Icy Dessert Maker vs Pie Runner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Icy Dessert Maker
Create delicious frozen desserts like ice cream cake, cookies, and popsicles from scratch. Decorate your creations with hundreds of options and share them with friends. Perfect for summer fun!
- Make ice cream cake
- Create ice cream cookies
- Design ice cream popsicles
- Hundreds of decoration options
- Share creations with friends
- Game Center achievements
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Make ICE CREAM CAKE, ICE CREAM COOKIES, and ICE CREAM POPSICLES! From the creators of Cake Pop Maker comes a brand new cooking game! Make your own ice cream desserts from scratch. Choose from Ice Cream Cake, Ice Cream Cookies, or Ice Cream Popsicles. Create your treat, decorate it, and then eat it and send it to your friends. With hundreds of decorations, the possibilities are endless. Are you ready for summer? Features: ~3 icy desserts to choose from (Ice Cream Cake, Cookies, Popsicles) ~Game Center achievements ~Beautiful graphics with fun animations The app is completely free but contains In App Purchases to unlock additional content.
Pie Runner
Memorize digits of Pi to race through a challenging game. Earn points to unlock avatar customizations, or make an in-app purchase for instant access. Compete with friends and the world for the highest scores.
- Memorize Pi digits
- Avatar customization
- Unlockable items
- In-app purchases
- Score comparison
- Earn Pie Points
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Pie Runner is a fun, addictive and easy game to play. Enter the digits of Pi to run! Make a mistake and you fall flat on your face! The more you play, the more digits you'll end up memorizing without even trying. What is Pi? Pie is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. That's it. It is equal to 3.1415926535... and goes on forever without repeating! People around the world have been fascinated by memorizing the digits of Pi for hundreds of years. There is a World Record that tracks the most digits of Pi memorized! There are a lot of ways to customize your Pie Runner avatar. You can unlock headphones, some cool shades or even change your Pie Runner to a piece of pizza pie! Items are unlocked with Pie Points. Pie Points are earned by racing or by watching videos. If you want to unlock all of the customization features at once, you have the option to do so with an In-App purchase. Compare your scores against your friends or the best in the world!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pie Runner at every 3 weeks against Icy Dessert Maker's every 29 months. Pie Runner also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 76%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Icy Dessert Maker's advantage is ratings volume (1.2K vs 6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Icy Dessert Maker sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Pie Runner sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pie Runner holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Icy Dessert Maker has 1.2K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Icy Dessert Maker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pie Runner's.
Icy Dessert Maker ships an update every 29 months, Pie Runner every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Icy Dessert Maker | Pie Runner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.2K ratings) | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 29 months | Every 3 weeks — 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 |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 | 9.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Crazy Kids Media | Highway North Interactive Inc. |
Customer experience
Icy Dessert Maker
Pie Runner
Bugs and requests
Icy Dessert Maker
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game crashes during decoration
- Exits to home screen unexpectedly
- Achievements not unlocking properly
Requested features
4 requests- More dessert options
- Unlock all features for free
- Reduce in-app purchase prices
- Improve stability and reduce crashes
Pie Runner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Icy Dessert Maker
- Ice Cream Cake Pack$2.99
- Ice Cream Cookie Pack$2.99
- Ice Cream Popsicle Pack$2.99
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- Triple Pack - Unlocks Ice Cream Cake, Cookies, and Popsicles!$7.99
Pie Runner
- Customization Unlock$0.99
- Training Unlock$0.99
Questions
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