Comparison

Star Chef™ vs Chef Town

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Grow your own ingredients
  • Unlock hundreds of recipes
  • Prepare and serve meals
  • Open craft stores
  • Decorate your restaurant
  • Recruit staff
  • Engage in quests
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Star Chef™4 screens
Chef Town4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Star Chef™ versus Chef Town: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStar Chef™Chef Town
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (11K ratings)4.7 (8.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.5% of reviews81.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11K — better8.6K
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size304 MB173 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer99GamesSupercharge Mobile Corp

Customer experience

Star Chef™

All ratings10,499 ratings
Positive87.1%
Neutral8.4%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews2,195 reviews
Positive76.5%
Neutral8.8%
Negative14.7%

Chef Town

All ratings8,557 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral4.7%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews2,015 reviews
Positive81.0%
Neutral9.2%
Negative9.8%

User reviews

Star Chef™

From 11K App Store ratings

What 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 ratings

What 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

11 purchases

Star Chef™

One-time11
  • 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
10 purchases

Chef Town

One-time10
  • 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?
Star Chef™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chef Town free?
Chef Town is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Star Chef™ or Chef Town?
Chef Town is rated higher. Star Chef™ averages 4.4 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while Chef Town averages 4.7 from 8.6K ratings.
Do Star Chef™ or Chef Town have ads?
Both Star Chef™ and Chef Town show ads.
Which is updated more often, Star Chef™ or Chef Town?
Star Chef™ ships an update monthly, and Chef Town every 3 weeks. Most recently, Star Chef™ was updated on October 28, 2026 and Chef Town on October 25, 2026.

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