Cooking Mama vs Julie's Sweets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cooking Mama
Engage in a fun, family-friendly cooking simulation game. Master over 30 recipes through intuitive mini-games, manage your own restaurant, and participate in global cooking challenges. It's a delightful way to explore culinary creativity with no game overs.
- Cook over 30 recipes with mini-games
- Manage and decorate your own restaurant
- Engage in non-cooking mini-games
- Compete in weekly global rankings
- Combine recipes for surprise dishes
- Watch cooking and animated videos
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A family-friendly cooking game loved worldwide! [You'll learn to love cooking!] Chop, bake, stew... Cook tasty meals with easy touch controls! Try out this unique cooking game. The yummy food you'll create will definitely make you hungry! ▼Let's Cook! Cook food by playing fun mini games. More than 30 kinds of recipes are waiting for you. Do your best, Special Chef! ▼Happy Village! Serve your cooking to everyone at your restaurant. Create a big and wonderful restaurant that's all your own. Harvest lots of things by going Fishing, growing plants in the Fields, and raising animals in your Ranch. Gather up lots to exchange for Happy Foods! ▼Game Plaza! Play non-cooking games like "Help out," "Play Shopkeeper," and "Exercise your brain." More than 30 kinds of mini games are waiting for you. Aim to get high scores! ▼Challenge Ranking! Compete in weekly events for the best scores! Join the global rankings! ▼Other Ways to Have Fun -Decorate the kitchen with various items. -Make surprise dishes by combining 2 recipes. -Watch realistic cooking videos for supported recipes. -Watch an animated video of Mama's fun daily life. -Easily share videos of your gameplay to the world. [Game Features] With its intuitive controls, both children and adults can enjoy the game. Also, even if you make mistakes there are no game overs, so everyone can complete dishes. Furthermore, children who play may develop an interest in cooking. [Recommended Setup] iOS 13 or later. **Game may not be playable on certain devices even if the above conditions are met. **By downloading this game, you are accepting its User Agreement.
Julie's Sweets
Guide a young woman through life's choices in this engaging story game. Help her navigate family, education, and love while mastering the art of making delicious sweets at a prestigious cooking school. Your choices impact her journey and self-discovery.
- Interactive story with life choices
- Master sweet-making at cooking school
- 60+ time management levels
- Collect cooking and baking tools
- Multiple language support
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We've all been there, a young woman at the crossroads of life - which way to go? Help family business and stay at home, chase college diploma or crazily fall in love? Find out in this original story. Why not all at the same time? Julie faces these questions in thrilling story where she's questioning her self confidence, her values and is it all worth the effort? Of course it is and Julie finds all the answers in her own way while enrolling to fabulous cooking school 'Le Cookery'. Will she make it, and most importantly, how can you help her? The first 8 levels are free with an in-game unlock for the full amount of levels. Game features - the game is available in English, Dutch, German, Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Russian - complete 60 exciting time management levels and 18 extra challenging levels in 6 amazing restaurants - help Julie to enroll to prestigious cooking school 'Le Cookery' and master the craft of making delicious sweets - earn hearts and build collection of essential cooking and baking tools - help Julie to discover why she shouldn't compare her insides with someone else's outsides in this heartwarming cooking game
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Julie's Sweets at none against Cooking Mama's shown. Julie's Sweets also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.1) and update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). Cooking Mama's advantage is review sentiment (62% vs 30%) and ratings volume (9.8K vs 421). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Cooking Mama sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Julie's Sweets sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Julie's Sweets holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cooking Mama has 9.8K ratings behind it against 421, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 62% of Cooking Mama's written reviews are positive against 30% of Julie's Sweets's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Cooking Mama ships an update monthly, Julie's Sweets every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cooking Mama | Julie's Sweets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (9.8K ratings) | 4.5 (421 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.2% of reviews — better | 30.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9.8K — better | 421 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #26 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 211 MB | 214 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Office Create Corp. | Ocean Media LLC |
Customer experience
Cooking Mama
Julie's Sweets
User reviews
Cooking Mama
From 9.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Engaging gameplay
- 🤩 Nostalgic experience
- 👍 Variety of activities
- 🎨 Customization options
- 🕹 Addictive mini-games
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive recipe packs
- 🔍 Overwhelming UI
- 🕰 Repetitive gameplay
- 🐛 Bugs and crashes
- 📺 Too many ads and pop-ups
Julie's Sweets
From 421 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Good game
- 👍 Hooked
- 👍 Works well
- 👍 Old school fun
- 👍 Great time management game
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes during gameplay
- 🐛 Crashes at level 9
- 🐛 Tapping issues
- 🐛 Screen too small
- 🐛 Glitches
Bugs and requests
Cooking Mama
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game freezing after watching ads
- Progress not saving properly
- Unresponsive controls
- Incorrect coin/item rewards
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to earn recipes instead of buying them
- More free recipe options
- Difficulty settings for recipes
- Improved performance and stability
- Reduced ad frequency
Julie's Sweets
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes at level 9
- Items don't get picked up
- Can't progress past level 9
- Screen doesn't fill the full display
Requested features
3 requests- Episode 2
- Bigger screen size
- More variety in challenges
In-app purchases
Cooking Mama
- Halloween Dishes$0.99
- New Year Dishes$0.99
- Mama's Recipe Pack 5$1.99
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- Welcome Pack$1.99
- Mama's Recipe Pack 3$3.99
- Mama's Recipe Pack 2$3.99
- Mama's Recipe Pack 4$3.99
- Mama's Recipe Pack 1$3.99
- Gourmet Pack Bundle$4.99
- Mama's Recipe Pack Bundle$15.99
Julie's Sweets
- Full Julie's Sweets game$9.99
Questions
Is Cooking Mama free?
Is Julie's Sweets free?
Which has better reviews, Cooking Mama or Julie's Sweets?
Do Cooking Mama or Julie's Sweets have ads?
Which is updated more often, Cooking Mama or Julie's Sweets?
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