Cookie Empire vs Banana
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cookie Empire
Click to bake cookies, automate production, and grow your empire in this idle incremental game. Explore minigames, uncover cryptic lore, and ascend to unlock powerful boosts. Features include offline progress, complex synergies, and a unique grandma sacrifice mechanic.
- Incremental cookie baking
- Automation and complex synergies
- Offline progress
- Multiple minigames (Farming, Stock Market, Lucky Wheel, Tile Matching)
- Ascension/Prestige mechanics
- Grandma sacrifice to demons
- Public leaderboards
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Cookie Empire is an idle incremental clicker with a dark sense of humor: tap to bake, automate production, earn offline, and prestige for exponential growth — until one big cookie becomes a baking empire that probably shouldn't exist. What starts as a simple tapping game grows into a long-term incremental game with upgrades, automation, ascension, minigames, and a few increasingly questionable grandmas. THE ECONOMY MUST GROW. COOKIES ARE ALL WE KNOW. Hire lovely grandmas. Build farms, factories, alchemy labs, mines, and machines that should probably never have been switched on. Dig into eldritch mines. Sacrifice grandmas to Japanese demons. Follow the numbers upward until the bakery stops feeling cozy and starts feeling like something ancient is watching the production graph. FEATURES • Tap-to-bake progression with exponential upgrades • Grandmas, farms, factories, mines, and stranger production systems • Automation, prestige, ascension, and long-term incremental growth • Garden, mine expeditions, stock market, lucky wheel, tile matching, and leaderboards • Idle production and return rewards • Dark secrets, cosmetic skins, frequent solo-dev updates, and a cookie economy that absolutely refuses to stop growing Build your cookie empire one tap at a time.
Banana
Tap your way to a banana empire in this addictive clicker game. Grow your plantations, upgrade tools, and climb the global leaderboards. Experience endless fruity fun and tropical adventure.
- Endless banana clicking gameplay
- Upgrade harvesting tools
- Unlock exotic locations
- Global leaderboard challenges
- Build banana plantations
- Casual and addictive fun
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Dive into the world of Banana - Clicker Game, where the only thing sweeter than the taste of ripe bananas is the satisfaction of tapping your way to fruity fortune! Immerse yourself in a tropical adventure filled with endless bananas as you click your path to prosperity. From the humble beginnings of a single banana tree to the sprawling banana plantations of your dreams, every tap brings you closer to banana bliss. Upgrade your harvesting tools, unlock exotic locations, and challenge yourself to reach the top of the global leaderboard. With its simple yet addictive gameplay, Banana - Clicker Game offers hours of entertainment for casual gamers and banana enthusiasts alike. Are you ready to peel back the layers of fun and embark on the ultimate banana-clicking adventure?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cookie Empire at 68% against Banana's 0%. Cookie Empire also leads on ads (none vs shown). Banana's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Cookie Empire sells 15 one-off in-app purchases and Banana sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cookie Empire ships an update weekly, Banana every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cookie Empire | Banana |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (640 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 68.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 640 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alejandro Jimenez Rico | Batuhan Tarhanacioglu |
Customer experience
Cookie Empire
Banana
Bugs and requests
Cookie Empire
Reported bugs
7 issues- Offline progress not working
- Ascension issues
- Alchemy lab not working
- Upgrades not appearing
- Crashes after updates
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- Resets progress
- Rotating screen issues
Requested features
10 requests- Add backbone please
- More audio suggestions
- Ability to see vegetables in the garden
- Volleyball skin
- Achievements
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- More menu buttons
- Prestige system
- More buildings and upgrades
- Ability to see how many of a building can be bought
- Cookie SFX
Banana
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cookie Empire
- Mini Gem Pack$0.99
- 53 Wings$0.99
- Magic Cookie$0.99
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- Gems 1.2$1.99
- Medium Gems Pack$1.99
- Permanent Boost$1.99
- Time Warp$2.99
- Gems Small Pack 2$3.99
- No-Ads$4.99
- Large Gems Pack$4.99
- Gems Mid Pack$5.99
- Seasonal Pack$9.99
- Big Gems Pack$9.99
- Larger Gems Pack$24.99
- Largest Gems Pack$39.99
Banana
- Banana 1$0.49
- Banana 3$0.49
- Banana 2$0.49
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- Banana 4$0.49
- Banana No Ads$4.99









