Comparison

CookVenture vs A Tiny Realm

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

Head to head
About

CookVenture

Features
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Merge a delicious dish, serve a happy guest, and give your restaurant something new every day! CookVenture brings relaxing item merging and restaurant management together in one satisfying experience. Begin with a simple space, merge ingredients on the board, unlock new dishes, complete customer orders, and invest your earnings back into the business. RELAXING MERGE PLAY Slide and combine matching items to discover bread, burgers, fries, desserts, steak, and more. Use board space wisely and plan your merge chain to reach each goal. SERVE YOUR GUESTS Pay attention to every craving, prepare the correct dish, and serve it on time. Complete orders, collect earnings, and keep new customers coming through the door. BUILD YOUR RESTAURANT Add tables and seats, unlock kitchen stations, serving areas, restrooms, and other facilities. Expand the dining area and transform a simple diner into a busy food destination. MAKE MEANINGFUL UPGRADES Increase dish value, shorten cooking time, and improve seating and service facilities. Every investment can make the restaurant more efficient, and you decide what to develop next. Easy controls, a cheerful pace, and the satisfaction of steady progress make every session rewarding. Make your first merge and begin your restaurant story today!

About

A Tiny Realm

Features
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Place hex tiles. Watch a tiny kingdom take shape. Hex & Hearth is a cozy puzzle where every tile you place fits — or doesn't — against the edges of its neighbors. Roads connect to roads. Rivers flow into rivers. Walls march along castle ridgelines. There's no timer breathing down your neck. No ads cutting your flow. Just you, the hex grid, and 50 hand-crafted little worlds. WHAT YOU'LL BUILD • 50 puzzle levels across 5 themed packs — winding country roads, river deltas, coastal harbors, scattered island chains, and finally a full castle pack inspired by Carcassonne, Krak des Chevaliers, and Mont Saint-Michel. • Bridges over rivers. Watchtowers on hills. Bailey walls around keeps. • Villages with cottages, taverns, market squares, and the occasional cannon. HOW IT PLAYS • Pick up the next tile in your queue, rotate it, and drop it where the edges match. • Early levels teach the language; later puzzles open up into full sandboxes where you place tiles freely. • Get stuck? Undo, restart, or step away — your progress is saved. • Times are tracked. Beat your best, climb the global ranking. WHAT MAKES IT QUIET • No ads. • No energy meters or "wait two hours for hearts." • No microtransactions. • Plays offline. • Portrait. One thumb. Five minutes or an hour — you set the pace. LOCALIZED • English and Portuguese (pt-BR). Made by a small team who wanted to ship a puzzle game their grandmothers would actually finish. We hope you do too.

Screenshots

CookVenture4 screens
A Tiny Realm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: A Tiny Realm at none against CookVenture's 10. A Tiny Realm also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. CookVenture sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. A Tiny Realm asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CookVenture ships an update every 3 weeks, A Tiny Realm daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
CookVenture versus A Tiny Realm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCookVentureA Tiny Realm
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size502 MB240 MB
Age rating17+9+
DeveloperHappy Loong LimitedTexas PFCG Aplicativos Ltda

In-app purchases

10 purchases

CookVenture

One-time10
  • GiftPack_1$0.99
  • GiftPack_2$1.99
  • GiftPack_3$2.99
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  • GiftPack_4$3.99
  • GiftPack_5$4.99
  • Diamond_9$29.99
  • Diamond_10$39.99
  • Diamond_5$49.99
  • Diamond_11$59.99
  • Diamond_12$79.99
None

A Tiny Realm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CookVenture free?
CookVenture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is A Tiny Realm free?
A Tiny Realm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CookVenture or A Tiny Realm have ads?
Both CookVenture and A Tiny Realm show ads.
Which is updated more often, CookVenture or A Tiny Realm?
CookVenture ships an update every 3 weeks, and A Tiny Realm daily. Most recently, CookVenture was updated on October 24, 2026 and A Tiny Realm on October 5, 2026.

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