Comparison

Cake5 vs Beats&Taps

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

Beats&Taps

Engage in a collection of humorous rhythm-based mini-games. Test your hand-eye coordination by reacting to musical cues to achieve high scores and unlock new challenges. More modes are planned for future updates.

Highlights
  • Rhythm-based mini-games
  • Score-based progression
  • Hand-eye coordination challenges
  • Humorous gameplay
  • Unlockable content
Features
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Welcome to the Beats&Taps, A Funny Rhythm Game! This game is composed of several fun rhythm-based mini-games. In each game, you need to react according to the changes in the rhythm. The better your coordination between your ears and hands, the higher your score! To unlock the next game, you need to achieve a high score in the previous one. More exciting modes are currently in development. Feel free to give it a try! This is the most creative game in this century, Just try it!

Screenshots

Cake54 screens
Beats&Taps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cake5 at 74% against Beats&Taps's 0%. Cake5 also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.0) and ads (none vs shown). Beats&Taps's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). On price 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. Beats&Taps asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cake5 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Cake5's written reviews are positive against 0% of Beats&Taps's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cake5 ships an update every 4 months, Beats&Taps weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Cake5 versus Beats&Taps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCake5Beats&Taps
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews74.2% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB258 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperWHALE PARTY CO., LTD.兆阳 王

Customer experience

Cake5

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

Beats&Taps

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

Beats&Taps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cake5 free?
Cake5 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Beats&Taps free?
Beats&Taps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cake5 or Beats&Taps?
Cake5 is rated higher. Cake5 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Beats&Taps averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Cake5 or Beats&Taps have ads?
Beats&Taps shows ads; Cake5 does not.
Which is updated more often, Cake5 or Beats&Taps?
Cake5 ships an update every 4 months, and Beats&Taps weekly. Most recently, Cake5 was updated on November 1, 2026 and Beats&Taps on November 10, 2026.

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