Comparison

Cookie Empire vs Scratch Inc.

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Scratch Inc.

An idle incremental game where you build an empire by scratching cards and earning points. Upgrade your cards, unlock automation, and prestige to progress faster. Enjoy endless upgrades, achievements, and global leaderboards with no ads or wait timers.

Highlights
  • Endless Upgrades
  • Prestige for Progress
  • Achievements with Rewards
  • Global Leaderboards
  • Playable Offline
  • No Ads
Features
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Build an Empire, From Scratch Scratch cards, earn points, and grow your empire in this idle/incremental game. Upgrade your cards, unlock automation, prestige across industries, and climb the leaderboards — all with no ads, ever. • Endless Upgrades – Boost your point gain, match multipliers, grid size, and so much more. • Prestige for Progress – Reset to climb faster across deep progression layers. • Achievements with Rewards – Earn Gold and multipliers by completing fun challenges. • Global Leaderboards – Compete with others across the world across a variety of challenges. • Playable Offline – Play anywhere anytime • No Ads. No Wait Timers. Just Progress and Big Numbers. Made by a solo dev. Built to respect your time. (A reimagining of my first game)

Screenshots

Cookie Empire4 screens
Scratch Inc.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Scratch Inc. at 93% against Cookie Empire's 68%. Scratch Inc. also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price, ratings volume, 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

Both are free to download. Cookie Empire sells 15 one-off in-app purchases and Scratch Inc. sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Scratch Inc. holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 640 and 1.9K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Cookie Empire's written reviews are positive against 93% of Scratch Inc.'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cookie Empire ships an update weekly, Scratch Inc. every 3 days. Both last shipped on September 22, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Cookie Empire versus Scratch Inc.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCookie EmpireScratch Inc.
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (640 ratings)4.7 (1.9K ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.3% of reviews93.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6401.9K — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB37 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperAlejandro Jimenez RicoMakopaz LLC

Customer experience

Cookie Empire

All ratings640 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral4.1%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews265 reviews
Positive68.3%
Neutral11.3%
Negative20.4%

Scratch Inc.

All ratings1,875 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral3.5%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews456 reviews
Positive93.2%
Neutral4.2%
Negative2.6%

User reviews

Cookie Empire

From 640 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun Little Idle Game
  • 👍 THIS is how iOS games should be
  • 👍 Great game, no ads
  • 👍 Anxiety Relief
  • 👍 Quality game

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Offline progress locked
  • 🐛 Putting the main idle mechanic behind an ad
  • 🔋 High battery drain
  • 🐛 Wasted Potential
  • 🐛 Losing progress

Scratch Inc.

From 1.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Enjoyable gameplay
  • 🚀 Satisfying idle mechanics
  • 💡 Active developer listening to feedback
  • 👍 Optional in-app purchases
  • 👍 Polished interface

Room to improve

  • 💰 In-app purchases feel expensive
  • 🔧 Needs more balance and content
  • 🐛 Offline rewards not working consistently

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

Scratch Inc.

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Offline rewards rarely triggering
  • Lacking sound effects

Requested features

2 requests
  • More skin tone options for avatar
  • Better variety and more offline rewards

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Cookie Empire

One-time15
  • 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
5 purchases

Scratch Inc.

One-time5
  • 20 Gold$1.99
  • 55 Gold$4.99
  • 120 Gold$9.99
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  • 260 Gold$19.99
  • 750 Gold$49.99

Questions

Is Cookie Empire free?
Cookie Empire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scratch Inc. free?
Scratch Inc. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cookie Empire or Scratch Inc.?
Scratch Inc. is rated higher. Cookie Empire averages 4.5 out of 5 from 640 ratings, while Scratch Inc. averages 4.7 from 1.9K ratings.
Do Cookie Empire or Scratch Inc. have ads?
Neither Cookie Empire nor Scratch Inc. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cookie Empire or Scratch Inc.?
Cookie Empire ships an update weekly, and Scratch Inc. every 3 days. Most recently, Cookie Empire was updated on September 22, 2026 and Scratch Inc. on September 22, 2026.

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