Cake5 vs Grove
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Grove
Assemble painterly jigsaw puzzles of real tree species. Unlock collectible cards with detailed botanical and conservation notes for each tree. Enjoy a relaxing, timer-free experience with saved progress and offline play.
- Botanical art jigsaw puzzles
- Collectible tree fact cards
- Relaxing, timer-free gameplay
- Saved progress and offline play
- Multiple themed habitat collections
- Game Center achievements
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Grove turns real tree species into calm, painterly puzzles. Assemble each botanical portrait piece by piece, then unlock a tree card with habitat, range, conservation, and botanical notes. Start with the 10-puzzle Intro Grove collection, then expand into optional habitat collections featuring forest giants, flowering city trees, tropical canopy species, ancient survivors, desert trees, and rare island lineages. Play at your pace. There are no timers, streak pressure, or busy distractions. Choose a difficulty, settle into a quiet nature scene, and continue anytime with saved progress. Why players choose Grove: - 154 botanical art jigsaw puzzles based on real tree species - A 10-puzzle Intro Grove starter collection plus six optional themed collections: Forest Giants, Flowering Cities, Jungle Canopy, Ancient Survivors, Desert Bloom, and Island Relics - Collectible tree cards with habitat, range, conservation, and botanical notes - Distinct scene colors, puzzle borders, and subtle habitat accents for each level - Four difficulty settings with smooth portrait touch controls and saved progress - Offline-friendly core puzzle play with higher contrast, reduced motion, text scaling, and light or dark appearance - Game Center achievements for tree cards, collection completion, habitat coverage, and mastery Each collection has its own botanical mood. Move from old-growth forests and tropical crowns to city blossoms, desert silhouettes, ancient survivors, coastal species, wetlands, alpine habitats, and island trees. If you enjoy jigsaw puzzles, cozy nature games, botanical art, tree facts, plants, forests, and peaceful brain games, Grove is built for slower, more attentive play. Begin with Intro Grove. Add more collections through optional in-app purchases when you want a larger botanical puzzle library. Slow down, connect the pieces, and grow your tree card collection one puzzle at a time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Grove at weekly against Cake5's every 4 months. Cake5's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Cake5 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Grove sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Cake5 against 4.8 for Grove. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively.
Cake5 ships an update every 4 months, Grove weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cake5 | Grove |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 270 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WHALE PARTY CO., LTD. | Yasser Hamek |
Customer experience
Cake5
Grove
In-app purchases
Cake5
- Big Basket Pack$0.99
- Time Extend Pack$0.99
- Rainbow Gliding in the Clouds$0.99
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- 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
Grove
- Forest Giants$2.99
- Flowering Cities$2.99
- Jungle Canopy$2.99
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- Ancient Survivors$2.99
- Desert Bloom$2.99
- Island Relics$2.99
- 3 Collection Bundle$5.99
- 6 Collection Bundle$9.99









