Comparison

Cake5 vs Bakery Inc

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

Head to head
About

Cake5

Embark on a cosmic baking adventure to recover a stolen sweet taste. Explore magical ovens across the universe, solve puzzles, and help a team of bakers complete their mission. Compete with friends and unlock new challenges.

Highlights
  • Simple and intuitive cake-baking gameplay
  • Hundreds of challenging levels
  • Special Devil Levels for skilled players
  • Compete with Facebook friends
  • Send power-ups and gifts to friends
  • Mission mode with progress tracking
Features
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Get Ready to Challenge Your Limits of Reflexes with a Both Sweet and Enjoyable Cake Baking Game 〈Cake 5〉! Cake5 team members need your help! CC, GBM, Taro, Brownie, and Rainbow - have been sent on a mission far from home by the Sweet Queen and Dr. Puff to find the lost sweet taste that's gone missing from the Sweet Planet. Help the Cake5 team explore the Universe and visit magic ovens on distant worlds, asking them for clues and fragments of the magic recipe stolen from Sweet Planet by the Crystal Fox. Help Cakes complete their mission and find the sweet taste. ---------------------------------------------------------- FEATURES: •Simple game play and new-player friendly •Hundreds of challenging levels in Cake5 Space Adventure •Extra Devil Levels to challenge skillful players •Compete with your Facebook friends •Send Cake5 powerups to friends and family ---------------------------------------------------------- EASY TO PLAY: Tap to bake cakes! Gather cakes in the correct boxes when they're done baking. Drag to dress cakes or put them in the right boxes. Swipe to join three cakes in a row to make an angel cake. The more angel cakes you make, the higher the score. MISSION MODE: 100 levels with more to come. Help Cakes complete their mission requirements and face each oven's dangers. Track your progress on the mission map. MUSIC & DEVIL LEVELS: Hardcore players can win more power-ups and coins in the Devil Levels Forest or Deep Space Music Challenge. USE YOUR SOCIAL NETWORK: Invite your Facebook friends and send gifts to your existing social network. Ask friends for extra life or power-ups by using the "ask" feature. Send them power-ups and gifts when they need them. ;) RANKING: Compete and share your progress with friends on the mission map and on your Facebook wall. ---------------------------------------------------------- USEFUL TIPS: •Angel cakes give you power-ups to help you on difficult levels. •Make angel cakes quickly. More wings = higher score. •Sorting cakes of the same type first makes it easier to make more angel cakes. •On space levels, summoning Alien Dog's ship will turn all cakes in the oven into angel cakes. ---------------------------------------------------------- Official Website: www.cake-5.com Facebook Club: https://www.facebook.com/Cake5.fans.US.Canada

About

Bakery Inc

Test your cake decorating skills in this relaxing baking simulation. Rotate, pipe, and smooth out a variety of fun pastries to create the perfect cake. Channel your inner baker and enjoy the creative process.

Highlights
  • Cake decorating simulation
  • 3D pastry models
  • Piping and smoothing tools
  • Variety of fun pastries
  • Relaxing gameplay
Features
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Can you make the perfect cake? Put your cake decorating skills to the test!  Relax and channel your inner baker in Icing on the Cake. So many fun pastries for you to rotate, pipe, decorate and smooth out?

Screenshots

Cake54 screens
Bakery Inc2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bakery Inc at none against Cake5's 10. Bakery Inc also leads on ratings volume (1.6K vs 3) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). Cake5's advantage is review sentiment (74% vs 45%) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On price, 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. Cake5 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Bakery Inc asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cake5 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bakery Inc has 1.6K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Cake5's written reviews are positive against 45% of Bakery Inc's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Cake5 versus Bakery Inc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCake5Bakery Inc
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better4.5 (1.6K ratings)
Positive reviews74.2% of reviews — better45.2% of reviews
Number of ratings31.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWHALE PARTY CO., LTD.Dinh Vy Nguyen

Customer experience

Cake5

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive74.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.8%

Bakery Inc

All ratings1,582 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral6.8%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive45.2%
Neutral29.0%
Negative25.8%

Bugs and requests

Cake5

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Bakery Inc

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Frosting stops in the middle of application
  • Random color bleed from base to top

Requested features

3 requests
  • Improve frosting mechanics
  • Add more decorative options
  • Optimize performance and stability

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Cake5

One-time10
  • Big Basket Pack$0.99
  • Time Extend Pack$0.99
  • Rainbow Gliding in the Clouds$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Cupcake Fast Ver.$0.99
  • Cupcake$0.99
  • Pile of Coins$1.99
  • Burn Shield$1.99
  • Bag of Coins$2.99
  • Ruby x 10$2.99
  • Rubies x 25$5.99
None

Bakery Inc

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cake5 free?
Cake5 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bakery Inc free?
Bakery Inc is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cake5 or Bakery Inc?
Cake5 is rated higher. Cake5 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Bakery Inc averages 4.5 from 1.6K ratings.
Do Cake5 or Bakery Inc have ads?
Neither Cake5 nor Bakery Inc shows ads.

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