Comparison

Tasty Tale vs Cooking Master

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Cooking Master

Engage in a fun puzzle game where you strategically place food slices into outer circles to complete food items. Clear circles to advance, but be mindful of available spaces to avoid game over. Utilize helpful props to clear slices and unlock new challenges.

Highlights
  • Strategic slice placement
  • Complete food circles
  • Adjacent circle blasting
  • Game over condition
  • Clean prop for clearing
  • Level progression with new slices
Features
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Do you like doughnut or biscuit? Help cute cook to complete delicious food in Food Circle! How to play: 1. Tap in one of the outer circles to place the current slice. 2. Complete a circle and put the food into target plate along with adjacent circles blasting. 3. Be careful! Game over if there is no corresponding space in outer circles to place the current slice. 4. Use Clean prop, you can remove all slices of any outer circle. 5. Accomplish food in targeted number, complete levels to play with new slices!

Screenshots

Tasty Tale4 screens
Cooking Master3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Cooking Master at none against Tasty Tale's shown. Cooking Master also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). Tasty Tale's advantage is review sentiment (74% vs 63%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Tasty Tale sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Cooking Master 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

Tasty Tale holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4.6K and 3.5K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Tasty Tale's written reviews are positive against 63% of Cooking Master's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tasty Tale ships an update every 3 months, Cooking Master every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tasty Tale versus Cooking Master: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTasty TaleCooking Master
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4.6K ratings) — better4.5 (3.5K ratings)
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews — better62.9% of reviews
Number of ratings4.6K — better3.5K
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSublinet爱泉 杨

Customer experience

Tasty Tale

All ratings4,614 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews502 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral7.8%
Negative18.5%

Cooking Master

All ratings3,513 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews97 reviews
Positive62.9%
Neutral15.5%
Negative21.6%

User reviews

Tasty Tale

From 4.6K App Store ratings

What 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

Cooking Master

From 3.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎉 Fun and entertaining
  • 🧠 Challenging and engaging
  • 🎨 Great graphics and visuals
  • 🕹️ Relaxing gameplay
  • 👍 Enjoyable for all ages

Room to improve

  • 🙄 Repetitive levels
  • 🤯 Frustrating difficulty spikes
  • 💸 Excessive ads and in-app purchases
  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 🤔 Lack of customization options

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

Cooking Master

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game freezes or crashes
  • Incorrect piece placements
  • Levels not loading properly
  • Ads interfering with gameplay

Requested features

5 requests
  • More variety of food items and levels
  • Ability to skip ads or purchase ad-free version
  • Difficulty settings or progression system
  • Saving and resuming gameplay progress
  • Multiplayer or competitive modes

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Tasty Tale

One-time7
  • 10 bucks$0.99
  • 20 bucks$1.99
  • Starter Pack$2.99
Show 4 more
  • 50 bucks$4.99
  • 100 bucks$9.99
  • 200 bucks$19.99
  • 500 bucks$49.99
4 purchases

Cooking Master

One-time4
  • 10 Cleans$0.99
  • No ads$2.99
  • 55 Cleans$4.99
Show 1 more
  • 110 Cleans$8.99

Questions

Is Tasty Tale free?
Tasty Tale is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cooking Master free?
Cooking Master is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tasty Tale or Cooking Master?
Tasty Tale is rated higher. Tasty Tale averages 4.7 out of 5 from 4.6K ratings, while Cooking Master averages 4.5 from 3.5K ratings.
Do Tasty Tale or Cooking Master have ads?
Tasty Tale shows ads; Cooking Master does not.
Which is updated more often, Tasty Tale or Cooking Master?
Tasty Tale ships an update every 3 months, and Cooking Master every 4 weeks. Most recently, Tasty Tale was updated on October 26, 2026 and Cooking Master on October 20, 2026.

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