Comparison

Cooking Fever vs Tiny Cafe

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

Tiny Cafe

Run your own cozy cafe, brewing coffee and serving treats to adorable cat customers. This idle simulation game lets you manage staff, expand your menu, and grow your business into a global franchise. Enjoy relaxing music and charming stories.

Highlights
  • Run your own cafe
  • Brew drip coffee
  • Serve cat customers
  • Manage cute staff
  • Expand to global cities
  • Collect Cheese
  • Soothing cafe music
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■ Tiny Cafe, a cute and cozy cafe game featuring cat customers and winner of the 2024 BIC Best Casual Game Award, has officially launched! A new cozy cafe game from the developers of Forest Island, a relaxing animal game downloaded by 7 million players who love beautiful nature and animals! [Game Introduction] 1. Run your own cafe for free! Open and run a cafe with Dolce, the world's smallest barista mouse, and the cat Gusto. Brew drip coffee with beans from Gusto's own roastery. The aromatic smell of coffee will attract cats to your cafe. 2. A casual idle simulation cooking game that's easy to play and simple to learn. Leave the cute staff to their own devices to work hard brewing coffee. The showcase will automatically fill with freshly baked donuts. Install new tools such as espresso machines, ovens, and more, and add cakes and other items to the menu. 3. Serve coffee to cat customers Treat cat customers to heart-melting hot coffee and sweet treats. Make sure they like your cafe and become regulars. Enjoy additional stories of your regulars along with their daily or special menu orders on Catbook, the feline social network. 4. Cute part-timers working hard to create your menu items Watch as cute little mice scurry around making espressos, lattes, and other drinks and desserts. Set up various rest areas, like a bathhouse, and earn Cheese when staff use them. Collect Cheese to hire more staff and grow your cafe. 5. 30+ managers with different skills at each grade to help you run your cafe Call in a special manager with the special delivery service. If you're lucky, you'll get a top-tier Platinum-grade manager with 4 stars. When you put managers in your cafe who have a good synergy with each other, your cafe will grow even faster! 6. Go global! Gather a loyal customer base and harness word of mouth on social media to expand your cafe to cities like New York, Paris, Hawaii, Seoul, Tokyo, and more. Become a global franchise brand like many you know from the human world. With a trusted manager and well-trained part-timers, your cafe dreams will certainly come true. 7. Soothing cafe music Enjoy cafe music from the developers of the global hit, Forest Island. Listen to them and you'll feel refreshed after a tiring day or a depressing mood. [Official Instagram] Follow Tiny Cafe's official Instagram for special events, announcements, free merchandise, and more. https://www.instagram.com/tinycafe_dolce ■ If one of the following sounds like you, we recommend Tiny Cafe! - Love coffee and sweets - Want to run a cute cafe - Want to get to know cat customers - Dream of becoming a barista or pastry chef - Want to learn how to make cafe menu items - Enjoy cafe music or ASMR - Love a relaxed cafe atmosphere - Want to grow a small, independent cafe into a global franchise - Want to play a cozy idle game, growth game, or simulation game - Play tycoon games, food games, cooking games, and restaurant games - Enjoy cute animal games and cat games - Love manga and anime with stories - Enjoy interactive story games Tiny Cafe, a cute, cozy cafe game with cat customers, Join Dolce, the world's smallest barista, and Gusto the cat, and serve cats coffee! ---- Contact Us https://nanalistudios.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portals

Screenshots

Cooking Fever4 screens
Tiny Cafe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tiny Cafe at 70% against Cooking Fever's 43%. Tiny Cafe also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Cooking Fever's advantage is ratings volume (342K vs 4K) and chart position (#29 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, 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 Tiny Cafe sells 36 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tiny Cafe holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cooking Fever has 342K ratings behind it against 4K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Cooking Fever's written reviews are positive against 70% of Tiny Cafe's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cooking Fever ships an update fortnightly, Tiny Cafe every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Cooking Fever versus Tiny Cafe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCooking FeverTiny Cafe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (342K ratings)4.8 (4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.7% of reviews69.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings342K — better4K
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#29 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size263 MB479 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperNordcurrent UABNanali 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%

Tiny Cafe

All ratings4,015 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews653 reviews
Positive69.7%
Neutral10.0%
Negative20.4%

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

Tiny Cafe

From 4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💕 Cute and cozy game
  • 🎨 Excellent art style and animations
  • 🕹️ Engaging and addictive gameplay
  • 🎁 Reasonable amount of ads/monetization
  • 🗣️ Interesting storylines and characters

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and loading issues
  • 💰 Progression can feel grindy at times
  • 🕰️ Slow progress in later stages
  • 🔍 Unclear mechanics/tutorials in some areas
  • 🔊 Audio issues after watching ads

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

Tiny Cafe

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to progress past certain missions
  • Loss of progress/account data after periods of inactivity
  • Incorrect or missing information in certain popups

Requested features

5 requests
  • More customization options for the cafe
  • Ability to recruit and customize employees
  • Offline/AFK earning mechanics
  • Mini-games or other side activities
  • Improved performance on higher branches

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
36 purchases

Tiny Cafe

One-time36
  • Barista Pack I$0.99
  • AD Remove Pack I (Discount)$0.99
  • Cafe Support Pack$0.99
Show 33 more
  • Cheese Package$1.99
  • Coin Package$1.99
  • AD Remove Pack I$1.99
  • Best friends Pack (Discount)$1.99
  • 300 Gems$1.99
  • Mascot Skin Pack$2.99
  • Cherry Blossom Pass$3.99
  • Seasonal Pakage - Winter$3.99
  • Unlock Reward$3.99
  • Blue Snake Pack$3.99
  • Dice package$3.99
  • Sally's Branch #1 Support Pack$3.99
  • AD Remove Pack II (Discount)$3.99
  • Branch #1 PASS$3.99
  • Branch #2 Special Pack$3.99
  • Dean's Branch #2 Support Pack$3.99
  • Attendance book (Special)$3.99
  • Daily Gem$3.99
  • 1000 Gems$6.99
  • Season Pass (Halloween)$7.99
  • Branch #3 PASS$7.99
  • AD Remove Pack II$7.99
  • Branch #2 PASS$7.99
  • Barista Pack III$9.99
  • AD Remove Pack III (Discount)$9.99
  • Best friends Pack$9.99
  • Pablo's high-end camera$9.99
  • Gusto Gift$19.99
  • AD Remove Pack III$19.99
  • Roastery Pack$19.99
  • 3300 Gems$19.99
  • 7000 Gems$39.99
  • 16000 Gems$79.99

Questions

Is Cooking Fever free?
Cooking Fever is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tiny Cafe free?
Tiny Cafe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cooking Fever or Tiny Cafe?
Tiny Cafe is rated higher. Cooking Fever averages 4.5 out of 5 from 342K ratings, while Tiny Cafe averages 4.8 from 4K ratings.
Do Cooking Fever or Tiny Cafe have ads?
Both Cooking Fever and Tiny Cafe show ads.
Which is updated more often, Cooking Fever or Tiny Cafe?
Cooking Fever ships an update fortnightly, and Tiny Cafe every 2 weeks. Most recently, Cooking Fever was updated on September 24, 2026 and Tiny Cafe on September 23, 2026.

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