Comparison

Kitty’s Kitchen Diary vs Zoo restaurant

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

Head to head
About

Kitty’s Kitchen Diary

Manage food stalls, learn recipes, and serve delicious dishes to make a quiet village thrive. Customize your village with seasonal decorations and invite animal friends to become close. Enjoy a relaxing simulation experience filled with cats and happy moments.

Highlights
  • Run food stalls
  • Learn new recipes
  • Customize village decor
  • Invite animal friends
  • Seasonal decorations
  • Share village with friends
Features
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▶▶The grand opening of Kitty's Kitchen Diary!=^._.^=◀◀ =========================== My little Pippi and Poppo, Did you get to the village, safe and sound? I think it's time I handed down my recipe collection to you. Just remember to cook with love, and you'll be surrounded by cats before you know it. I know you'll be fine no matter what happens, so take good care of the village. - With love, Grandma - ============================ Pippi and Poppo have arrived at the quiet and peaceful Butterfly Village! Grandma left a letter asking the two to take care of the village, along with the secret recipe book and magic seal...! Will Pippi and Poppo be able to make the village thrive again? ▶ Run stalls and make the village flourish Grill some fish and make some noodles! Learn new recipes and open food stalls! Serve the best dishes and run your cat village! ▶ Customize your village Decorate your village to match each season. Fine-tune every aspect of the village, both indoors and outdoors. When you're done, share your village with your friends. ▶ Invite animal friends Spend some time with the villagers and become close friends! Give them a gift and have a chat. Maybe they'll come over to play again later! ▶ A simulation game where you can take your time Cats, tasty dishes, and little happy moments are waiting for you. Step into the pleasant world of cooking & decor!

About

Zoo restaurant

Manage a bustling food restaurant for animal customers by merging ingredients to create delicious dishes. Serve orders quickly to keep customers happy and prevent them from leaving. Customize animal outfits and unlock new stages with more food and restaurant themes.

Highlights
  • Merge food to create dishes
  • Serve animal customers quickly
  • Customize customer outfits
  • Unlock new stages and foods
  • Change restaurant themes
Features
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Welcome to our special restaurant! There are cute and lovely animals waiting for your order! Mr. Bear was sick of making bread, so he decided to open a food restaurant. All the animal's friends in the forest hear that Mr. Bear is opening his new food restaurant. And now.. cute and lovely animal friends have started flocking to the restaurant! Please help our busy Mr. Bear to run his food restaurant! [About our Zoo restaurant] 1. We need to make food easy and serve quickly to our animal customers! - Feeling fun of merging food to make perfect food! Look at the happy faces when our animal customers eat our food. - Be careful with your food not to be burned! Try to make your food more flavorful. 2. Our impatient animal customers hate to wait for their food! - Do not let our animal customers leave the restaurant empty-handed. Make sure to serve the food to our customers within a limited time. - If our animal customers leave empty-handed, there is no earned! Please help Mr. Bear's restaurant not be ruined. 3. Check our various customer's outfits! - Look at the fashionable outfits, and try to customize our animal customer's outfits! - After changing customers' outfits, you will be excited to meet stylish customers in the restaurant. 4.Climb to higher stages! - More various foods and drinks will appear after reaching higher stages! - At every specific stage, the restaurant theme will be changed. Hurry to come see our brand-new restaurant! In our Zoo restaurant, there are many delicious foods and things to see. Please come to our healing merge restaurant simulation with our animal friends in the forest!

Screenshots

Kitty’s Kitchen Diary4 screens
Zoo restaurant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Zoo restaurant at every 3 days against Kitty’s Kitchen Diary's every 2 weeks. Zoo restaurant also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Kitty’s Kitchen Diary's advantage is ratings volume (516 vs 127). On price, review sentiment, 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. Kitty’s Kitchen Diary sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Zoo restaurant sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Zoo restaurant holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 516 and 127 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 65% and 64% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kitty’s Kitchen Diary ships an update every 2 weeks, Zoo restaurant every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Kitty’s Kitchen Diary versus Zoo restaurant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKitty’s Kitchen DiaryZoo restaurant
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (516 ratings)4.7 (127 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.8% of reviews — better64.0% of reviews
Number of ratings516 — better127
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size754 MB175 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSuperPlanetNADDIC GAMES Co Ltd.

Customer experience

Kitty’s Kitchen Diary

All ratings506 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral4.3%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews548 reviews
Positive64.8%
Neutral13.5%
Negative21.7%

Zoo restaurant

All ratings126 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral1.6%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive64.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative32.0%

User reviews

Kitty’s Kitchen Diary

From 516 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🥰 Cute characters and designs
  • 🎨 Customizable features
  • 🕹️ Enjoyable mini-games
  • 🌳 Relaxing, cozy gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 💰 Ads and in-app purchases
  • 🤔 Confusing level-up and expansion mechanics
  • 🛑 Loss of progress and account resets

Zoo restaurant

From 127 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 😍 Cute and adorable graphics
  • 🤩 Fun and engaging gameplay
  • ⏱️ Time-limited missions add excitement
  • 👍 Good for killing time
  • ✨ Cozy and cute game

Room to improve

  • 💸 Excessive ads and microtransactions
  • 💰 Unfair difficulty spikes, forces spending
  • 💸 Power-ups too expensive
  • 📉 High exchange rate for in-game currency
  • ⚠️ In-game volume too loud

Bugs and requests

Kitty’s Kitchen Diary

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Purchased items and progress not saving
  • Missions and rewards not functioning properly
  • Expansion and level-up indicators not updating correctly
  • Glitches with ads and in-app purchases

Requested features

4 requests
  • Hair color customization
  • Ability to remove tiling and revert to original landscape
  • Improved diamond farming and level-up progress tracking
  • Better customer support and bug resolution

Zoo restaurant

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Game won't load or crashes on startup
  • Buttons for purchasing are broken
  • Super buggy, unable to tap
  • Text not displaying correctly (Thai language issue)
  • App doesn't get past loading page

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add more food options
  • Improve button functionality for purchases
  • Balance ad frequency and microtransaction pressure

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Kitty’s Kitchen Diary

One-time10
  • Joy of Cooking Pass 1$0.99
  • Starter Support Pack$0.99
  • Recipe Support Pack$1.99
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  • Joy of Cooking Pass 2$2.99
  • Follow-Up Support Pack$4.99
  • Officer Thor$4.99
  • Growth Support Pass$4.99
  • Cleaner Cleanie$4.99
  • Special! Ad Remover Pack$9.99
  • Ad Remover Pack$19.99
10 purchases

Zoo restaurant

One-time10
  • [Discount] Gem 1$0.49
  • Booster Daily Package$0.99
  • [Discount] Gem 2$2.19
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  • Theme Support Package$2.59
  • Hot Deal Package$4.29
  • Gem 2$4.29
  • Monthly Pass$5.09
  • Theme Pass$6.99
  • Remove Ads$14.49
  • My Dream Chef$24.99

Questions

Is Kitty’s Kitchen Diary free?
Kitty’s Kitchen Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Zoo restaurant free?
Zoo restaurant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Kitty’s Kitchen Diary or Zoo restaurant?
Zoo restaurant is rated higher. Kitty’s Kitchen Diary averages 4.5 out of 5 from 516 ratings, while Zoo restaurant averages 4.7 from 127 ratings.
Do Kitty’s Kitchen Diary or Zoo restaurant have ads?
Both Kitty’s Kitchen Diary and Zoo restaurant show ads.
Which is updated more often, Kitty’s Kitchen Diary or Zoo restaurant?
Kitty’s Kitchen Diary ships an update every 2 weeks, and Zoo restaurant every 3 days. Most recently, Kitty’s Kitchen Diary was updated on November 4, 2026 and Zoo restaurant on November 4, 2026.

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