# Cooking Dash™ vs Gomoku Board Game

The clearest difference is price: Cooking Dash™ at Free against Gomoku Board Game's $0.99. Cooking Dash™ also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 18 months) and chart position (#183 vs unranked). Gomoku Board Game's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On device support there is nothing between them.

Cooking Dash™ is free to download; Gomoku Board Game costs $0.99 up front. Cooking Dash™ sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Gomoku Board Game asks for nothing beyond the download.

Cooking Dash™ ships an update every 5 weeks, Gomoku Board Game every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Cooking Dash™ | Gomoku Board Game |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | **Free** | $0.99 |
| Rating | **[4.7 (112K ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cooking-dash/id978866413/reviews)** | — |
| Number of ratings | **112K** | — |
| Positive reviews | 32.5% of reviews | — |
| In-app purchases | Yes | **No** |
| Ads | Yes | **No** |
| Update frequency | **Every 5 weeks** | Every 18 months |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | **#183** | — |
| Size | 206 MB | 1 MB |
| Requires iOS | **13.0** | 17.0 |
| Devices | **iPhone, iPad, iPod** | iPhone, iPad |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Glu Games LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/284419051) | [Jan Fex](https://appshunter.io/developer/1613167162) |

## What reviewers say

### Cooking Dash™

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

**Currently charting:** #183 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


### Gomoku Board Game

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gomoku-board-game/id1581995263)

**Features:** macOS Compatibility

**In-app purchases:** none


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Cooking Dash™ free?

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

### Is Gomoku Board Game free?

Gomoku Board Game costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.

### Do Cooking Dash™ or Gomoku Board Game have ads?

Cooking Dash™ shows ads; Gomoku Board Game does not.

### Which is updated more often, Cooking Dash™ or Gomoku Board Game?

Cooking Dash™ ships an update every 5 weeks, and Gomoku Board Game every 18 months. Most recently, Cooking Dash™ was updated on October 28, 2026 and Gomoku Board Game on October 13, 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.*