Comparison

Cooking Fever vs Cooking Craze

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

Head to head
About

Cooking Fever

Manage and cook delicious meals and desserts from around the world in this time-management game. Practice various cooking techniques across unique restaurant settings, upgrade appliances, and decorate to attract more customers. Enjoy thousands of levels and hundreds of dishes.

Highlights
  • Cook global dishes with quality ingredients
  • Variety of unique restaurant locations
  • Hundreds of kitchen appliance upgrades
  • Decorate restaurants to attract customers
  • Thousands of levels to complete
Features
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Cook delicious meals and desserts from all over the world in this FREE addictive time-management game! With a wide choice of unique locations and restaurants, from Desserts and Fast Food to Indian and Chinese cuisines, you will be able to practice your skills in a variety of settings and cooking techniques. Use hundreds of delicious ingredients to cook the best quality dishes. Try all the possible kitchen appliances, from coffee makers and rice cookers to pizza ovens and popcorn makers. Decorate your restaurants to attract more clients. Make your own freebies, such as cookies or cupcakes, to make your customers’ experience more personal and memorable – just like in real life! Upgrade your kitchen and produce an even greater variety of dishes. Oh, and did we say that this game is as addictive and as engrossing as fever? Have fun cooking and don’t forget to share your delicious meals with your friends on Facebook! Features: • Thousands of delicious dishes to cook using hundreds best quality ingredients • Huge choice of world famous cuisines • More than a 1000 levels to complete • Hundreds and hundreds of upgrades for your kitchen appliances and interior IMPORTANT NOTE: Cooking Fever requires access to the internet in order to play. The game uses a small amount of data for features like our daily rewards, restoring lost game progress, tournaments, challenges, and other gameplay improvements. Terms and conditions https://nordcurrent.com/privacy/general-nordcurrent-terms-and-conditions/

About

Cooking Craze

Become a master chef in this free restaurant simulation game. Prepare and serve a wide variety of global dishes, manage your time, and upgrade your kitchen to build your own culinary empire. Play through thousands of levels across different cities and unlock new recipes and techniques.

Highlights
  • Cook global dishes
  • Manage restaurant empire
  • Upgrade kitchen and speed
  • Over 4000 levels
  • Offline play available
  • Earn coins and spoons
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Cook up a storm serving food from around the world playing our free restaurant game Cooking Craze. Prepare, cook & serve tasty dishes like a professional chef and master the kitchen as you tap to grill, bake and cook your way to the top. Bake wood-fired pizza in Rome, grill juicy burgers in New York and prepare fine French cuisine in Paris — but be careful, playing fast isn’t enough! You need to keep your customers happy in order to grow your empire. Can you take the heat, Chef? Cook classic restaurant dishes from across the globe; • Make hundreds of delicious dishes including burgers, pizza, sushi, ramen, dumplings and more • Grill fresh fish, tasty steak, succulent shrimp, and veggie kabobs • Love desserts? Why not deep fry sweet donuts, bake baklava, serve ice cream, cheesecake or cakes? Create a Restaurant Empire! • Choose from over 100 ingredients cooking up tasty cuisine • Create premium dishes with delicious new ingredients • Launch new restaurants while learning new cooking techniques • Add a new recipe from each city you visit • Cook in a variety of settings Level up with Cooking Quests, Powerful Boosts and features! • Serve food fast while managing your time to earn kitchen upgrades • Beat over 4000 levels across six continents • Master all 3 difficulty levels to get golden comment cards to earn free coins and spoons • Dash through service to earn BIG TIPS or work extra shifts to earn money for upgrades • Equip your chef with treats for customers, non-stick pans and MORE! • Upgrade your kitchen & increase your speed • Use a variety of special boosts to cook your way to victory • Cook GREEN with an Eco Boost & go organic for more tips • Win achievements by completing combos, cooking perfect meals & earning big tips The best restaurant gaming experience: • New levels and cities around the world added regularly • Hours of free fun, whenever, wherever you want! • Play online or OFFLINE WITHOUT WIFI or internet after initial download! Download Cooking Craze and create your own kitchen empire! Connect with us! Stay up to date and follow Cooking Craze on social via: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CookingCrazeGame Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cookingcrazegame Twitter: https://twitter.com/cookingcrazeapp YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CookingCraze By downloading Cooking Craze, you are agreeing to the following terms of use: https://www.bigfishgames.com/company/terms.html For more top games from Big Fish Games, visit www.bigfishgames.com

Screenshots

Cooking Fever4 screens
Cooking Craze4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Cooking Fever at fortnightly against Cooking Craze's every 6 weeks. Cooking Fever also leads on chart position (#28 vs unranked). Cooking Craze's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (52% vs 43%). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Cooking Fever sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Cooking Craze sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cooking Craze holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 342K and 257K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Cooking Fever's written reviews are positive against 52% of Cooking Craze's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cooking Fever ships an update fortnightly, Cooking Craze every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Cooking Fever versus Cooking Craze: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCooking FeverCooking Craze
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (342K ratings)4.7 (257K ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.7% of reviews52.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings342K — better257K
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#28 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size263 MB492 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNordcurrent UABBFG Entertainment Inc.

Customer experience

Cooking Fever

All ratings342,191 ratings
Positive88.1%
Neutral5.0%
Negative6.9%
Written reviews4,634 reviews
Positive42.7%
Neutral16.9%
Negative40.4%

Cooking Craze

All ratings257,262 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral4.5%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews2,061 reviews
Positive52.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative33.0%

User reviews

Cooking Fever

From 342K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Addictive and fun gameplay
  • 🔍 Realistic cooking simulation
  • 🎨 Visually appealing graphics
  • 🤖 Helpful auto-cook feature

Room to improve

  • 💎 Difficult to obtain gems for upgrades
  • 🎰 Casino feature is a 'rip-off'
  • 🕰️ Customers too impatient
  • 💰 Expensive to progress without spending money

Cooking Craze

From 257K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Challenging and fun
  • 🚀 Addictive gameplay
  • 🚀 Culturally diverse dishes
  • 🚀 Generous with free rewards

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 🔒 Impossible levels without paid boosts
  • 🔒 Money not transferable between cities
  • 🔒 Cluttered with ads and promotions

Bugs and requests

Cooking Fever

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Progress rollback issue
  • Disappearing in-app purchases
  • Forced ads that crash the game

Requested features

4 requests
  • More ways to earn gems without spending money
  • Reduce gem requirements for upgrades and new restaurants
  • Add a 'collect all' button for daily restaurant earnings
  • Increase customer patience levels

Cooking Craze

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezes and crashes
  • Double-tap to trash feature causes issues
  • Customers not ordering enough to complete levels

Requested features

4 requests
  • Currency conversion between cities
  • Option to turn off boosts
  • Improved performance and stability
  • More efficient way to dispose of items

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Cooking Fever

One-time10
  • Crispy Pack$1.49
  • Diner Pack$1.49
  • Chef's Mystery Box$2.49
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  • Delicious Pack$3.99
  • Bistro Pack$3.99
  • Tasty Pack$6.49
  • Buffet Pack$6.49
  • Chefs Special Piggy Bank$6.49
  • Cafeteria Pack$12.99
  • Restaurant Pack$24.99
10 purchases

Cooking Craze

One-time10
  • 50 Spoons$0.99
  • Starter Pack$1.99
  • Special Bundle$1.99
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  • 60 Spoons$1.99
  • 300 Spoons$4.99
  • Special Bundle$6.99
  • 650 spoons$9.99
  • Special Bundle$12.99
  • 1,700 Spoons$24.99
  • Special Bundle$34.99

Questions

Is Cooking Fever free?
Cooking Fever is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cooking Craze free?
Cooking Craze is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cooking Fever or Cooking Craze?
Cooking Craze is rated higher. Cooking Fever averages 4.5 out of 5 from 342K ratings, while Cooking Craze averages 4.7 from 257K ratings.
Do Cooking Fever or Cooking Craze have ads?
Both Cooking Fever and Cooking Craze show ads.
Which is updated more often, Cooking Fever or Cooking Craze?
Cooking Fever ships an update fortnightly, and Cooking Craze every 6 weeks. Most recently, Cooking Fever was updated on September 24, 2026 and Cooking Craze on September 24, 2026.

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