Comparison

Messy Chef vs BUSTED

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

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About

Messy Chef

Features
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Welcome to Messy Chef, a unique casual cooking adventure where delicious recipes meet hilarious pet mischief & teicky twists! If you love time management challenges, satisfying kitchen cleanup mechanics, and adorable animal puzzles, this is the perfect game for you. A COOKING GAME WITH A TRICKY FUN TWIST Step into the kitchen mess and prepare to cook delicious meals from around the world. But watch out! A playful, troublemaking pet or someone messy is always around, ready to spill the flour, knock over the spices, and create a massive disaster. Can you manage the kitchen rush, serve hungry customers, and clean up the mess before the timer runs out? COOK OVER TONS OF DELICIOUS RECIPES Unlock unique culinary chapters as you advance your chef career. Prepare, bake, and serve a massive variety of dishes, including: * Italian Favorites: Roll out the dough for cheesy pizzas and perfect pasta. * Asian Delights: Prepare fresh sushi and stir-fry delicious noodles. * Sweet Treats: Bake decorated cakes, donuts, and pastries in the bakery chapter. With over tons of unique recipes across multiple chapters and twists, your cooking diary will always be full of exciting new challenges!

About

BUSTED

Engage in a murder mystery where you interrogate suspects by typing your own questions. Uncover lies, take notes, and confront them with contradictions to solve the crime. New cases are released regularly.

Highlights
  • Free-text interrogation
  • Personalized case notes
  • Face-to-face accusations
  • Regular new case releases
  • Bilingual support (Arabic/English)
Features
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A detective game with one crime and five people who know something. One of them is lying about the thing that matters. BUSTED has no question menus. You type what you want to ask, in your own words, and the character answers in their own voice. What catches your eye, you write down in your own notes. Then the moment comes: two statements you heard that cannot both be true. Put them face to face, and watch the person behind them get exposed. • Free-text interrogation — ask in your own words, and no timer chases you. • Your own notes for each case — keep what catches your eye, and you catch the contradiction. • Accuse them to their face — and they will not confess unless you have enough on them. • A new case file opens every six hours, and the case of the week is free. • Play in 15 languages. One rule the game never tells you: four of the five are hiding something that is not the crime. Nervousness is not evidence. — Your privacy — No name, no email, no location, no account. Your device generates a random number for your saved case and your purchases; it carries no name and is never shared with advertisers. We measure with Google Firebase which cases are opened and which ads are shown — no name, nothing you type. Every reply has a Report button that removes it at once and sends it to us. All characters, events and places are fictional.

Screenshots

Messy Chef4 screens
BUSTED4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Messy Chef at none against BUSTED's 9. Messy Chef also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price 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

Both are free to download. BUSTED sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Messy Chef asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Messy Chef versus BUSTED: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMessy ChefBUSTED
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.6 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size173 MB155 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperCozy Mini GamesMoataz Alismail

In-app purchases

None

Messy Chef

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

BUSTED

One-time9
  • 300 Coins$0.99
  • 200 Coins$1.99
  • Faces$1.99
Show 6 more
  • Cold Files$2.99
  • 1000 Coins$2.99
  • 650 Coins$4.99
  • 3000 Coins$5.99
  • Remove Ads$6.99
  • 1700 Coins$9.99

Questions

Is Messy Chef free?
Messy Chef is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BUSTED free?
BUSTED is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Messy Chef or BUSTED have ads?
BUSTED shows ads; Messy Chef does not.

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