Word Kitchen vs PudgelHaven
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Word Kitchen
Test your vocabulary and puzzle-solving skills in a culinary-themed word game. Serve up delicious dishes by finding words, with a helpful hint system available when you need it. It's a great way to relax and train your brain.
- Vocabulary challenges
- Puzzle solving
- Culinary theme
- Stress relief
- Brain training
- Hint system
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Can you handle the heat in the Word Kitchen? Use your puzzle solving and vocabulary knowledge to serve up some tasty dishes in the hottest kitchen in town. Great for stress relief and brain training and if you do run into some trouble our hint system is there to help. Service!
PudgelHaven
A relaxing idle game focused on nurturing a peaceful sanctuary. Watch charming creatures gather resources and grow your haven automatically. Upgrade your sanctuary to accelerate progress and passive income.
- Automatic resource gathering
- Peaceful sanctuary building
- Passive income generation
- Upgrade system for faster growth
- Lovely creature inhabitants
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A calm idle game where lovely little beings gather and thrive automatically. Upgrade to grow faster, earn more passively, and build your own peaceful haven.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PudgelHaven at none against Word Kitchen's 5. PudgelHaven also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Word Kitchen's advantage is chart position (#78 vs unranked) and ratings volume (9.8K vs 1.2K). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Word Kitchen sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. PudgelHaven asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Word Kitchen against 4.8 for PudgelHaven. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Word Kitchen has 9.8K ratings behind it against 1.2K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Word Kitchen's written reviews are positive against 83% of PudgelHaven's.
Word Kitchen ships an update every 2 months, PudgelHaven every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Word Kitchen | PudgelHaven |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (9.8K ratings) — better | 4.8 (1.2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.3% of reviews | 83.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9.8K — better | 1.2K |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #78 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 303 MB | 197 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Gimica GmbH | 新乐 王 |
Customer experience
Word Kitchen
PudgelHaven
In-app purchases
Word Kitchen
- Rubies Small$0.99
- Rubies Small$1.99
- Rubies Medium$3.99
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- Rubies Large$5.99
- Rubies Largest$11.99
PudgelHaven
No in-app purchases
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