Comparison

Dr. Panda Restaurant 2 vs Inventioneers Full Version

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

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About

Dr. Panda Restaurant 2

Children can unleash their culinary creativity in a virtual kitchen. They can select from over 20 ingredients, use various cooking methods, and serve their creations to customers, observing their unique reactions. This app offers a fun, ad-free environment for learning about food preparation.

Highlights
  • Choose from over 20 ingredients
  • Chop, bake, boil, fry, and more
  • Experiment with recipes
  • Observe customer reactions
  • Vegetarian mode
  • Safe for kids, no ads
Features
Currently charting
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**Best Kids App in more than 50 countries!** Dr. Panda’s Restaurant is re-opening, and this time all the choices are yours! Make the pizza of your dreams, a pasta dish to rave about, or a soup so spicy your customers will breathe fire! Sweet or salty? Spicy or bitter? It’s up to you! Kids can take charge in their own kitchen in Dr. Panda’s Restaurant 2! Future fine chefs have the freedom to choose what they want to prepare and exactly how they’d like to prepare it! Chop, grate, blend, fry and more with over 20 ingredients and create the perfect (or perfectly disgusting!) dish! Feed them to your customers and pay attention to how they react--it’ll be different every time! In Dr. Panda’s Restaurant 2 you can be a master chef, so get cooking! Key features: •Choose from over 20 ingredients: Fish, kiwifruit, eggs, peppers, tomatoes and more! •Chop, bake, boil, fry and more to make the perfect dish! •Experiment and have fun! No time limits or scoring. •Check out how customers react to what you use and how you cook! Dozens of different reactions to see! •Vegetarian mode included! •Safe for kids! Absolutely no third-party ads! Educational Values: •Learn the basic steps of making all sorts of different foods! •Get familiar with how different recipes and kitchen tools work! •Pick up on facial cues and choose what things customers want to eat! Winner of a NAPPA Gold Award! “You absolutely do not want to miss this.” Smart App for Kids “Great app for preschoolers and definitely a lot of fun to play” Mummy is a Gadget Geek “Great way of encouraging children to think about food and how it is prepared” Family Tech “Pretty, fun and rich. It gives a great overview of what cooking is” A Dr. Panda fan. Download Dr. Panda’s Restaurant 2 NOW and start cooking! Privacy Policy As a designer of kids’ games, we understand how important privacy is in this modern, digital world. You can read our privacy policy here: http://www.drpanda.com/privacy About Dr. Panda Dr. Panda is a developer of games for kids. We develop games with educational values that help kids learn about the world. All of our games are safe and do not contain inappropriate content. If you’d like to know more about us and how we design games for kids, visit our website www.drpanda.com/about. If you have any questions, feel free to send us an email at support@drpanda.com or contact us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/drpandagames) or Twitter (www.twitter.com/drpandagames) or Instagram (www.instagram.com/drpandagames)

About

Inventioneers Full Version

Unleash your creativity by building unique inventions with the help of tiny characters. Explore real-time physics concepts like air, fire, and magnetism. Share your creations with friends and even classmates.

Highlights
  • Create your own inventions
  • Learn real-time physics
  • Share inventions with friends
  • 120 inventions across 8 chapters
  • Over 100 objects to use
  • 18 characters to help
Features
Currently charting
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* FROM THE CREATORS OF PETTSON'S INVENTIONS DELUXE * *** Winner of Parents' Choice Gold Award *** BE CREATIVE! In this game you can create your own crazy, fun inventions! With the help of the Inventioneers, our tiny helpers with unique characteristics, you can invent fun, creative and often quite weird inventions. A lot of inventions are included in the game, the more you solve the more parts you receive for your own inventions! LEARN ABOUT PHYSICS! Inventioneers is an outstanding tool for learning about realtime physics and the science behind different features like air, fire, magnetism and jumping bunnies. What you can do with the tool is virtually endless. SHARE WITH FRIENDS! Invite friends to share their crazy inventions and you can share yours too! If you are a teacher you can set up the whole classroom as a user and share with other classes! The full version: • 8 chapters with a total of 120 inventions! • Create! - A fully working tool to create your own inventions • Share up to 16 inventions with your friends! • 100+ objects • 18 characters that you can help • 8 Inventioneers with unique features - "Windy", "Blaze", "Sporty", "Zappy", "Bunny", "Magneta", "Freezy" and "Maggie"

Screenshots

Dr. Panda Restaurant 24 screens
Inventioneers Full Version4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Inventioneers Full Version at 4.5 against Dr. Panda Restaurant 2's 4.1. Dr. Panda Restaurant 2's advantage is price ($3.99 vs $5.99) and ratings volume (402 vs 117). On review sentiment, 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

Dr. Panda Restaurant 2 costs $3.99 and Inventioneers Full Version $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Inventioneers Full Version holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 402 and 117 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of Dr. Panda Restaurant 2's written reviews are positive against 79% of Inventioneers Full Version's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dr. Panda Restaurant 2 ships an update every 4 months, Inventioneers Full Version every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Dr. Panda Restaurant 2 versus Inventioneers Full Version: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDr. Panda Restaurant 2Inventioneers Full Version
Price$3.99 — better$5.99
Rating4.1 (402 ratings)4.5 (117 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.9% of reviews — better78.8% of reviews
Number of ratings402 — better117
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank#185 — better#197
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size217 MB189 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDr. Panda LtdFilimundus AB

Customer experience

Dr. Panda Restaurant 2

All ratings399 ratings
Positive76.2%
Neutral8.0%
Negative15.8%
Written reviews678 reviews
Positive81.9%
Neutral6.9%
Negative11.2%

Inventioneers Full Version

All ratings115 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral3.5%
Negative9.6%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive78.8%
Neutral6.1%
Negative15.2%

User reviews

Dr. Panda Restaurant 2

From 402 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and engaging game
  • 👍 Cute and entertaining graphics
  • 👍 Educational for kids
  • 👍 Nostalgic for long-time players
  • 👍 Addictive and hard to put down

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
  • 🐛 Slow performance and loading issues
  • 👎 Limited food options and recipes
  • 👎 Repetitive gameplay after a while
  • 👎 Lack of customization and upgrades

Inventioneers Full Version

From 117 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🧠 Teaches problem solving
  • 💡 Encourages spatial reasoning
  • 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Fun for all ages
  • ✨ Nostalgic and engaging
  • 💯 High-quality and educational

Room to improve

  • 💰 Perceived as a rip-off
  • 🐌 Slow puzzle creation
  • 📈 Some levels too hard
  • ⚠️ Update ruined experience
  • ❌ Can't restore progress

Bugs and requests

Dr. Panda Restaurant 2

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Game freezes when adding ingredients to the pan
  • Inability to place cheese on pizzas
  • Difficulty in arranging sushi on plates
  • Vegetarian feature not functioning properly
  • Crashing when tapping the moon too much

Requested features

5 requests
  • More food items and recipes to cook
  • Ability to customize the restaurant and chef
  • Addition of new characters and customers
  • Progression system with levels and unlocks
  • In-app purchases for new content

Inventioneers Full Version

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • App crashes when not on WiFi
  • App crashes on launch (black screen)
  • Worlds/places won't click
  • Spinny thingy turns on its side
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  • Incompatible with older OS versions
  • Cannot sign in to old account
  • Japanese language not displayed
  • Full version won't open

Requested features

13 requests
  • Add more levels
  • Add more animals
  • Add cockroaches and socks
  • Add a cat named Carlile
  • Add a second game
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  • Add more places
  • Add disco ball item
  • Add new character: force man
  • Add sky and ground levels
  • Bring back present collection
  • Allow level skipping
  • Add rock and cheese slide to level
  • Restore progress/account feature

In-app purchases

None

Dr. Panda Restaurant 2

No in-app purchases

None

Inventioneers Full Version

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dr. Panda Restaurant 2 free?
Dr. Panda Restaurant 2 costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Inventioneers Full Version free?
Inventioneers Full Version costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dr. Panda Restaurant 2 or Inventioneers Full Version?
Inventioneers Full Version is rated higher. Dr. Panda Restaurant 2 averages 4.1 out of 5 from 402 ratings, while Inventioneers Full Version averages 4.5 from 117 ratings.
Do Dr. Panda Restaurant 2 or Inventioneers Full Version have ads?
Neither Dr. Panda Restaurant 2 nor Inventioneers Full Version shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dr. Panda Restaurant 2 or Inventioneers Full Version?
Dr. Panda Restaurant 2 ships an update every 4 months, and Inventioneers Full Version every 5 months. Most recently, Dr. Panda Restaurant 2 was updated on November 7, 2026 and Inventioneers Full Version on November 6, 2026.
Which is more popular, Dr. Panda Restaurant 2 or Inventioneers Full Version?
Dr. Panda Restaurant 2 currently peaks at #185 in the App Store charts, and Inventioneers Full Version at #197. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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