Nom Nom Diner vs MidnightBBQ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nom Nom Diner
Manage a growing restaurant empire, from food trucks to cozy cafes. Seat guests, take orders, serve delicious food, and upgrade your team and kitchen. Expand across town, earn idle income, and participate in seasonal events.
- Restaurant management
- Time management gameplay
- Restaurant empire building
- Team and kitchen upgrades
- Town growth and residents
- Idle income generation
- Seasonal events and challenges
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Run the restaurant, not just the kitchen! Seat hungry guests, take orders, serve delicious food and keep the tables moving in Nom Nom, a cooking and time management game with a whole town to grow. Start with a food truck, open bustling diners and cozy cafes, and turn every busy shift into progress for your restaurant business. MASTER THE DINNER RUSH Choose who to serve next, juggle orders and get meals to your guests before their patience runs out. Complete level goals and use helpful boosters when your restaurant gets busy. BUILD YOUR RESTAURANT EMPIRE Discover new venues, serve burgers, coffee and sweet treats, and take on fresh challenges as you expand across Nom Nom Town. Every restaurant brings another opportunity to grow your business. UPGRADE YOUR TEAM AND KITCHEN Improve your equipment, train your staff and upgrade your restaurants. Build a team that can handle the rush and make every improvement count. BRING YOUR TOWN TO LIFE Help the Mayor grow Nom Nom Town, meet colorful residents and discover their stories. Welcome regulars and VIP guests as your restaurant journey takes you beyond the kitchen. KEEP YOUR BUSINESS GROWING Completed restaurants unlock idle income, giving you more to work toward between shifts. Manage food deliveries in Delivery Dash and earn extra rewards as you develop another side of your business. JOIN EVENTS AND CHALLENGES Take part in seasonal events and limited-time challenges. Collect rewards, test your serving skills and discover new goals on your journey from food truck owner to restaurant tycoon. Your first guests are waiting. Open your restaurant and make every order count! By downloading this app, you agree to our Terms of Service: https://www.zero1.games/terms-of-service
MidnightBBQ
Manage your own barbecue restaurant, from creating custom recipes and seasonings to hiring staff and decorating. Master grilling skills and listen to customer gossip in this casual idle business simulation game.
- Create custom recipes and seasonings
- Manage shop decor and equipment
- Hire and manage employees
- Master manual grilling mechanics
- Listen to customer gossip
- Idle business simulation
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Create your own menu, mix your own seasonings, and decide on your own decor. Hire employees to handle various tasks within the restaurant, and take a break from your busy schedule to listen to the customers' gossip. This is a casual, simple, and fun idle business game. · Shop Management, a Realistic Simulation Although your shop may be small, it's packed with details. As the owner, you must strategically formulate recipes, purchase equipment, hire staff, and decorate the space. · Manual Grilling, Rich Fun Even though you're the owner, you still need to master your grilling skills. Different ingredients require different grilling temperatures; burn them and you won't get the Perfect Bonus! · Hire Staff, Free Your Hands Even though you're short on cash initially, even as the owner, you still have to serve food and drinks. Having staff is key to managing the overall situation! · Collect Recipes, Create Custom Recipes You're just opening a new shop, and ingredients are limited. You'll need to personally collect them to create custom recipes! · Make Seasonings, Enhance the Taste Seasoning is the soul of barbecue. Creating secret seasonings is essential for making more money, but you need to source and purchase the ingredients yourself! · Purchase Equipment, Expand Your Business Upgrading and purchasing new equipment are essential for growth, but it's up to you, the owner, to decide which equipment to buy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Nom Nom Diner at 1.5K against MidnightBBQ's 1. MidnightBBQ's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Nom Nom Diner sells 33 one-off in-app purchases and MidnightBBQ sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MidnightBBQ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nom Nom Diner has 1.5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Nom Nom Diner ships an update every 10 days, MidnightBBQ every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nom Nom Diner | MidnightBBQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.5K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 640 MB | 203 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Zero One Games | Shanghai Smart Dog Technology Co., LTD |
Bugs and requests
Nom Nom Diner
Reported bugs
2 issues- Unable to progress past level 7
- Levels 34 and 40 are unbeatable
Requested features
2 requests- Add more levels
- Improve level progression
MidnightBBQ
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Nom Nom Diner
- Unlimited Energy$0.99
- Continue Deal$1.99
- Sale Deal$1.99
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- Market Grocery Bag$1.99
- Entry Pack of Gems$1.99
- Starter Pack$1.99
- Welcome Deal$1.99
- Starter Deal$1.99
- Big Booster Bundle$1.99
- Don't Skip the Deal$1.99
- Candies Boosters Bundle$2.99
- Instant Boosters Bundle$2.99
- Coins on Sale$2.99
- Unlimited Energy$2.99
- Restaurant Small Starter Pack$3.99
- Endless Rewards Package$3.99
- Survival Kit$3.99
- Grand Opening Pass$3.99
- Gold Vault Deal$4.99
- Endless Rewards Big Package$4.99
- Survival Kit$4.99
- Season Pass$4.99
- Welcome Bundle$4.99
- Superpower Bundle$5.99
- Small Pack$5.99
- Out of Boosters Deal$5.99
- Gems Offer$5.99
- Restaurant Starter Pack$5.99
- Starter Offer$6.99
- Premium Offer$7.99
- Hero Pack$9.99
- Premium Bundle$19.99
- Deluxe Offer$19.99
MidnightBBQ
- 新人大禮包$0.99
- 每日禮包$0.99
- 每日員工升級包$1.99
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- 一小包鉆石$4.99
- 菜品研發“十連包”$4.99
- 招募雅座小女僕$5.99
- 招募海濱小女僕$6.99
- 去除廣告30日特權$7.99
- 一大包鑽石$9.99
- 一盤鉆石$13.99
- 一罈子鉆石$17.99
Questions
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