Tasty Tale vs Monster Busters
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Monster Busters
Connect and match colorful monsters by drawing lines to solve puzzles and rescue trapped friends. Utilize special bombs and strategic thinking to overcome evolving challenges in a beautiful Asian-themed world. Compete with friends and collect badges across hundreds of levels.
- Draw lines to link and match monsters
- Create special bombs by connecting longer chains
- Variety of mission types and blockers
- Over 1500 stages of gameplay
- Asia-themed artwork and environments
- Play with and compete against friends
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Match easily as drawing lines! Play Link Flash! Check out unique features that have never existed in traditional match puzzle games! Toggle and choose the special bomb you get, connect two different colors, and many more! Save the Gingerbread friends trapped by evil Monsters! Calling your brainpower and willingness to take on challenges in this puzzle mission. All you need us to get your spirit ready! Link Flash is a new game from the casual puzzle game makers of Monster Busters. In this oddly beautiful and mysterious Asian temple towers and gardens, start your puzzle journey, link as long as you can, and beat the Monsters. The simple game play where you draw lines to link Monsters will lead you to fun relaxation. * Practice advanced link and match play rules Link 3 or more Monsters of a kind that are neighboring each other or diagonal. You’ll see beautiful glowing lines following your magic links! The longer you connect, the more special bombs you'll create and this will power up your hero. Try connecting them to make loops, and see the high impact bombs placed as a prize. * Strategize for different missions Variety of mission types will keep you entertained! Climb up the Monster tower, enter into the rooms to battle, and find magical new missions like tooth cages, ice cells, cursed monster jars. Exercise your brain to come up with the best play strategies to connect as long as you can! * Challenge the Monsters as they reinforce Monsters keep evolving and strengthening to keep the Gingerbread. They will throw stormy clouds, sticky spider nets, tangling chains on your way. Your brain will be teased as you’re introduced to new Monsters in different episodes and try to break the puzzles. * Enjoy beautiful and unique Asia-themed artwork Monsters built their hive in a faraway Asian temple tower to trap Gingerbread friends. You’ll embark on an adventure to explore fully of exotic and charming Asian universe. Enter into the mysterious rooms decorated with paper lanterns and Asian totems. Draw your lines to see glowing effect and win. * Play with friends, compete and help You’re not the only one in this challenging adventure! Find your friends that are already playing or invite your own friends to enjoy this magical journey. Connect with the amazing fans of Monster Busters on Facebook, and join the gang. You can exchange gifts and share hearts to continue your adventure. Features: - Unique match game play by drawing lines to link Monster tiles - Receive coins from every stage you beat, and use them for special weapons and lives - Items and coins purchases are available as you need - Various missions and monster blockers offered and will be added to work out your brain - Over 1500 stages of fun and excitement - Pick your favorite avatar hero from the selection of adorable kids - Achieve different goals, and receive worthwhile badges into your collection * We are collecting advertising identifiers for marketing purposes. If you don't want to collect, you can stop collecting in the way below. - Device settings -> Privacy -> Tracking -> allow Apps to Request to Track
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Verdict
Tasty Tale and Monster Busters are too close to call on the numbers: across 10 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Tasty Tale sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Monster Busters sells 10 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 Tasty Tale against 4.7 for Monster Busters. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4.6K and 3.3K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Tasty Tale's written reviews are positive against 72% of Monster Busters's.
Tasty Tale ships an update every 3 months, Monster Busters every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tasty Tale | Monster Busters |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (4.6K ratings) | 4.7 (3.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.7% of reviews — better | 71.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.6K — better | 3.3K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 134 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sublinet | PlayDog Soft Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
Tasty Tale
Monster Busters
User reviews
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
Monster Busters
From 3.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun and relaxing gameplay
- 👍 Challenging levels
- 💎 Addictive and engaging
- 🎨 Enjoyable visual design
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- ⚠️ Progression issues and lost progress
- 🔒 Login and account problems
- 📥 Slow or lack of updates
Bugs and requests
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
Monster Busters
Reported bugs
4 issues- Constant login issues
- Game freezing and crashing
- Losing progress after updates
- Inability to add new friends
Requested features
4 requests- More new levels and content
- Ability to reset/restart progress
- Improved stability and performance
- Better social features and friend integration
In-app purchases
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
Monster Busters
- 3 Golden Keys$0.99
- Full set of Lives$0.99
- 2 Toy Hammers$0.99
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- '+5 Extra Moves' Item$0.99
- 1 '+10 Extra Seconds'$0.99
- 10,000 Coins$1.99
- 5 Toy Hammers$1.99
- 25,000 Coins$3.99
- 90,000 Coins$9.99
- 200,000 Coins$19.99








