Comparison

Star Chef™ vs Cooking Games

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

Cooking Games

Create and decorate delicious virtual cupcakes from scratch. Mix ingredients, bake them in the oven, and then add colorful icing and sugary treats. A fun way to experience baking and showcase your culinary creativity.

Highlights
  • Mix ingredients for cupcake batter
  • Fill paper cups with batter
  • Bake cupcakes in the oven
  • Create and apply icing
  • Decorate with sugary treats
Features
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Cook up a treat for any birthday with this great cooking game! Bake your very own cupcakes like a true baker and watch as they come to life right in front of you. You can make your delicious treats from scratch before decorating them just the way you want them to be! So take on the best cooking game today and show off your skills in the kitchen! Features: + Mix the ingredients together to make your cupcake mixture. + Add the paper cups to the tray and fill with yummy cupcake mixture. + Cook your cupcakes in the oven until they are nice and brown. + Create some tasty green icing and ice the cupcakes to perfection. + Decorate your cupcakes with lots of sugary treats to make them extra tasty.

Screenshots

Star Chef™4 screens
Cooking Games4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cooking Games at none against Star Chef™'s 11. Cooking Games also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Star Chef™'s advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months) and rating (4.4 vs 4.2). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support 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. Cooking Games asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Star Chef™ holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10K and 2.6K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 77% of Star Chef™'s written reviews are positive against 78% of Cooking Games's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Star Chef™ ships an update monthly, Cooking Games every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Star Chef™ versus Cooking Games: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStar Chef™Cooking Games
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (10K ratings) — better4.2 (2.6K ratings)
Positive reviews76.5% of reviews78.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10K — better2.6K
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 7 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size304 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer99GamesBWEB SARL

Customer experience

Star Chef™

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

Cooking Games

All ratings2,641 ratings
Positive80.4%
Neutral8.7%
Negative10.9%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive78.3%
Neutral6.5%
Negative15.2%

User reviews

Star Chef™

From 10K 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

Cooking Games

From 2.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and engaging gameplay
  • 💡 Innovative motion-based controls
  • 🚀 Smooth performance

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional glitches and crashes
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 💔 Disappointing music

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

Cooking Games

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Unresponsive clicks
  • Compatibility issues on older devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • More cake/dessert variety
  • Ability to fill cups to the top
  • Option to disable music

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
None

Cooking Games

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Star Chef™ free?
Star Chef™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cooking Games free?
Cooking Games is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Star Chef™ or Cooking Games?
Star Chef™ is rated higher. Star Chef™ averages 4.4 out of 5 from 10K ratings, while Cooking Games averages 4.2 from 2.6K ratings.
Do Star Chef™ or Cooking Games have ads?
Both Star Chef™ and Cooking Games show ads.
Which is updated more often, Star Chef™ or Cooking Games?
Star Chef™ ships an update monthly, and Cooking Games every 7 months. Most recently, Star Chef™ was updated on September 24, 2026 and Cooking Games on September 23, 2026.

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