Comparison

Cooking Mama vs Cat Spa

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Cat Spa

Manage a charming spa staffed by cat fairies, offering massages and personal care to animal customers. Decorate various rooms, unlock new services, and collect heartwarming stories from your clients and staff. Grow your business and maximize profits in this relaxing idle simulation.

Highlights
  • Manage a spa staffed by cat fairies
  • Offer massages and personal care
  • Unlock and decorate spa rooms
  • Collect customer and staff stories
  • Maximize profits and grow business
  • Idle simulation gameplay
Features
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Cat Spa is the adorable management simulation game your body has been aching for! Cat fairies will help you relax and remove all your worries at the furriest massage parlor and spa around. Be the boss! Hire a variety of cat fairies as your staff and watch the animal customers roll in. Unlock and decorate a variety of spaces including the main massage room (who doesn’t love getting a ‘couple’s massage’ with random strangers), a lounge for your staff to relax and recuperate, and even a hair salon for your fanciest animal guests! We may even add a restaurant in case you get hungry. Who knows?! Cat fairies do what cat fairies want. Listen carefully to your customers and employees to collect a variety of adorable snapshots and stories. A lot can happen in a massage parlor run by cat fairies! It’s all above board, we promise ;) There’s no slouching in this game. Delivering high quality massage and personal care services is hard work! Be sure to check in often and make sure you’re maximizing your profits to grow even bigger! Feel a wave of healing by living a new life in Cat Spa… with cat fairies~

Screenshots

Cooking Mama4 screens
Cat Spa4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cat Spa at 4.8 against Cooking Mama's 4.1. Cat Spa also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 62%). Cooking Mama's advantage is chart position (#33 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. Cooking Mama sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Cat Spa sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cat Spa holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9.8K and 8.2K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Cooking Mama's written reviews are positive against 76% of Cat Spa's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cooking Mama ships an update monthly, Cat Spa every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Cooking Mama versus Cat Spa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCooking MamaCat Spa
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (9.8K ratings)4.8 (8.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.2% of reviews75.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9.8K — better8.2K
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#33 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size211 MB814 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOffice Create Corp.Seeplay Inc.

Customer experience

Cooking Mama

All ratings9,839 ratings
Positive74.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative18.1%
Written reviews1,578 reviews
Positive62.2%
Neutral13.2%
Negative24.5%

Cat Spa

All ratings8,176 ratings
Positive95.4%
Neutral1.9%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews509 reviews
Positive75.8%
Neutral6.1%
Negative18.1%

User reviews

Cooking Mama

From 9.8K App Store ratings

What 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

Cat Spa

From 8.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤩 Cute and adorable graphics
  • 🎨 Relaxing and calming gameplay
  • 💎 Generous free-to-play model with optional ads
  • 🕹️ Addictive and entertaining
  • 🐱 Variety of unique animal characters

Room to improve

  • ⏱️ Employees' rest times are too long
  • 🛒 Expensive in-app purchases for some items
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and glitches
  • 🔄 Repetitive gameplay loop
  • 🤔 Similarities to other games like Animal Restaurant

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

Cat Spa

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Employees getting stuck in the break room
  • Pool and floor customizations not saving properly
  • Ads not working as intended or crashing the game
  • Tutorial getting stuck or not progressing properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to customize employee uniforms
  • More mini-games and side activities
  • Expanded pool and salon areas
  • Option to fire or replace employees
  • Offline mode for playing without internet

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Cooking Mama

One-time10
  • Halloween Dishes$0.99
  • New Year Dishes$0.99
  • Welcome Pack$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Mama's Recipe Pack 3$3.99
  • Mama's Recipe Pack 2$3.99
  • Mama's Recipe Pack 5$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
14 purchases

Cat Spa

One-time14
  • 100,000 Apples$0.99
  • Crystals - Tiny Pack$1.99
  • Space Package$1.99
Show 11 more
  • Fuzzy Package$1.99
  • Super Cheap Package$1.99
  • Blackticket - Discount 80%$1.99
  • Waterpark Package$3.99
  • Fihsery Package$3.99
  • Apples - Large Pack$4.99
  • Crystals - Small Pack$4.99
  • Super Cheap Package 2$4.99
  • Massage Set - Frog$5.99
  • Crystals - Medium Pack$9.99
  • Crystals - Large Pack$19.99

Questions

Is Cooking Mama free?
Cooking Mama is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cat Spa free?
Cat Spa is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cooking Mama or Cat Spa?
Cat Spa is rated higher. Cooking Mama averages 4.1 out of 5 from 9.8K ratings, while Cat Spa averages 4.8 from 8.2K ratings.
Do Cooking Mama or Cat Spa have ads?
Both Cooking Mama and Cat Spa show ads.
Which is updated more often, Cooking Mama or Cat Spa?
Cooking Mama ships an update monthly, and Cat Spa every 3 weeks. Most recently, Cooking Mama was updated on October 30, 2026 and Cat Spa on October 30, 2026.

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