Comparison

Star Chef™ vs Cooking Dash™

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 Dash™

Experience fast-paced time management as you prepare, cook, and serve dishes in exotic restaurants. Earn profits, upgrade your kitchen, and become a celebrity chef. Compete in challenges and customize your character with outfits and pets.

Highlights
  • Fast-paced kitchen action
  • Prepare, cook, and serve dishes
  • Upgrade food and appliances
  • Collect outfits and pets
  • Compete in Series Finales and Trial of Style
  • Spin daily prize wheels
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This game includes optional in-game purchases of virtual currency that can be used to acquire virtual in-game items, including a random selection of virtual in-game items. Flo cooks her way to TV fame as a celebrity chef in this fast-paced time management game – COOKING DASH! Sharpen your skill as you prepare, cook, and serve delicious menu items in each exotic restaurant… in front of a live studio audience! Hear them gasp and cheer as you earn profits in each exciting episode! Quirky customers, superstar VIPs, fast-paced kitchen action, and TV fame await! Excel as a chef to beat Series Finales and compete in the Trial of Style, where you can earn adorable Pets & Outfits! COOK YOUR WAY TO STARDOM! Control the fast-paced chaos as you dash your way around the kitchen, preparing meals for crazy customers! Collect tons of tips for excellent service and make those profits! YOU ARE DESTINED FOR FABULOUS TV CHEF MEGA-FAME! HUNDREDS OF EPISODES TO COMPLETE! Tons of fun cooking play across unique restaurant shows like the Vegas-themed Table Steaks, crazy Taco Train, and trendy Hip Stir Cafe with many more on the way! COLLECT AND UPGRADE! Wanna get more successful and famous? Spend your profits on upgrades for food and appliances for your restaurant! Upgrade to shiny stoves, fancy food prep stations, and more to ensure all customers get three-star service! PRIZE WHEELS! Introducing Weldon Brownie’s brand new game show - Spin to Win! Spin a free Prize Wheel every day to win prizes like Gold, Prep Recipes, VIP Tickets, Auto Chefs, Outfits, Pets, and more! OUTFITS & PETS! Dress up Flo in fun outfits themed for each Show, and equip Pets to help you out in the kitchen by auto-serving Prep Recipes! SERIES FINALES! Want to test your skill? Face a gauntlet of challenging levels in a Venue’s Series Finale - experts only! Beat every episode in a Venue with 4 or more Stars to unlock! TRIAL OF STYLE! Try your luck in the Trial of Style! This multiplayer event features different Venues each time - do you have what it takes to be the best? PREP AWESOME RECIPES FOR MORE CUSTOMERS! Make special Recipes in the Prep Kitchen and attract customers with their favorite dishes! They’ll get you more and more famous, drop cool items, and give you special powers to blast your coffers with mega-profits and keep your star on the rise! BECOME SUPER-FAMOUS! Fan the flames of your fame as you start your OWN SHOW full of the most elite VIPs coming to see YOU and your amazing cheffing skills! It’s FOOD and FAME for you as you host the hippest dinner parties in the WORLD in front of MILLIONS of VIEWERS! It’s a TV Chef dream come true! PLAY WITH FRIENDS! Exchange gifts and compete with friends on your never-ending quest to be the best! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?!? Show your stuff and feed the hungry stomachs -- and fragile egos -- of the guests and VIPs! Download the FREE Cooking Dash® today! THIS IS THE MOST INSANELY FUN DASH GAME EVER! COOKING DASH now supports iPhone X in true wide-screen! See your favorite Venues in all their glory! PLEASE NOTE: - This game is free to play, but you can choose to pay real money for some extra items, which will charge your iTunes account. You can disable in-app purchasing by adjusting your device settings. - Please buy carefully. - Advertising appears in this game. - This game permits users to interact with one another (eg. chat rooms, player to player chat, messaging). Linking to social networking sites are not intended for persons under age 13. - A network connection is required to play. - A network connection is required to enable certain features/access certain content. - For information about how Glu collects and uses your data, please read our privacy policy at: www.Glu.com/privacy - If you have a problem with this game, please contact us at: www.Glu.com/support

Screenshots

Star Chef™4 screens
Cooking Dash™4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Star Chef™ at 77% against Cooking Dash™'s 32%. Cooking Dash™'s advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (111K vs 10K). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Star Chef™ sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Cooking Dash™ 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

Cooking Dash™ holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cooking Dash™ has 111K ratings behind it against 10K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 77% of Star Chef™'s written reviews are positive against 32% of Cooking Dash™'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Star Chef™ versus Cooking Dash™: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStar Chef™Cooking Dash™
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (10K ratings)4.7 (111K ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.5% of reviews — better32.1% of reviews
Number of ratings10K111K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#188 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size304 MB205 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer99GamesGlu Games LLC

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 Dash™

All ratings110,961 ratings
Positive91.2%
Neutral3.9%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews925 reviews
Positive32.1%
Neutral18.6%
Negative49.3%

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 Dash™

From 111K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Variety of restaurants and recipes
  • 🚀 Challenging levels and time management

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive to progress without spending money
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 🔍 Difficult to earn enough gold/currency
  • 📥 Issues with video ads and rewards not working

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 Dash™

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes when trying to play certain levels
  • Rewards and progress not saving properly
  • Inability to connect to Facebook to save progress

Requested features

3 requests
  • Bring back free gold from watching ads
  • Reduce cost of upgrades and new restaurants
  • Improve customer service and bug fixes

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
Show 8 more
  • 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

Cooking Dash™

One-time10
  • Handful of Gold$0.99
  • Handful of Coins$0.99
  • Ticket Bundle Low$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Handful of Gold$2.99
  • Handful of Coins$2.99
  • Starbucks Promo!$4.99
  • Stack of Coins$4.99
  • Bucket of Gold$9.99
  • Bucket of Coins$9.99
  • Case of Gold$19.99

Questions

Is Star Chef™ free?
Star Chef™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cooking Dash™ free?
Cooking Dash™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Star Chef™ or Cooking Dash™?
Cooking Dash™ is rated higher. Star Chef™ averages 4.4 out of 5 from 10K ratings, while Cooking Dash™ averages 4.7 from 111K ratings.
Do Star Chef™ or Cooking Dash™ have ads?
Both Star Chef™ and Cooking Dash™ show ads.
Which is updated more often, Star Chef™ or Cooking Dash™?
Star Chef™ ships an update monthly, and Cooking Dash™ monthly. Most recently, Star Chef™ was updated on September 25, 2026 and Cooking Dash™ on September 24, 2026.

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