Cooking Star! vs Cafe Busters
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Chop, cook, and serve dishes
- Variety of vibrant kitchens
- Serve hungry customers
- Unlock new chefs and recipes
- Stunning graphics and animations
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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!
Cafe Busters
Manage a bustling cafe, learning customer orders and combining ingredients to craft the perfect products. Serve a growing line of patrons to satisfy their needs and grow your business.
- Customer order fulfillment
- Ingredient combination
- Shop management
- Product creation
- Customer service simulation
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You have a fine shop and you are very skilled! That is why you have a lot of customers. They line in front of you to satisfy their needs. Learn their needs and combine your ingredients to create the product they want Good luck
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cafe Busters at 5.0 against Cooking Star!'s 2.7. Cafe Busters also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). Cooking Star!'s advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Cooking Star! sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Cafe Busters asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cafe Busters holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cooking Star! has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cooking Star! ships an update every 3 weeks, Cafe Busters every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cooking Star! | Cafe Busters |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 143 MB | 207 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AnisoftGames | Bahadir Yerdelen |
Customer experience
Cooking Star!
Cafe Busters
In-app purchases
Cooking Star!
- Remove All Ads!$4.99
- Remove All Ads with Coins!$5.99
Cafe Busters
No in-app purchases
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