Comparison

Cafe Master Story vs absOrbs

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

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About

Cafe Master Story

Experience the joy of running your own coffee shop in this charming simulation game. Design your cafe, brew a variety of drinks, create delicious combo meals, and attract customers to become a five-star establishment. Expand your business to new locations and discover new patrons.

Highlights
  • Design and furnish your cafe
  • Brew various coffee and tea drinks
  • Create combo meals
  • Enter food contests
  • Expand to new locations
  • Pixel art graphics
Features
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Have you ever wanted to run your own coffee shop? The smell of fresh roast beans, the gurgling of the espresso machine, the sheen of a squeaky-clean counter... All this and more await you in this quirky sim game! Just set up your tables and counter seats, and wait for the customers to come rolling in. Add handy features like magazine racks, or chic furnishings to give your cafe a more welcoming atmosphere. Coffee and tea are just the beginning—there's a whole world of hot and cold drinks out there just waiting to be discovered! Try out different combinations to make your regulars happy, or attract new customers. You can even recommend your favorites via the Specials Board. Feel like a little something on the side? Combine food items with drinks to create Combo Meals. These can also be entered into contests—pick the right meal for the right theme, and you're sure to win it big and make your cafe even more popular! You're not just limited to one town, either. You can move your cafe to several new locations and discover new customers. You may even encounter some familiar faces... So, what are you waiting for? Grab an apron, boil up some water, and get started on your journey to becoming a five-star cafe! Supports drag to scroll and pinch to zoom. Search for "Kairosoft" to see all of our games, or visit us at http://kairopark.jp Be sure to check out both our free-to-play and paid games! Kairosoft's pixel art game series continues! Follow us on Twitter for the latest Kairosoft news and information. https://twitter.com/kairokun2010

About

absOrbs

Features
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How long you can keep the colors in harmony? Move your ring by either touch or tilt to catch the orbs of a matching color. Watch your ring grow with your score, but be careful! Grow too large and you'll run out of room to avoid colliding with the orbs of differing colors. As the levels progress the orbs fall faster, sometimes even coming up from below. What starts as a casual color matching game quickly becomes a fast paced test of your reactions. Can you navigate the cascade of color while still posting the highest score possible? ----- Born as a browser game in 2010 and reimagined for mobile with the help of AI, absOrbs is an evolution of a game I designed called "absOrb" that ran in most browsers without a plugin. AbsOrb was imagined as an anti-shooter. I loved the twitch arcade games of the 1980s, their frenetic action and the colorful sprites everywhere.  AbsOrbs is a rethink of its predecessor with optimized controls for the iPhone.

Screenshots

Cafe Master Story4 screens
absOrbs3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: absOrbs at $0.99 against Cafe Master Story's $6.99. Cafe Master Story's advantage is chart position (#98 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On 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

Cafe Master Story costs $6.99 and absOrbs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Cafe Master Story versus absOrbs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCafe Master StoryabsOrbs
Price$6.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.7 (230 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings230 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#98 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKairosoft Co.,LtdMin Chang

Bugs and requests

Cafe Master Story

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Rank up button not appearing for some users
  • Recruitment system becoming stuck for some
  • Occasional crashes or save issues reported

Requested features

5 requests
  • More drink and food recipes to discover
  • Ability to destroy/rearrange items more easily
  • Longer gameplay duration or replayability
  • Achievements or other progression systems
  • Compatibility improvements on older devices

absOrbs

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Cafe Master Story

No in-app purchases

None

absOrbs

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cafe Master Story free?
Cafe Master Story costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is absOrbs free?
absOrbs costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cafe Master Story or absOrbs have ads?
Neither Cafe Master Story nor absOrbs shows ads.

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