Candy Bar Maker vs Pasta Crazy Chef
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Pasta Crazy Chef
This app lets kids become chefs and create their own healthy macaroni and cheese. They can mix ingredients, bake their pasta, and decorate it with fun toppings and faces. It's a playful way for children to explore cooking and enjoy a delicious meal.
- Mix ingredients for cheese sauce
- Bake macaroni and cheese
- Decorate with food toppings and faces
- Set the table with various items
- Eat and drink creations
- Broccoli scale for health rating
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Description: >>> Cook & Make Healthy Mac and Cheese, Little Chefs Create Family Fun! >>> Get Cooking! Mix the Ingredients & Play Chef in an Amazing, Yummy Game >>> Tons of Delicious Toppings! Decorate Your Mac & Cheese with Funny Faces, Set a Fun Table & Enjoy! What’s for dinner? Making Macaroni & Cheese has never been so fun and delicious! Kids can play pasta chef and get creative in the kitchen with homemade Macaroni & Cheese. Teach kids about the foods that are good for them with our brilliant broccoli scale that rates the health value. Kids will make their own cheese sauce & whip up the dinner on their own. Put the ingredients into a bowl and mix it up with a spoon. Then kids will place the pasta into the oven to bake. But wait, there’s more! Kid chefs can decorate their Mac & Cheese creations with dozens of food toppings to choose from. Little chefs can get busy in the kitchen and make this classic kids favorite something special. A great app for the whole family to inspire cooking together. Moms & dads will love watching their kids get excited about cooking too. A fun family game! What's inside: > Mix up ingredients: mustard, milk, cheese ..and make the perfect cheese sauce > Place the mac & cheese into the oven to bake! Don’t let the macaroni burn! > Decorate your pasta to make faces with tons of veggies & potato chips toppings > Set your table! Dozens of items including: bowls, plates, napkins, drinks and more > Eat and drink it! Kids can gobble up their pasta and drink a yummy beverage - many to choose! > 25 funny faces to create - wacky noses, mouths, hair & eyes > 40 delightful decorations Features: > Broccoli scale that rates the health value of your Mac & Cheese toppings > Touch & drag to mix up the ingredients > Cool smiley-face thermometer with colors & faces tells kids when the mac & cheese is ready > Press the “RESTART” button and kids can eat their macaroni & drink all over again! > You can adjust the size of the toppings and rotate them too! > Improved menu system - makes navigation easier ABOUT TabTale With over 1.5 billion downloads and growing, TabTale has established itself as the creator of pioneering virtual adventures that kids and parents love. TabTale’s apps spark children’s imaginations and inspire them to think creatively while having fun! Visit us: https://www.tabtale.com/ Like us: https://www.facebook.com/TabTale Follow us:@TabTale Watch us: https://www.youtube.com/Tabtale CONTACT US Let us know what you think! Questions? Suggestions? Technical Support? Contact us 24/7 at WeCare@TabTale.com FOR PARENTS The app is free to play but certain in-game items may require payment. You may restrict in-app purchases by disabling them on this device. The app may include advertising for TabTale and certain third parties which will redirect users to our sites, apps or third-party sites. Your privacy matters. The app may enable collection of limited user data by TabTale or its carefully selected providers (e.g. ad networks and analytics) for limited purposes described in our Privacy Policy (e.g. respond to support queries; enable, analyze and improve the app’s features and services; serve contextual ads and measure their performance). For more information (notably on the providers), please read our Privacy Policy: https://tabtale.com/privacy-policy/ . By downloading, updating or using the app you consent (in your personal capacity and for other users of your device) to this collection and use of limited device information for ad display and reporting purposes and you accept our Terms of Use: https://tabtale.com/terms-of-use/.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pasta Crazy Chef at none against Candy Bar Maker's shown. Pasta Crazy Chef also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). Candy Bar Maker's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 32). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Candy Bar Maker sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Pasta Crazy Chef sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Candy Bar Maker against 4.7 for Pasta Crazy Chef. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Candy Bar Maker has 1.5K ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Candy Bar Maker's written reviews are positive against 66% of Pasta Crazy Chef's.
Candy Bar Maker ships an update weekly, Pasta Crazy Chef every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Candy Bar Maker | Pasta Crazy Chef |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.5K ratings) — better | 4.7 (32 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.8% of reviews — better | 65.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 32 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bluebear Technologies Ltd. | TabTale LTD |
Customer experience
Candy Bar Maker
Pasta Crazy Chef
User reviews
Candy Bar Maker
From 1.5K App Store ratingsWhat 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
Pasta Crazy Chef
From 32 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and engaging gameplay
- 👨👩👧👦 Kid-friendly and educational
- 🎨 Variety of decorations
- ⏳ Keeps children occupied for hours
- 💖 Nostalgic childhood memories
Room to improve
- 😔 Limited food options (only Mac n Cheese)
- 🤔 Unrealistic cooking process
- 😴 Can get boring
- 💸 In-app purchases and ads (for some)
- 🔵 Strange blue color when biting
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)
Pasta Crazy Chef
Reported bugs
4 issues- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Game freezes
- 🐛 Cannot open oven door
- 🐛 App cuts off when tapping
Requested features
5 requests- Make more foods
- Add a pizza maker
- Create a chicken nugget maker
- Make macaroni look more realistic
- Add more pasta games
In-app purchases
Candy Bar Maker
- Food Pass3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Bluebear FoodPass Monthly$6.991 Month
- Bluebear Food Pass Annual$29.991 Year
- 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
Pasta Crazy Chef
- Remove Ads$0.99
- UNLOCK ALL 30 PASTA FACES$1.99
- UNLOCK ALL 50 table decorations$1.99
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- UNLOCK ALL 40 pasta decorations$1.99
- Full Version$3.99
Questions
Is Candy Bar Maker free?
Is Pasta Crazy Chef free?
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Do Candy Bar Maker or Pasta Crazy Chef have ads?
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