Charm King™ vs Tasty Tale
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Charm King™
Embark on a magical Match 3 puzzle adventure through a fairy tale kingdom. Solve challenging levels, meet memorable characters, and enjoy relaxing gameplay with stunning graphics. Participate in daily and seasonal events for continuous fun.
- Thousands of charming levels
- Beautifully vivid HD graphics
- Soothing gameplay and audio
- Hilarious fairy tale stories
- Tricky puzzle challenges
- Daily and seasonal events
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Once upon a time, a new game appeared to lay claim to the title of the most charming Match 3 puzzle game in the world! Welcome to Charm King! Play now and embark on a magical journey through a fairy tale kingdom, filled with fun, adventure, and humor. Along the way you will meet unforgettable characters and solve challenging puzzles to help everybody live happily ever after. CHARM KING FEATURES: • Completely FREE to play with THOUSANDS of charming levels • ENJOY beautifully vivid HD graphics • RELAX and de-stress with soothing game play and audio • LAUGH OUT LOUD with hilarious fairy tale stories and cute characters • CHALLENGE yourself to solve tricky puzzles • PLAY and progress with friends • WIN spectacular boosts to blast through challenges • Always something new to unlock with DAILY and SEASONAL EVENTS! Please note Charm King is completely free to play but some in-game items such as extra moves or lives will require payment. You can turn-off the payment feature by disabling in-app purchases in your device’s settings.
Tasty Tale
Embark on a culinary adventure combining match-3 puzzles with cooking. Prepare and serve delicious dishes from hundreds of recipes across diverse global locations. Compete with friends and overcome challenging levels in this engaging puzzle game.
- Match-3 ingredient puzzles
- Over 1000 challenging levels
- Global restaurant settings
- Hundreds of recipes
- Compete with friends on leaderboards
- Unlock Super Ingredients and boosters
- Daily rewards from fortune wheel
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Do you enjoy cooking and match 3 puzzle games? Mix and match colorful and yummy ingredients to solve over 1000 levels in Tasty Tale, a highly amusing and addictive free puzzle adventure. You are the chef in restraurants around the world preparing and serving tasty dishes from hundreds of recipes like salads, burgers, cookies, candy, cakes or pizza by combining vegetables, fruits, meat, fish and many more. Travel the world and serve up your classic creations to wonderfully amusing cute characters such as Grandma, Pinocchio, The Three Little Pigs, Red Riding Hood and many more in places like „Petit Paris“, „El Sombrero“, „Mermaid Kingdom“, „The Candy Factory“ or the „Casino Palace“. Can you cook better than your friends? Why don't you jump in and cook your way up to the top? Enjoy the challenge and come and see why Tasty Tale is such an entertaining and funny treat. REVIEWS: „I love this game! It's fun and very addictive.“ ***** „This game is addictive. Can‘t stop playing everyone should try this game“ ***** „Love this game so much. It entertains me and makes me hungry to eat for each level...Hahaha! :)“ ***** 5 STAR FEATURES: - Easy to learn, hard to master - Colorful and vivid graphics - Over 1000 yummy levels with challenging obstacles - Leaderboards to compete with and crush your friends - Unlock and master the power of Super Ingredients - Seamless synchronization with Facebook to play on PC, phone or tablet - Boosters to help you through tough levels - Amusing Characters - Spin the wheel of fortune to get your daily reward Last, but not least, a big THANK YOU goes out to everyone who has played Tasty Tale! Already a fan of Tasty Tale? Like us on Facebook for the latest news and events: https://www.facebook.com/tastytalegame So what are you waiting for? Plenty of yummy recipes are waiting for you to be cooked in the most exquisite match 3 puzzle adventure. Play now! Please note that Tasty Tale is completely free to play but some in-game items such as extra moves or lives will require payment. Imprint: https://www.sweetnitro.com/legal.php?site=tt Terms of use: https://www.sweetnitro.com/tou.php?site=tt
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Verdict
Charm King™ and Tasty Tale both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 74% of Tasty Tale's written reviews are positive against 49% of Charm King™'s. Charm King™'s advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and chart position (#59 vs unranked). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Charm King™ sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Tasty Tale sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Charm King™ against 4.7 for Tasty Tale. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18K and 4.6K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 49% of Charm King™'s written reviews are positive against 74% of Tasty Tale's.
Charm King™ ships an update every 3 weeks, Tasty Tale every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Charm King™ | Tasty Tale |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (18K ratings) — better | 4.7 (4.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.5% of reviews | 73.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18K — better | 4.6K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #59 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 275 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PlayQ Inc | Sublinet |
Customer experience
Charm King™
Tasty Tale
User reviews
Charm King™
From 18K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ❤️ Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🎨 Charming graphics and visuals
- 🕹️ Challenging but rewarding levels
- 🎁 Generous rewards and bonuses
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- ⏱️ Slow loading times and performance issues
- 💰 Aggressive monetization and in-app purchases
- 🔍 Lack of customer support and communication
Tasty Tale
From 4.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Enjoyable game
- 🎨 Lovely graphics
- ⏱️ Good time-passer
- 🧠 Challenging but not too difficult
Room to improve
- 🔍 Lack of written recipe information
- 🤖 Irrelevant hazards (bombs)
- 🔊 Repetitive background music
- 💰 Progression blocked without purchases
- 📢 Intrusive ads
Bugs and requests
Charm King™
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game freezes or crashes when opening certain features
- Rewards and bonuses not properly credited or delivered
- Inability to load or progress past certain levels
- Sync and login issues across different platforms
Requested features
4 requests- More diverse and engaging storylines
- Ability to save progress and sync across devices
- Option to disable intrusive ads and notifications
- Improved level design and difficulty progression
Tasty Tale
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game freezes and crashes
- Progress not saving properly
- Linking to Facebook causes reset
- Levels not loading correctly
Requested features
5 requests- Add written recipe details
- Remove unnecessary hazards
- Provide more background music variety
- Improve progression without requiring purchases
- Reduce ad frequency and interruptions
In-app purchases
Charm King™
- 16 Gold$1.99
- Tiny Gold Pack$1.99
- Special Offer$1.99
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- Special Offer$3.99
- Special Offer$4.99
- Special Offer$6.99
- 85 Gold$9.99
- Medium Gold Pack$9.99
- 185 Gold$19.99
- Gold Pack$19.99
Tasty Tale
- 10 bucks$0.99
- 20 bucks$1.99
- Starter Pack$2.99
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- 50 bucks$4.99
- 100 bucks$9.99
- 200 bucks$19.99
- 500 bucks$49.99
Questions
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