Comparison

Cake Pop Maker Salon vs Cake games

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

Head to head
About

Cake Pop Maker Salon

Design and decorate your own virtual cake pops. Choose flavors, mix ingredients, bake, freeze, and then add a variety of fun toppings and faces. Enjoy your sweet creations!

Highlights
  • Create cake pops
  • Choose flavors and ingredients
  • Bake and freeze
  • Decorate with coatings and faces
  • Eat your creations
Features
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Create your very own awesome Cake Pops!! Choose your flavors, then add your ingredients and use the mixer machine! Pour your batter into the cooker. Once the cake pops are done baking, drag them into the freezer to cool off! Close the chiller and then wipe off the frosty window! It's time to decorate! Choose from lots of fun decorations, coatings, frostings and fun faces. Lots of combinations to choose from! After you create the best cake pop -- go to the next room to eat your yummy treats! *Please note that Cake Pop Maker Salon is free to play, but you are able to purchase game items and remove ads with real money. If you don’t want to use this feature, please disable in-app purchases.* Ninjafish Studios is very concerned about our users' privacy. To understand our policies and obligations, please read our Terms Of Service and Privacy Policy carefully. Terms Of Service: http://www.ninjafish.com/tos Privacy Policy: http://www.ninjafish.com/privacy

About

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.

Highlights
  • Choose from round or heart shapes
  • Multiple cake pop flavors
  • Mix ingredients
  • Variety of decorations
  • Add toppings and sticks
  • Eat your creations
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Cake Pop Maker Salon4 screens
Cake games4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Cake Pop Maker Salon at none against Cake games's shown. Cake Pop Maker Salon also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 12.4). Cake games's advantage is review sentiment (87% vs 53%) and ratings volume (4K vs 574). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Cake Pop Maker Salon sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Cake games sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cake games holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cake games has 4K ratings behind it against 574, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Cake Pop Maker Salon's written reviews are positive against 87% of Cake games's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cake Pop Maker Salon ships an update every 3 months, Cake games every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Cake Pop Maker Salon versus Cake games: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCake Pop Maker SalonCake games
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (574 ratings)4.5 (4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.1% of reviews86.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5744K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better12.4
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNinjafish StudiosTop Crazy Games LLC

Customer experience

Cake Pop Maker Salon

All ratings561 ratings
Positive81.6%
Neutral8.7%
Negative9.6%
Written reviews64 reviews
Positive53.1%
Neutral9.4%
Negative37.5%

Cake games

All ratings4,026 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral5.9%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews107 reviews
Positive86.9%
Neutral4.7%
Negative8.4%

User reviews

Cake Pop Maker Salon

From 574 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🎨 Variety of customization options
  • 💡 Unique concept
  • 🎉 Fun and engaging

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Limited free content
  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
  • 🔍 Lack of unlockable features
  • 🔍 Repetitive gameplay
  • 🔍 Frequent ads

Cake games

From 4K App Store ratings

What 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

Cake Pop Maker Salon

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Unreliable in-app purchase functionality
  • Graphical glitches or visual issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free content and unlockable features
  • Improved ad management or ad-free option
  • Additional gameplay modes or challenges
  • Better performance optimization

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

9 purchases

Cake Pop Maker Salon

One-time9
  • Unlock All Sticks$1.99
  • Unlock All Sprinkles$1.99
  • Unlock All Candies$1.99
Show 6 more
  • Unlock All Extras$1.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Unlock All Coatings$2.99
  • Unlock All Icing Colors$2.99
  • Unlock All Cakepop Mixes$2.99
  • Unlock Everything$9.99
6 purchases

Cake games

One-time6
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Icings, Toppings & Fun Pack$2.99
  • Sticks Pack$2.99
Show 3 more
  • Unlock Flavor Pack$2.99
  • Heart Cake Pops Pack$2.99
  • Unlock Everything + Remove Ads$5.99

Questions

Is Cake Pop Maker Salon free?
Cake Pop Maker Salon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cake games free?
Cake games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cake Pop Maker Salon or Cake games?
Cake games is rated higher. Cake Pop Maker Salon averages 4.3 out of 5 from 574 ratings, while Cake games averages 4.5 from 4K ratings.
Do Cake Pop Maker Salon or Cake games have ads?
Cake games shows ads; Cake Pop Maker Salon does not.
Which is updated more often, Cake Pop Maker Salon or Cake games?
Cake Pop Maker Salon ships an update every 3 months, and Cake games every 2 months. Most recently, Cake Pop Maker Salon was updated on October 23, 2026 and Cake games on October 26, 2026.

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