Comparison

Cooking Fever vs Baker Business 3

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

Baker Business 3

Experience running your own bakery by purchasing ingredients, baking a variety of recipes, and serving customers. Level up to unlock new items and upgrade your bakery. Enjoy a relaxing baking simulation game suitable for all ages.

Highlights
  • Bake over 90 recipes
  • Use over 40 real ingredients
  • Unlock bakery upgrades
  • Fulfill customer orders
  • Relaxing roleplay gameplay
  • Discover secret items
Features
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Love baking games? In Baker Business 3 you’ll get the experience of running your very own bakery! By purchasing ingredients, baking a large variety of unlockable recipes, upgrading your bakery, and serving your freshly baked baked goods to your various customers! All the while leveling up to unlock more surprise recipes and items for your bakery at an enjoyable pace all for free! So Many Baked Goods! Bake and sell a wide variety of bakery items including: cake, cookies, muffins, doughnuts, cupcakes, bread, coffee, soda pop, parfaits, juice, and more! Unlock, Bake and Sell What You Love! As you level up you’ll be able to choose what recipe category you’d like research and decide what type of bakery you’ll have. Love doughnuts and cookies? Fantastic! Keep discovering new recipes in those categories. Want to go “traditional bakery style” and unlock bread and cake? You can do that! Do you want to sell as many types of baked goods as possible? Then research all the categories and unlock every baking recipe possible. Sell what you desire to serve in your bakery and to your customers! Bake With Real Baking Ingredients! Each recipe calls for a specified quantity of different real-life baking ingredients you’ll be able to stock and bake with! As you level up you’ll be able to purchase ingredients in higher quantities, or bulk, to keep up with your baking demand. Keep Your Customers On Their Toes! Your customers are always on the lookout for new items in your bakery, so don’t forget to bake and stock any and all new food items you unlock at each level! Your customers will thank you! Upgrade And Expand Your Bakery! Your bakery will be able to expand with you as you level up from baking by unlocking and purchasing more baking ovens, item display cases, bread shelves, and more! Baker Business 3 Features: - Unlock over 90+ different bakeable recipes! - Bake with over 40+ real-life baking ingredients! - Unlock various bakery upgrades from a tip jar to snack fridge and much more! - Fulfill your customer’s various orders by quickly serving them what they're asking for. - Enjoy the relaxing roleplay bakery gameplay at an enjoyable pace. - Discover various secret interactable items in your bakery. - Easy-to-play and suitable for all ages! You can do this! Ready. Set. Bake!! Connect with us at Living Code Labs: Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/LivingCodeLabs Like us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/LivingCodeLabs Visit our Website: http://livingcodelabs.com If you have any new baking recipes, ingredients or fun touches to suggest get in contact with us on our website! We’d love to hear from you!

Screenshots

Cooking Fever4 screens
Baker Business 34 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Cooking Fever at 342K against Baker Business 3's 961. Cooking Fever also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and rating (4.5 vs 4.2). Baker Business 3's advantage is review sentiment (54% vs 43%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Baker Business 3 sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cooking Fever holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cooking Fever has 342K ratings behind it against 961, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of Cooking Fever's written reviews are positive against 54% of Baker Business 3's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cooking Fever ships an update fortnightly, Baker Business 3 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Cooking Fever versus Baker Business 3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCooking FeverBaker Business 3
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (342K ratings) — better4.2 (961 ratings)
Positive reviews42.7% of reviews54.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings342K — better961
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#27 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size263 MB242 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNordcurrent UABAdam Bowles

Customer experience

Cooking Fever

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

Baker Business 3

All ratings961 ratings
Positive78.1%
Neutral7.9%
Negative13.9%
Written reviews603 reviews
Positive54.4%
Neutral15.1%
Negative30.5%

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

Baker Business 3

From 961 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Aesthetically pleasing graphics
  • 🕹️ Relaxing and addictive gameplay
  • 🎁 Premium features worth the price
  • 🔍 Detailed and realistic bakery simulation
  • 🎉 Engaging progression and leveling system

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Premium purchase issues and lack of support
  • 🔁 Repetitive gameplay after reaching higher levels
  • 💰 Difficulty in earning sufficient profits
  • ⏱️ Ovens breaking down too frequently
  • 📦 Limited display space for baked goods

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

Baker Business 3

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Premium purchase not working as intended
  • Inconsistent save/restore of purchased content
  • Game freezing or crashing on certain devices
  • Oven timers not functioning correctly when app is closed
  • Incorrect display of baked goods in the bakery

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to customize bakery layout and decor
  • Addition of coffee/drink options for customers
  • Offline earnings or background baking functionality
  • More diverse recipes and baked goods to unlock
  • Improved price adjustment and profit management

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
4 purchases

Baker Business 3

One-time4
  • Premium Version$4.99
  • Baker Business 3 - Halloween$4.99
  • Baker Business 3 - Christmas$4.99
Show 1 more
  • Baker Business 3 - Spring Pack$4.99

Questions

Is Cooking Fever free?
Cooking Fever is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Baker Business 3 free?
Baker Business 3 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cooking Fever or Baker Business 3?
Cooking Fever is rated higher. Cooking Fever averages 4.5 out of 5 from 342K ratings, while Baker Business 3 averages 4.2 from 961 ratings.
Do Cooking Fever or Baker Business 3 have ads?
Both Cooking Fever and Baker Business 3 show ads.
Which is updated more often, Cooking Fever or Baker Business 3?
Cooking Fever ships an update fortnightly, and Baker Business 3 every 2 months. Most recently, Cooking Fever was updated on September 24, 2026 and Baker Business 3 on September 19, 2026.

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