Comparison

Tasty Tale vs Cupcake Mania™

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

Cupcake Mania™

Embark on a sweet puzzle adventure matching delicious pastries to win. Fend off a hungry bear and use powerful boosts to conquer over 500 levels. Compete with friends for the highest score in this free-to-play game.

Highlights
  • Match and collect pastries
  • Over 500 levels
  • Fend off Bruno the Bear
  • Earn potent boosts
  • Create big matches for bonuses
  • Challenge Facebook friends
Features
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Indulge yourself in a delectably sweet puzzle adventure - match and collect tasty Pastries to win! A new flavor of Match-3 game from the makers of hit apps Jewel Mania™ and Bubble Mania™! Insatiable as ever, Bruno the Bear is always trying to sneak a taste of your yummy Cupcakes and other scrumptious Pastries. Keep Bruno at bay as you and Heidi the Cupcake Guru embark on an epic adventure around the world cooking up mouthwatering morsels! - PLAY through over 500 levels in a vibrant new world of baking bliss! - MATCH and collect Cupcakes, Donuts, Macarons, and more delicious Pastries! - FEND OFF Bruno the Bear as he tries to devour all of your hand-baked masterpieces! - EARN potent boosts like the CupQuake and Oven Mitt by completing Challenges! - CREATE big matches to cook up powerful pieces like Sugar Rush and Sprinkle Shock for huge bonuses! - CHALLENGE your Facebook friends for the top score in every level! - FREE to play with FREE updates including new levels, obstacles, Pastries, and more! Cupcake Mania™ is the BEST puzzle adventure game on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. And just like the other best things in life, it’s FREE! Please note that Cupcake Mania™ is free to play, but you can purchase in-app items with real money. To delete this feature, on your device go to Settings Menu -> General -> Restrictions option. You can then simply turn off In-App Purchases under "Allowed Content". In addition, Cupcake Mania™ may link to social media services, such as Facebook, and Storm8 will have access to your information through such services. Follow Storm8! www.storm8-studios.com facebook.com/storm8 twitter.com/storm8

Screenshots

Tasty Tale4 screens
Cupcake Mania™4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Tasty Tale at 4.7 against Cupcake Mania™'s 4.3. Tasty Tale also leads on ratings volume (4.6K vs 1.5K). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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 Cupcake Mania™ sells 10 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 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4.6K and 1.5K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 74% of Tasty Tale's written reviews are positive against 77% of Cupcake Mania™'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tasty Tale ships an update every 3 months, Cupcake Mania™ every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Tasty Tale versus Cupcake Mania™: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTasty TaleCupcake Mania™
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4.6K ratings) — better4.3 (1.5K ratings)
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews76.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.6K — better1.5K
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB197 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSublinetStorm8 Studios

Customer experience

Tasty Tale

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

Cupcake Mania™

All ratings1,472 ratings
Positive81.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative11.6%
Written reviews1,267 reviews
Positive76.6%
Neutral7.0%
Negative16.4%

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

Cupcake Mania™

From 1.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎢 Exciting gameplay
  • 🎨 Visually appealing
  • ⏱️ Enjoyable time-passer
  • 💪 Challenging levels
  • 🕹️ Old-school fun

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 📺 Excessive ads and intrusive pop-ups
  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
  • 🔄 Lack of progress sync and game resets
  • 🔍 Difficult to earn rewards and gems

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

Cupcake Mania™

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Game crashing after winning a level
  • Screen orientation issues on newer devices
  • Rewards not being awarded properly
  • Levels becoming unbeatable due to glitches
  • Saved progress not loading correctly

Requested features

5 requests
  • More frequent level updates
  • Ability to reset progress and start over
  • Better reward system and more free lives
  • Improved ad experience and optional ad-free version
  • Syncing progress across devices

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
10 purchases

Cupcake Mania™

One-time10
  • 22 Gems$0.99
  • Starter Pack$0.99
  • 120 Gems$2.99
Show 7 more
  • 120 Gems$3.99
  • 120 Gems$4.99
  • Variety Pack$4.99
  • 250 Gems$5.99
  • 250 Gems$9.99
  • 530 Gems$19.99
  • 1400 Gems$49.99

Questions

Is Tasty Tale free?
Tasty Tale is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cupcake Mania™ free?
Cupcake Mania™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tasty Tale or Cupcake Mania™?
Tasty Tale is rated higher. Tasty Tale averages 4.7 out of 5 from 4.6K ratings, while Cupcake Mania™ averages 4.3 from 1.5K ratings.
Do Tasty Tale or Cupcake Mania™ have ads?
Both Tasty Tale and Cupcake Mania™ show ads.
Which is updated more often, Tasty Tale or Cupcake Mania™?
Tasty Tale ships an update every 3 months, and Cupcake Mania™ every 2 months. Most recently, Tasty Tale was updated on November 1, 2026 and Cupcake Mania™ on November 1, 2026.

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