# Cooking Dash™ vs Solitaire Cooking Tower

Cooking Dash™ and Solitaire Cooking Tower both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 79% of Solitaire Cooking Tower's written reviews are positive against 32% of Cooking Dash™'s. Cooking Dash™'s advantage is ratings volume (111K vs 1.3K) and chart position (#198 vs unranked). On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Both are free to download. Cooking Dash™ sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Solitaire Cooking Tower sells 12 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 Cooking Dash™ against 4.6 for Solitaire Cooking Tower. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cooking Dash™ has 111K ratings behind it against 1.3K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 32% of Cooking Dash™'s written reviews are positive against 79% of Solitaire Cooking Tower's.

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Cooking Dash™ | Solitaire Cooking Tower |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | **[4.7 (111K ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cooking-dash/id978866413/reviews)** | [4.6 (1.3K ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/solitaire-cooking-tower/id1330527681/reviews) |
| Number of ratings | **111K** | 1.3K |
| Positive reviews | 32.3% of reviews | **79.1% of reviews** |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | **#198** | — |
| Size | 205 MB | 350 MB |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | **12.0** |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Glu Games LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/284419051) | [Sticky Hands Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/1122334014) |

## What reviewers say

### Cooking Dash™

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cooking-dash/id978866413)

**Currently charting:** #198 Top Grossing · Strategy (US App Store)

Experience fast-paced time management as you prepare, cook, and serve dishes in exotic restaurants. Earn profits, upgrade your kitchen, and become a celebrity chef. Compete in challenges and customize your character with outfits and pets.

**Highlights:** Fast-paced kitchen action, Prepare, cook, and serve dishes, Upgrade food and appliances, Collect outfits and pets, Compete in Series Finales and Trial of Style, Spin daily prize wheels

**In-app purchases (10)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Handful of Gold | $0.99 | one-time |
| Handful of Coins | $0.99 | one-time |
| Ticket Bundle Low | $1.99 | one-time |
| Handful of Gold | $2.99 | one-time |
| Handful of Coins | $2.99 | one-time |
| Starbucks Promo! | $4.99 | one-time |
| Stack of Coins | $4.99 | one-time |
| Bucket of Gold | $9.99 | one-time |
| Bucket of Coins | $9.99 | one-time |
| Case of Gold | $19.99 | one-time |

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 👍 Variety of restaurants and recipes
- 🚀 Challenging levels and time management

**What reviewers complain about**

- 💰 Expensive to progress without spending money
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🔍 Difficult to earn enough gold/currency
- 📥 Issues with video ads and rewards not working

**Reported bugs**

- Game crashes when trying to play certain levels
- Rewards and progress not saving properly
- Inability to connect to Facebook to save progress

**Requested features**

- Bring back free gold from watching ads
- Reduce cost of upgrades and new restaurants
- Improve customer service and bug fixes


### Solitaire Cooking Tower

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/solitaire-cooking-tower/id1330527681)

Play classic solitaire while building and collecting various restaurants. Collect unique card decks like Puppy or Kitty decks as you progress. Enjoy a blend of card game strategy and restaurant management.

**Highlights:** Classic solitaire gameplay, Build diverse restaurants, Collect unique card decks, Restaurant variety, Card deck customization

**Features:** macOS Compatibility, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases (12)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Undo 5 | $0.99 | one-time |
| EventPackage1 | $0.99 | one-time |
| Shuffle 5 | $1.99 | one-time |
| Magic 5 | $1.99 | one-time |
| Star 100 | $1.99 | one-time |
| Undo 25 | $2.99 | one-time |
| Reward Video ADs skip | $4.99 | one-time |
| Shuffle 25 | $5.99 | one-time |
| Alice card deck package | $5.99 | one-time |
| Magic 25 | $5.99 | one-time |
| Special Package | $7.99 | one-time |
| Ultimate Package | $9.99 | one-time |

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Best game ever
- 👍 Fun, cute, and relaxing game
- 👍 Addictive and enjoyable
- 👍 Great concept and gameplay
- 👍 Smooth and fluid gameplay

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Bugs and glitches after updates
- 🔋 Battery draining issues
- 💸 Expensive in-app purchases
- 📺 Too many intrusive ads
- 🤔 Confusing translation/localization

**Reported bugs**

- Game freezing or crashing
- Ads not working as intended
- Progress and data loss issues
- Inability to open the game after updates

**Requested features**

- More restaurants and menu items
- Ability to choose difficulty level
- Option to mute or adjust volume of customer sounds
- Ability to reset progress or start over
- More game modes beyond just solitaire


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Cooking Dash™ free?

Cooking Dash™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Is Solitaire Cooking Tower free?

Solitaire Cooking Tower is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Which has better reviews, Cooking Dash™ or Solitaire Cooking Tower?

Cooking Dash™ is rated higher. Cooking Dash™ averages 4.7 out of 5 from 111K ratings, while Solitaire Cooking Tower averages 4.6 from 1.3K ratings.

### Do Cooking Dash™ or Solitaire Cooking Tower have ads?

Both Cooking Dash™ and Solitaire Cooking Tower show ads.

### Which is updated more often, Cooking Dash™ or Solitaire Cooking Tower?

Cooking Dash™ ships an update monthly, and Solitaire Cooking Tower monthly. Most recently, Cooking Dash™ was updated on September 25, 2026 and Solitaire Cooking Tower on September 23, 2026.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*