Comparison

Oliver's Idle Kitchen vs Van

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

Head to head
About

Oliver's Idle Kitchen

Embark on a culinary adventure as a street food entrepreneur. Tap to earn, upgrade your food truck, and perfect recipes to build a gastronomic empire. Explore new locations and engage customers with your unique food truck story.

Highlights
  • Idle gameplay mechanics
  • Food truck business simulation
  • Recipe upgrades
  • Location exploration
  • Customer engagement
  • Storyline progression
Features
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Step into the captivating universe of 'Idle Kitchen: Food Truck', a game that blends the excitement of idle gaming with the allure of street food culture. Abandon the monotony of a desk job and embrace your inner chef and idler, as you navigate Oliver's journey from an ordinary clerk to a celebrated street food entrepreneur. In this idle game, your adventure begins with a simple food truck. Utilize the principles of idle miner games to tap and earn, gradually building your culinary empire. Invest your earnings wisely to upgrade your truck, perfect your recipes, and enhance your customer service. Each upgrade unfolds new aspects of the game, similar to the progression seen in popular idle vlogger games. Unlike typical idler games, 'Idle Kitchen: Food Truck' offers a rich storyline and dynamic gameplay. Travel to various locations, each presenting unique challenges and opportunities to expand your food truck business. Embrace the role of an idle vlogger, sharing Oliver's journey and enticing more customers with your culinary tales. This game is perfect for fans of idle games and culinary adventures alike. With intuitive gameplay and engaging mechanics, 'Idle Kitchen: Food Truck' is an idle game that transcends the genre, offering a unique blend of cooking, managing, and storytelling. Join the ranks of successful idlers and transform your food truck into a gastronomic sensation!

About

Van

Help a character escape debt by becoming a successful online vlogger. Earn subscribers, make money, and upgrade your lifestyle with virtual assets. This casual idle simulator offers a stylish art style and an engaging narrative.

Highlights
  • Become a top blogger
  • Gain subscribers and earn money
  • Upgrade lifestyle with luxury items
  • Positive casual idle gameplay
  • Engaging plot and stylish art
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Van has fallen into debt. His neighbor demands repayment. He remembers his successful friend Lamar, who has risen to fame with his blog. Van decides to follow his example. Get Van out of debt, gain subscribers, earn money, move into cool houses, buy luxury cars and become a top blogger. Van - Idle Vlogger is a positive casual idle single-player free-to-play life simulator in the business clicker genre with stylish art and a cool plot.

Screenshots

Oliver's Idle Kitchen4 screens
Van4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Oliver's Idle Kitchen at every 3 weeks against Van's every 2 months. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Oliver's Idle Kitchen sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and Van sells 21 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Oliver's Idle Kitchen against 4.7 for Van. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.1K and 1.4K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Oliver's Idle Kitchen's written reviews are positive against 70% of Van's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Oliver's Idle Kitchen ships an update every 3 weeks, Van every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Oliver's Idle Kitchen versus Van: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOliver's Idle KitchenVan
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.1K ratings)4.7 (1.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.1% of reviews69.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1K1.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size421 MB260 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperHeatherglade LtdCoco Play

Customer experience

Oliver's Idle Kitchen

All ratings1,061 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral7.0%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews164 reviews
Positive67.1%
Neutral16.5%
Negative16.5%

Van

All ratings1,340 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive69.5%
Neutral8.6%
Negative21.9%

User reviews

Oliver's Idle Kitchen

From 1.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun game
  • 👍 Relaxing gameplay
  • 🕰 Good for passing time
  • 🎨 Cute art style

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 🛑 Progress reset issues
  • 📺 Excessive ads
  • 💰 Paywall to remove ads

Van

From 1.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun game
  • 👍 Great sequel to Lamar Vlogger
  • 👍 Incredibly enjoyable
  • 👍 Addictive and entertaining

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Freezing/glitching issues
  • 🐛 Bugs preventing gameplay
  • 🐛 Upgrade UI issues on certain devices
  • 🔍 Feels too similar to Lamar Vlogger

Bugs and requests

Oliver's Idle Kitchen

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezes when trying to move to next location
  • Graphical glitches in dialogue scenes
  • Upgrades not working as intended

Requested features

3 requests
  • Save progress feature
  • Ability to continue from last location
  • Reduce frequency of ads

Van

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Freezing when tapping too many times
  • Bugs at the end of the game preventing progress
  • Issues with in-app purchases not working

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add a Steve idle vlogger game
  • Extend the energy bar
  • Improve the UI and fix bugs

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Oliver's Idle Kitchen

One-time13
  • No Ads$1.99
  • Cash Offer 1$2.19
  • 80 Diamonds$2.99
Show 10 more
  • Special Offer 1$3.29
  • Special Offer 0$3.29
  • Special Offer 2$5.19
  • Special Offer 4$5.19
  • Cash Offer 2$5.29
  • Piggy Bank$6.99
  • Cash Offer 3$6.99
  • Cash Offer 4$6.99
  • Special Offer 5$9.99
  • Special Offer 6$19.99
21 purchases

Van

One-time21
  • No Ads$0.99
  • Safe box!$1.99
  • Second safe box$1.99
Show 18 more
  • Pile of gold$1.99
  • Second safebox$4.99
  • Safe box$4.99
  • Second safe box$4.99
  • Safebox!$4.99
  • Piggy bank$6.99
  • A second safe box$8.99
  • Second safebox$8.99
  • Safebox$8.99
  • Safe box$8.99
  • Bunch of gold$12.99
  • Safebox$12.99
  • Second safebox$12.99
  • Safebox$14.99
  • No Ads Full$14.99
  • Safebox$17.99
  • No Ads Pass$29.99
  • Loads of gold$44.99

Questions

Is Oliver's Idle Kitchen free?
Oliver's Idle Kitchen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Van free?
Van is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Oliver's Idle Kitchen or Van?
Van is rated higher. Oliver's Idle Kitchen averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Van averages 4.7 from 1.4K ratings.
Do Oliver's Idle Kitchen or Van have ads?
Both Oliver's Idle Kitchen and Van show ads.
Which is updated more often, Oliver's Idle Kitchen or Van?
Oliver's Idle Kitchen ships an update every 3 weeks, and Van every 2 months. Most recently, Oliver's Idle Kitchen was updated on October 30, 2026 and Van on October 30, 2026.

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