Comparison

Cat's Kitchen vs Cooking Star!

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

Head to head
About

Cat's Kitchen

A casual cooking simulation game where players manage a restaurant, preparing various dishes like fried chicken, pizza, and burgers. Hire and upgrade cat workers, serve customers, and expand the business into a global franchise.

Highlights
  • Prepare fried chicken, pizza, and burgers
  • Hire and upgrade cat workers
  • Serve customers and earn money
  • Expand to a global franchise
  • One-handed gameplay
  • Drive-thru service
Features
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Ding Dong~! The super delicious causal game has arrived! Would you like to come inside? There will be good things going to happen, Nyan! Where is the delicious smell coming from? Look! The cats make Fried Chicken, Pizza, and burgers in the Cat's Kitchen! Making those delicious foods with cute kitty cats and earning a lot of money, Nyan! Expand your store and become the most successful franchise store in the world! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Game instruction Nyan!] [Easy and Simple controls!] Without any difficult level of controls, you can play the game using a move-pad only! Able to play with one hand! Even the cat can play games with their paws. [Let’s make food!] Of course, to earn money, we have to make food, Nyan! Let’s try to make delicious foods that make our customers happy. [Choose your store!] Donuts, Chicken, and burgers ~~ you can choose the food to sell. Make your store an international franchise! [Sell the food and earn money!] You can earn a lot of money by selling various delicious foods. Look! That customer is trying to give us a tip. What a windfall, Nyan! Remember, you must always clean the table to make another customer sit. [If you are busy, you must borrow even a cat’s paw!] It is hard to manage the store alone…. Hire cute cat workers to make it easier to manage the store, Nyan! And you can upgrade cute cat workers to enhance their work abilities. [Do not forget Drive-thru customers!] A lot of customers visit our store to buy and eat donuts. But, the number of tables is fixed in the store! Open Drive-thru to secure customers and earn more money, Nyan! The ‘Cat’s Kitchen’ game will cause you to have a heart attack! Let’s play now, Nyan!

About

Cooking Star!

Embark on a chaotic culinary adventure, chopping, cooking, and serving dishes to hungry customers before time runs out. Unlock new chefs, kitchens, and recipes as you progress through vibrant kitchens in this fast-paced cooking frenzy game.

Highlights
  • Chop, cook, and serve dishes
  • Variety of vibrant kitchens
  • Serve hungry customers
  • Unlock new chefs and recipes
  • Stunning graphics and animations
Features
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Welcome to Cooking Star! The ultimate mobile cooking frenzy game that will test your culinary skills and time management like never before! Get ready to embark on a chaotic culinary adventure where you'll chop, cook, and serve your way through increasingly challenging levels in a variety of vibrant kitchens. Your mission? Prepare and serve a variety of delicious dishes to hungry customers before the clock runs out! From soups, salads, sushi to burgers, pizza to pasta, and everything in between, the orders keep coming, and it's up to you to keep up with the madness. Features: - A feast for the eyes: Stunning graphics and vibrant animations bring each kitchen to life, creating an immersive culinary experience like no other. - Unlockable content: Earn stars and coins to unlock new chefs, kitchens, and recipes, keeping the excitement fresh with each playthrough. Are you ready to turn up the heat and become a culinary superstar? Grab your apron, sharpen your knives, and let the chaos commence in Cooking Star! Download now and start cooking up a storm!

Screenshots

Cat's Kitchen4 screens
Cooking Star!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cat's Kitchen at 4.7 against Cooking Star!'s 2.7. Cat's Kitchen also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and review sentiment (43% vs 33%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Cat's Kitchen sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Cooking Star! sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cat's Kitchen holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Cat's Kitchen's written reviews are positive against 33% of Cooking Star!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cat's Kitchen ships an update weekly, Cooking Star! every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Cat's Kitchen versus Cooking Star!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCat's KitchenCooking Star!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (23 ratings) — better2.7 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better7
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size163 MB143 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNADDIC GAMES Co Ltd.AnisoftGames

Customer experience

Cat's Kitchen

All ratings23 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral21.4%
Negative35.7%

Cooking Star!

All ratings7 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.1%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Cat's Kitchen

One-time10
  • Chicken Auto Package$2.29
  • Burger Auto Package$2.29
  • Ad Skip Ticket 1$2.99
Show 7 more
  • Vip 5$4.99
  • Ad Skip Ticket 2$4.99
  • Ad Skip Ticket 3$8.99
  • Ad Skip Ticket 4$13.99
  • Vip$17.99
  • Ad Skip Ticket 5$20.99
  • Ad Skip Ticket 6$49.99
2 purchases

Cooking Star!

One-time2
  • Remove All Ads!$4.99
  • Remove All Ads with Coins!$5.99

Questions

Is Cat's Kitchen free?
Cat's Kitchen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cooking Star! free?
Cooking Star! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cat's Kitchen or Cooking Star!?
Cat's Kitchen is rated higher. Cat's Kitchen averages 4.7 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Cooking Star! averages 2.7 from 7 ratings.
Do Cat's Kitchen or Cooking Star! have ads?
Both Cat's Kitchen and Cooking Star! show ads.
Which is updated more often, Cat's Kitchen or Cooking Star!?
Cat's Kitchen ships an update weekly, and Cooking Star! every 3 weeks. Most recently, Cat's Kitchen was updated on October 7, 2026 and Cooking Star! on October 21, 2026.

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