Comparison

Cake Designer 3D vs Icing on the Cake

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

Head to head
About

Cake Designer 3D

Create stunning, multi-layered cakes in a 3D environment. Add various decorations, toppings, and even sparklers to design the perfect birthday or wedding cake.

Highlights
  • 3D cake design
  • Multi-layer cakes
  • Extensive decoration options
  • Customizable layers
  • Topper selection
  • Sparkler fireworks
Features
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Cake Designer 3D Design gorgeous and delicious cakes in 3D, with lots of layers, add decoration, candles, candy, chocolate, toys, lollipop, teddies, etc. All the time the cake is slowing revolving around in stunning 3D. Design that perfect birthday cake for your friends and family, smother with chocolate chips, sweets. You can even add sparkler fireworks then turn the lights off that extra special party or wedding cake. Its very quick and easy to design a stunning cake, click on a sponge layer, change the size if you like and add some decoration. Then add more layers, or columns to make a multi layer cake and add even more decoration & toppings as you go. Finally add a topper :- teddy, stack of lollipops, sparkler etc. Its that easy, you'll soon be designing giant mega cakes with layers of chocolate, icing, strawberry, orange etc. The sky is the limit. Its only a shame that we can't turn your stunning creations in real live cakes, we look forward to the invention of the 3D cake printer ;-) Thanks for looking, download Cake Designer 3D now and start designing that mega birthday or wedding cake.

About

Icing on the Cake

Test your cake decorating abilities in this relaxing simulation game. Rotate, pipe, and smooth out various pastries to create the perfect cake. Enjoy a satisfying and realistic icing experience with endless cakes to decorate.

Highlights
  • Relaxing cake decorating
  • Realistic icing simulation
  • Endless cake variety
  • Satisfying gameplay
  • Zen experience
Features
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From the makers of I Peel Good, Icing on the Cake is your next obsession. Put your cake decorating skills to the test! Relax and channel your inner baker in Icing on the Cake. So many fun pastries for you to rotate, pipe, decorate and smooth out? Can you make the perfect cake? Fun and easy to pick up but don’t miss a spot... Will you be the first one to finish them all? Color and decorate the perfect wedding cake or birthday cake. The tasty end results will leave you feeling hungry for more! Any time is cake time. Game Features: 1. Zen Out Ice ice baby! Take your time and relax and create the perfect cake 2. Smooth Smooth Icing The most realistic food simulation game there is. The realistic cakes will leave you hungry. 3. Bake ALL the cakes Endless amount of cakes for you to ice and smooth. Can you put the icing on all of the cakes? 4. Feel the smooth Play, relax, and feel satisfied with every cake you ice. Feel the realistic sensation of icing and spreading. Whether you like icing, like smoothing or just want to spin and color, Icing on the Cake will take you there. This is the best and most zen cake simulation game there is. Good luck putting Icing on the Cake down! Follow us to get news and updates on our other Award Winning titles; https://lionstudios.cc/ Facebook.com/LionStudios.cc Instagram.com/LionStudioscc Twitter.com/LionStudiosCC Youtube.com/c/LionStudiosCC

Screenshots

Cake Designer 3D4 screens
Icing on the Cake4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cake Designer 3D at none against Icing on the Cake's 1. Cake Designer 3D also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Icing on the Cake's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 37 months) and review sentiment (39% vs 25%). On price, ads and device support 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. Icing on the Cake sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cake Designer 3D asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cake Designer 3D ships an update every 37 months, Icing on the Cake every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Cake Designer 3D versus Icing on the Cake: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCake Designer 3DIcing on the Cake
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.5 (217K ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews39.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—217K — better
Update frequencyEvery 37 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB274 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGalatic DroidsLion Studios

Customer experience

Cake Designer 3D

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

Icing on the Cake

All ratings216,679 ratings
Positive87.7%
Neutral5.5%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews561 reviews
Positive39.2%
Neutral21.2%
Negative39.6%

Bugs and requests

Cake Designer 3D

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Icing on the Cake

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Icing colors appear in unintended areas during smoothing
  • Game switches to smoothing mode before icing is complete
  • Inconsistent scoring system, making it hard to get 100% matches

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to decorate cakes with sprinkles, toppings, etc.
  • Option to create custom cake designs
  • Improved camera controls for icing the top of the cake

In-app purchases

None

Cake Designer 3D

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Icing on the Cake

One-time1
  • Remove all ads$2.99

Questions

Is Cake Designer 3D free?
Cake Designer 3D is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Icing on the Cake free?
Icing on the Cake is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cake Designer 3D or Icing on the Cake have ads?
Both Cake Designer 3D and Icing on the Cake show ads.
Which is updated more often, Cake Designer 3D or Icing on the Cake?
Cake Designer 3D ships an update every 37 months, and Icing on the Cake every 2 months. Most recently, Cake Designer 3D was updated on October 24, 2026 and Icing on the Cake on October 30, 2026.

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