Comparison

Cupcake Detective (Full) vs Candy Grabber

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

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About

Cupcake Detective (Full)

Solve virtual cupcake mysteries by baking and decorating. Read clues, use frosting and toppings to crack cases, and earn rewards to buy hints. Features daily challenges and a progression system with detective ranks.

Highlights
  • Solve 60+ cold case mysteries
  • Decorate virtual cupcakes
  • Earn cupcake bucks for hints
  • Daily new cases
  • 17 detective ranks
  • Game Center leaderboards
Features
Currently charting
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Can you solve the cupcake mysteries and become the next great Cupcake Detective? A new game from Maverick Software, creators of the original Cupcakes! app. Bake & decorate virtual cupcakes to help crack the cases! Read the clues, try different frosting & toppings, solve each mystery and get promoted to higher ranks of detective. Earn cupcake bucks along the way by filling orders for your bakery, and use the bucks to buy hints from informants on those extra hard cases. You get 60 mysteries in your cold case book, and 45 fan suggested mysteries. And if that isn't enough, a new daily case every day adds three more mysteries to solve. You'll never get bored, with a new challenge every day! - Beautiful Retina display graphics and full support for the tall iPhone 5 & iPod Touches. - 20 flavors of cupcakes, dozens of frostings, toppings, and fillings. - Game Center leader boards to see who is the best Cupcake Detective! - 17 detective ranks- solve mysteries to earn your badge and get promoted all the way to the top!

About

Candy Grabber

Experience the thrill of an arcade claw machine with this calorie-free virtual candy grabber. Use the joystick and button to collect a variety of sweets, with realistic 3D physics and a fun candy bag to track your haul. Perfect for amusement anytime.

Highlights
  • Virtual candy crane machine
  • Realistic 3D physics
  • Joystick and button controls
  • Collect and view candy bag
  • Amusement only game
Features
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Candy Grabber If you have a sweet tooth then this candy crane game is for you. We've all played those candy crane grabbing machines at the arcades, now you can play the “calorie free” version on your mobile or tablet. Use the joystick to move the claw, then hit the button to scoop up as many sweets as possible. Its in 3D and uses real physics, its very easy though and you'll soon have a bag full of sweets, click on the candy bag to see all the confectionery you have collected. Its perfect for Christmas, Easter, Birthdays, etc :- Its Calorie free and wont rot your teeth! Click on the Candy man if you need the sweet chute unblocking. Download Candy Grabber now, and fill your pockets with a wide selection of penny sweets. Please note this game is for amusement only, no actual sweets will fall out the bottom of your phone or tablet.

Screenshots

Cupcake Detective (Full)4 screens
Candy Grabber4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Candy Grabber at Free against Cupcake Detective (Full)'s $1.99. Cupcake Detective (Full)'s advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Candy Grabber is free to download; Cupcake Detective (Full) costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cupcake Detective (Full) holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Cupcake Detective (Full)'s written reviews are positive against 67% of Candy Grabber's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cupcake Detective (Full) ships an update every 3 weeks, Candy Grabber every 29 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Cupcake Detective (Full) versus Candy Grabber: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCupcake Detective (Full)Candy Grabber
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (20 ratings) — better4.3 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews84.2% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings2020
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 29 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#128 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS7.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaverick Software LLCGalatic Droids

Customer experience

Cupcake Detective (Full)

All ratings20 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive84.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative10.5%

Candy Grabber

All ratings20 ratings
Positive85.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Cupcake Detective (Full)

No in-app purchases

None

Candy Grabber

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cupcake Detective (Full) free?
Cupcake Detective (Full) costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Candy Grabber free?
Candy Grabber is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cupcake Detective (Full) or Candy Grabber?
Cupcake Detective (Full) is rated higher. Cupcake Detective (Full) averages 5.0 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Candy Grabber averages 4.3 from 20 ratings.
Do Cupcake Detective (Full) or Candy Grabber have ads?
Candy Grabber shows ads; Cupcake Detective (Full) does not.
Which is updated more often, Cupcake Detective (Full) or Candy Grabber?
Cupcake Detective (Full) ships an update every 3 weeks, and Candy Grabber every 29 months. Most recently, Cupcake Detective (Full) was updated on October 17, 2026 and Candy Grabber on October 14, 2026.

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