of candy toppings - Huge Selection of wrappers, including photo frame wrappers "Make your own wrappers" Once you're happy with your chocolate bar, you can unwrap it and eat it all on your own, save it for later or share it with a friend! So lets go! Create your very own Candy Bar 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/foodpass_privacy.php - Please consider that this App may include third parties services for limited legally permissible purposes. Terms of Use: https://www.bluebear.ie/terms Privacy Policy: http://www.bluebear.ie/privacy

About

Cupcake games

Bake and decorate virtual cupcakes with various shapes, flavors, and toppings. Mix ingredients and enjoy your creations repeatedly. This game offers a fun, interactive baking experience for all ages.

Highlights
  • Choose from multiple shapes
  • Select from various cupcake flavors
  • Mix ingredients
  • Apply diverse decorations
  • Interactive baking simulation
Features
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Cupcakes, Lets get to baking! Features: - Shapes to choose from: regular, heart, triangle, star - Cupcake Flavors, Lots and Lots - Mix ingredients - Decorations: Creams, frosting, candies, sprinkles - EAT IT! EAT IT AGAIN AND AGAIN! Download Cupcake games right now and have fun baking and mixing! PLEASE NOTE: - Cupcake 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.

Screenshots

Candy Bar Maker4 screens
Cupcake games4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Candy Bar Maker at weekly against Cupcake games's every 4 months. Candy Bar Maker also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Cupcake games's advantage is review sentiment (87% vs 77%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Candy Bar Maker sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Cupcake games 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

Candy Bar Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.5K and 3.7K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 77% of Candy Bar Maker's written reviews are positive against 87% of Cupcake games's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Candy Bar Maker ships an update weekly, Cupcake games every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Candy Bar Maker versus Cupcake games: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCandy Bar MakerCupcake games
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.5K ratings) — better4.5 (3.7K ratings)
Positive reviews76.8% of reviews86.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.5K3.7K — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBluebear Technologies Ltd.Top Crazy Games LLC

Customer experience

Candy Bar Maker

All ratings1,501 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral3.3%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews353 reviews
Positive76.8%
Neutral11.3%
Negative11.9%

Cupcake games

All ratings3,644 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral6.0%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews153 reviews
Positive86.9%
Neutral5.9%
Negative7.2%

User reviews

Candy Bar Maker

From 1.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🍫 Satisfying chocolate-making experience
  • 👍 Fun and engaging gameplay
  • 😋 Delicious chocolate flavors
  • 🎨 Enjoyable decorating and customization

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Limited free content, most features locked
  • 💰 Expensive to unlock full version
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and glitches

Cupcake games

From 3.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and entertaining game
  • 🧁 Realistic cupcake design
  • 💡 Inspires creativity and baking
  • 🎨 Lots of customization options

Room to improve

  • 🙄 Too many ads to unlock features
  • 🤔 Unrealistic frosting mechanics
  • 🤨 Limited flavor and topping selection

Bugs and requests

Candy Bar Maker

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game crashes when trying to complete chocolate bar
  • Chocolate bar decoration not working properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free chocolate flavors and fillings
  • Ability to create custom chocolate recipes
  • Unlock all content in a single purchase
  • Introduce new food-making games (e.g., donuts, burgers)

Cupcake games

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional freezing or lagging
  • Cupcake designs not always accurate

Requested features

3 requests
  • More cupcake flavor options
  • Ability to save and share creations
  • Multiplayer mode to compete with friends

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Candy Bar Maker

Subscriptions3
  • Food Pass3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Bluebear FoodPass Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Bluebear Food Pass Annual$29.991 Year
One-time7
  • Unlock Candy Fills$0.99
  • Unlock Wrappers$0.99
  • Unlock Heart Shape$1.99
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  • Unlock Egg Shape$1.99
  • Unlock Flavors$3.99
  • Unlock Everything$4.99
  • Bluebear FoodPass Lifetime$39.99
1 purchases

Cupcake games

One-time1
  • Unlock Everything Upgrade$9.99

Questions

Is Candy Bar Maker free?
Candy Bar Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cupcake games free?
Cupcake games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Candy Bar Maker or Cupcake games?
Candy Bar Maker is rated higher. Candy Bar Maker averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.5K ratings, while Cupcake games averages 4.5 from 3.7K ratings.
Do Candy Bar Maker or Cupcake games have ads?
Both Candy Bar Maker and Cupcake games show ads.
Which is updated more often, Candy Bar Maker or Cupcake games?
Candy Bar Maker ships an update weekly, and Cupcake games every 4 months. Most recently, Candy Bar Maker was updated on October 29, 2026 and Cupcake games on October 26, 2026.

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