Star Chef™ vs Chef Town
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Star Chef™
Build and manage your dream restaurant, from a cozy cafe to a five-star establishment. Cook diverse global cuisines, grow your own ingredients, and expand your culinary empire. Connect with friends and cater special events to become a renowned chef.
- Build and customize restaurants
- Cook and serve global cuisines
- Grow fresh ingredients in a backyard garden
- Trade items in the Chef's Store and Food Truck
- Cater events beyond your restaurant
- Connect with friends and visit their restaurants
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Over 20 Million Downloads Worldwide! Play Star Chef, Best Cooking Simulation Game & Best of App Store! Take your love of food and stir it in a cooking simulation game that celebrates delicious flavours. Run your own café and 5 star restaurant and experience the joy of building it from the ground up! Enjoy dicing fresh ingredients with experienced chefs while exploring your passion for cuisines across the world! Star Chef is an addictive cooking and restaurant management game that blends your love for food with the beautiful art of cooking! Run your own restaurant, cater to the insatiable desires of every customer through an expanding menu of worldly cuisines, and build the restaurant of your dreams! In your journey of becoming a Star Chef, explore special dishes from every continent with skilled staff having exceptional cooking skills, who handle state-of-the-art kitchen and restaurant appliances. This is your chance to follow your passion in a cooking game that’s exciting, fun, filled with food and offers a backyard to harvest the freshest crops! Realize your dream of becoming a Culinary Master! Play Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game! Game Features: • PERSONALISED GAMEPLAY: Serve worldly cuisines by cooking and serving hungry FOODIES walking into your restaurant! • UPGRADES & CUSTOMIZATIONS: Wall decals, floor decors, fountains, and MANY MORE! • VEGETABLE GARDEN: Grow your own veggies in the BACKYARD of your restaurant to prepare fresh food! • CHEF’S STORE & FOOD TRUCK to trade cookbook secrets, veggies and YUMMY dishes! • CATERING SERVICE: Expand worldly cuisines BEYOND your restaurant by cooking and catering for events! • CHEF’S CIRCLE: Add friends on Facebook and Game Center to VISIT their restaurant and see what they've been cooking. ---------- Hungry for more? Check Star Chef out on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/starchefgame Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/starchefgame Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starchefgame YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpli7mmzh90baRptig83nTQ ---------- Facing issues while playing Star Chef or have suggestions/feedback? We would love to hear from you – Contact us at https://99games.helpshift.com/a/star-chef-cooking-game/ ---------- NOTE (on iOS) - Please use Game Center if you wish to continue your game progress on another device. The game is not optimized for iPod touch 4th Gen or Lower. Star Chef is Free-to-Play, but some items like Virtual Currency can be purchased for Real-World Money. Star Chef may contain Sponsored messages from 3rd Party Advertising partners - you can learn more here - https://m.facebook.com/ads/ad_choices Privacy Policy: http://www.99games.in/modules/privacy/privacy.html Terms of Service: http://www.99games.in/termsofservice.html Play in Luxury is a subscription service that allows you to make the most of your culinary journey with 12 exclusive benefits which can be subscribed in 3 Luxury Packs. All payments will be charged on your iTunes Account after purchase and when the subscription auto-renews. The 3 Luxury Packs are as below: • Restaurant Pack - 1 Week with 3 Days Free Trial period costing 4.99 USD (or local equivalent) • Bistro Pack - 1 Month with 1 Week Free Trial period costing 14.99 USD (or local equivalent) • Diner Pack - 3 Months with 2 Weeks Free Trial period costing 37.99 USD (or local equivalent) Subscriptions will renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited once you purchase a subscription.
Chef Town
Take charge of a struggling restaurant, growing your own ingredients and unlocking hundreds of recipes. Manage staff, open craft stores, and decorate your establishment to attract customers. Engage in quests and connect with friends in this culinary adventure.
- Grow your own ingredients
- Unlock hundreds of recipes
- Prepare and serve meals
- Open craft stores
- Decorate your restaurant
- Recruit staff
- Engage in quests
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#Celebrating over 10 million downloads!# There’s a new chef in town! And it’s you! But that will be just one of your many roles! A budding but faltering restaurant business was left in your care, and it will take all you’ve got to really get it off the ground and make it work. Become a cook, a chef, a manager, an organizer, a provider! Yes, it’s up to you to start from scratch, run your own restaurant and raise it from rags to riches! It will be quite an adventure! GROW YOUR OWN INGREDIENTS! They say there’s no food like homemade food, and you certainly live by that motto! Keep your foodstuffs fresh by growing them yourself! Buy a plot of land outside your restaurant, plant a crop, harvest it and serve the produce while it’s the tastiest and most delicious! UNLOCK HUNDREDS OF RECIPES! From salads, soups, sushi and sandwiches to a plethora of succulent dishes from the grill, vide variety of pizza and plenty more! Did we mention cakes, crepes, donuts, pies and ice cream as well? And don’t even get us started on the different types of coffee! PREPARE A TON OF MEALS! You’ve got the recipe and the ingredients and your oven or a different appliance is ready to rock’n’roll? Well, what are you waiting for? It’s time to cook, make, prepare and serve your delectable dishes to your eager customers! Expand your menu and keep them coming back for more! OPEN UP CRAFT STORES! This is not your usual restaurant sim where everything is just waiting for you! You’re involved in every part of manufacturing and production process! Open up dairy stands, bakeries, candy or pasta stores and many more! Have everything ready at the drop of a dime! FORM, FUNCTION AND FLAVOR! Outfit and decorate everything as you see fit! From tiles and wallpapers, doors and counters, appliances, stoves, ovens or salad bars to fun and versatile decorations and accessories, personalize the inside and outside of your restaurant down to the tiniest detail! RECRUIT THE RIGHT PEOPLE! The better you get at running your restaurant, and the bigger your business becomes, the more people you’ll have to employ. Get more chefs, waiters and managers to help you out! Your new employees will also bestow you with awesome benefits and added bonuses! ENGAGE IN DELIGHTFUL QUESTS! Ah, there’s always something to do in and around your restaurant! A friendly and charming crew of characters will keep you busy with their tasks and requests, but they’ll also guide you along your way, and give you direction through the challenges they have for you! CONNECT, SHARE AND SOCIALISE! Let your friends know what fun you have in Chef Town! Connect with them via Facebook, invite them in, visit their restaurants and explore the community filled with companions both old and new! So, dive in Chef Town! Experience the joys and challenges of running your own restaurant – and plenty more! There’s a whole town of adventure waiting for you! And yes – this town IS big enough for all of you! Welcome to Chef Town! Notice: Some displayed items may require in-app purchases. You can disable in-app purchases in device settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chef Town at 4.7 against Star Chef™'s 4.4. Chef Town also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Star Chef™ sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Chef Town sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Chef Town holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11K and 8.6K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Star Chef™'s written reviews are positive against 81% of Chef Town's.
Star Chef™ ships an update monthly, Chef Town every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Star Chef™ | Chef Town |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (11K ratings) | 4.7 (8.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.5% of reviews | 81.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11K — better | 8.6K |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| 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 | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 304 MB | 173 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 99Games | Supercharge Mobile Corp |
Customer experience
Star Chef™
Chef Town
User reviews
Star Chef™
From 11K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and addictive game
- 💡 Relaxing gameplay
- 🚀 Great graphics and design
Room to improve
- ⏱️ Extremely long cooking/waiting times
- 💰 High costs for new appliances and expansions
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 📢 Too many ads and in-app purchases
Chef Town
From 8.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Restarted game
- 👍 Brilliant game
- 👍 Great game, long time player
- 👍 LOVED this game for years
- 👍 Great game
Room to improve
- 💰 Addicting
- 💰 Too expensive
- 🐛 Good but annoying
- 🐛 Wants you to spend money
- 🐛 Horrible customer service
Bugs and requests
Star Chef™
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezing or crashing on launch
- Inability to restore purchases on new devices
- Disappearing game progress and restaurant data
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to cancel or reject orders
- More efficient way to earn coins/currency
- Faster growth of ingredients
- Increased storage capacity
Chef Town
Reported bugs
10 issues- Game glitched out on me
- Stuff comes up "missing" never to be found again
- Break dancing customers ( graphic problems)
- Missing waiter ( free )
- counters sitting on each other (graphics)
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- slow connection when visiting neighbors
- when games crashed i lost the gems i owned and just bought as well as my score , star rating and thumb rating
- Not able to upgrade my bushes to a wall
- Would not load!
- Too many crashes
Requested features
4 requests- Update in 4 Years???
- Give an update please
- Help please!
- Pls fix the game
In-app purchases
Star Chef™
- Chef's Magic Goodie pack 1$0.99
- Fortune Bowl of Cash$1.99
- Chef's Magic Goodie pack 2$1.99
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- Combo Pack 1.99$1.99
- Big Plate of Cash$2.99
- Large Stack of Coins$2.99
- Goodie Booster Pack 1$3.99
- Lucky Basket of Cash$4.99
- Grand Basket of Coins$4.99
- Fat Sack of Cash$9.99
- Hit the Jackpot$19.99
Chef Town
- Few gems$1.99
- Special item$2.99
- Small pack of Gems - special offer$3.99
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- Small pack of gems$4.99
- Medium pack of gems - special offer$7.99
- Medium pack of gems$9.99
- Large pack of gems - special offer$14.99
- Large pack of gems$19.99
- Huge pack of gems - special offer$34.99
- Mountain of gems - special offer$59.99
Questions
Is Star Chef™ free?
Is Chef Town free?
Which has better reviews, Star Chef™ or Chef Town?
Do Star Chef™ or Chef Town have ads?
Which is updated more often, Star Chef™ or Chef Town?
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