Comparison

Cooking Mama vs Source

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 family-friendly cooking simulation with intuitive touch controls. Prepare over 30 delicious recipes through fun mini-games, manage your own restaurant, and explore various activities like farming and brain teasers. Compete in weekly challenges and decorate your kitchen.

Highlights
  • Over 30 recipes to cook
  • Restaurant management
  • Farming and animal raising
  • Variety of mini-games
  • Weekly challenges and rankings
  • Kitchen customization
  • Gameplay sharing
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

Source

A party game where players explain the same topic, with some receiving blurred facts and needing to improvise confidently. The group then votes on who is bluffing, making for hilarious and suspenseful gameplay.

Highlights
  • Secret bluffers each round
  • Blurred facts for chaos
  • Fast and easy gameplay
  • Hilarious categories
  • Confidence-based deception
Features
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Trust Me, Bro The party game where confidence gets exposed Everyone gets the same topic. Some players get the facts. Others just get: TRUST ME, BRO They don’t know the truth. They have to sell it. How it works Everyone explains the same topic. Some players see blurred facts. They must improvise with confidence. The group decides who is bluffing. Pause, overthink, or say something wild and you are caught. Why it’s funny Fake explanations sound real. Real explanations sound fake. Too much confidence is suspicious. Panic gives everything away. Facts don’t win. Confidence does. Perfect for Parties and game nights Pre-games and road trips Calling out your “smartest” friends Features Multiple secret bluffers each round Blurred facts for chaos Fast and easy gameplay Lots of hilarious categories

Screenshots

Cooking Mama4 screens
Source4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Source at 5.0 against Cooking Mama's 4.1. Source also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). Cooking Mama's advantage is ratings volume (9.9K vs 1) and chart position (#31 vs unranked). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Source asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Source holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cooking Mama has 9.9K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Cooking Mama versus Source: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCooking MamaSource
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (9.9K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings9.9K — better1
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#31 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0.0
Further details — not scored
Size270 MB30 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperOffice Create Corp.Dalton Lupu

Customer experience

Cooking Mama

All ratings9,848 ratings
Positive74.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative18.1%
Written reviews1,582 reviews
Positive62.3%
Neutral13.2%
Negative24.5%

Source

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Source

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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 5$3.99
  • 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
None

Source

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cooking Mama free?
Cooking Mama is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Source free?
Source is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cooking Mama or Source?
Source is rated higher. Cooking Mama averages 4.1 out of 5 from 9.9K ratings, while Source averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Cooking Mama or Source have ads?
Cooking Mama shows ads; Source does not.

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