Comparison

Donut Maker vs Donuts Inc.

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

Head to head
About

Donut Maker

Create delicious virtual donuts with realistic cooking steps. Choose from numerous flavors, toppings, and decorations to design unique treats. Follow recipe cards for special donut designs and enjoy the fun of baking and decorating.

Highlights
  • Realistic cooking steps
  • 135+ yummy toppings
  • Variety of flavors
  • Recipe cards for special donuts
  • Dough mixing and rolling
  • Frying and filling donuts
  • Extensive decoration options
Features
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Make Donuts with Real Cooking Steps! 135+ Yummy Toppings from Icing to Candy! Mix and Bake flavored Donuts from Rainbow to Confetti! Make Unicorn, Snowman and Smores Donuts following Recipe Cards! Realistic Cooking Steps! Select Flavor, Mix Ingredients, Refrigerate, Roll Dough, Fry Donuts, Fill with Jelly, Select Glaze and Decorate! Be a Baker Chef! Select Jelly filled donuts with tons of Jelly Flavors! Get ready to Decorate your Yummy Donut! Features: Choose from Tons of Flavors like Rainbow, Confetti & Chocolate Follow Recipe Cards for Unicorn, Snowman and Smores Donuts Mix Ingredients, Refrigerate, Roll Dough Cut Donut Shapes & Fry Donuts Make Jelly Holes & Select Jelly Flavor Tons of Glazes and Icing Decorate with Sprinkles, Candy, Unicorn Faces, more Fun Décor from Moustaches to Googly Eyes Realistic Cooking Steps Eat Donut 1000’s of Ways to Make Donuts

About

Donuts Inc.

Build wacky machines and manage an unusual kitchen to create outrageous donuts. Hire chefs, expand globally, and become super-famous to earn maximum profit in this idle clicker game.

Highlights
  • Build and upgrade donut-making machines
  • Hire chefs to earn money passively
  • Open new global branches
  • Gain fame for upgrades
  • Win magic gumballs for boosts
Features
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Build crazy machines, whip up outrageous donuts and get rich in this new idle clicker game. Manage your unusual kitchen in a culinary quest to be the richest in the world. BUILD WACKY MACHINES Build various types of machines to create a variety of crazy sugar infused donuts. Upgrade your machines and watch your production line move faster, earning you more money. Make maximum profit from organised chaos. LEGENDARY CHEFS! Hire chefs and work them to the ground. Your chefs continue to make you money, even when you close the game! OPEN NEW BRANCHES Build a global empire! Expand and open new branches all over the world. Worldwide themes and designs available for your unusual kitchen. BECOME SUPER-FAMOUS! Be Rich and Famous! The more branches you own, the more fame you get. Take advantage of your fame to get important upgrades to further improve your wealth. FREE GUMBALLS! Win magic gumballs that give your business a huge boost. Donuts INC. needs a boss like you. Be a Donut Factory Tycoon in this new clicker game.

Screenshots

Donut Maker4 screens
Donuts Inc.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Donuts Inc. at 4.7 against Donut Maker's 3.9. Donuts Inc. also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 14 months) and ratings volume (477 vs 20). Donut Maker's advantage is review sentiment (87% vs 47%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Donut Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Donuts Inc. sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Donuts Inc. holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Donuts Inc. has 477 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 87% of Donut Maker's written reviews are positive against 47% of Donuts Inc.'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Donut Maker ships an update every 14 months, Donuts Inc. every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Donut Maker versus Donuts Inc.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDonut MakerDonuts Inc.
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (20 ratings)4.7 (477 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.2% of reviews — better47.2% of reviews
Number of ratings20477 — better
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size174 MB542 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperBrainfull, LLCLifebelt Games Pte. Ltd.

Customer experience

Donut Maker

All ratings20 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive87.2%
Neutral2.6%
Negative10.3%

Donuts Inc.

All ratings477 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral2.5%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews123 reviews
Positive47.2%
Neutral17.9%
Negative35.0%

Bugs and requests

Donut Maker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Donuts Inc.

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game freezing and crashing
  • Incorrect offline earnings and progress resets
  • Glitches with max purchase and upgrade costs
  • Incompatibility with notch-screen devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to revisit previous locations
  • More types of donuts and workers
  • Main character customization
  • Multiple shop management

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Donut Maker

One-time1
  • BIG Donuts! Get ALL! NO Ads!$6.99
6 purchases

Donuts Inc.

One-time6
  • Pile of Gems$1.99
  • Starter Pack$2.99
  • Box of Gems$3.99
Show 3 more
  • Bag of Gems$8.99
  • Vault of Gems$22.99
  • Truck of Gems$64.99

Questions

Is Donut Maker free?
Donut Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Donuts Inc. free?
Donuts Inc. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Donut Maker or Donuts Inc.?
Donuts Inc. is rated higher. Donut Maker averages 3.9 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Donuts Inc. averages 4.7 from 477 ratings.
Do Donut Maker or Donuts Inc. have ads?
Neither Donut Maker nor Donuts Inc. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Donut Maker or Donuts Inc.?
Donut Maker ships an update every 14 months, and Donuts Inc. every 2 weeks. Most recently, Donut Maker was updated on November 8, 2026 and Donuts Inc. on November 2, 2026.

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