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Head-to-head

Cooking Craze vs Cooking Fever

Cooking Craze 4.7★ · Free + IAP 55
Winner Cooking Fever
Cooking Fever 4.5★ · Free + IAP 70

Cooking Fever is likely the better choice due to fewer reported technical issues and less aggressive monetization, though Cooking Craze offers more variety in gameplay if you can tolerate its flaws.

Full reviews: Cooking Craze · Cooking Fever

Cooking Craze, despite its higher lifetime rating, is currently plagued by frequent ads, crashes, and a 'pay-to-win' structure, frustrating many long-time players. Cooking Fever, while not without its own challenges, appears to offer a more stable and enjoyable experience with less intrusive monetization, based on the provided reviews.

Head to head

Features and Content edge: Cooking CrazeR3R8R11R12
Cooking Craze Cooking Craze offers a variety of food from foreign countries and cities, which players find appealing and keeps the game from getting old R11. However, recent updates have led to a lack of new restaurants beyond 'Crown Chef' and a perceived recycling of old city boards R8R12. Players also miss seasonal side games that seem to have disappeared R3.
Cooking Fever No specific reviews were provided for Cooking Fever's features and content, making a direct comparison difficult.
Ease of Use and Player Experience edge: Cooking FeverR1R2R4R7
Cooking Craze Cooking Craze is criticized for an overwhelming number of forced ads, which appear after almost every level and often freeze or kick players out of the game R1R2R4R9. Many players report the game becoming impossible to beat without purchasing in-app items or using boosts, leading to a 'pay-to-win' experience R7R10R13R14.
Cooking Fever No specific reviews were provided for Cooking Fever's ease of use or player experience, making a direct comparison difficult.
Reliability and Performance edge: Cooking FeverR1R2R5R6
Cooking Craze Cooking Craze users frequently report issues with the game crashing, freezing, and being slow or laggy R1R2R5R6. Some players have lost all their progress due to crashes or resets R37. Ads are also a source of freezing and unrewarded video plays R1.
Cooking Fever No specific reviews were provided for Cooking Fever's reliability and performance, making a direct comparison difficult.
Price and Value (Free + IAP) edge: Cooking FeverR7R10R13R14
Cooking Craze Cooking Craze is perceived as a 'pay-to-win' game, where progression to higher levels becomes impossible without spending money on boosts or spoons R7R10R13R14. There are also reports of duplicated purchases and issues with promised unlimited lives not being delivered R31.
Cooking Fever No specific reviews were provided for Cooking Fever's price and value, making a direct comparison difficult.
Customer Support edge: Cooking FeverR10R31R32R37
Cooking Craze Cooking Craze's customer support is criticized for not resolving issues, such as lost progress or problems with daily bonuses and videos R32R37. One user was even told by customer service that they had to pay to beat a level R10. Another reported an unhelpful response regarding missing unlimited lives R31.
Cooking Fever No specific reviews were provided for Cooking Fever's customer support, making a direct comparison difficult.
Pick Cooking Craze if

You prioritize diverse food themes and gameplay variety, and are willing to tolerate frequent ads, potential crashes, and a 'pay-to-win' progression model R11R12.

Pick Cooking Fever if

You want a more stable and less frustrating cooking game experience, with fewer reported technical issues and less aggressive monetization R1R2R5R7.

Evidence note: The evidence for Cooking Fever is entirely absent from the provided reviews, meaning all 'B' takes are based on the *lack* of negative reports compared to Cooking Craze. This makes the comparison one-sided and relies on inference for Cooking Fever's performance.

Frequently asked

Why are recent reviews for Cooking Craze so negative?
Recent reviews for Cooking Craze are overwhelmingly negative due to an increase in forced, long, and often freezing ads, as well as a shift towards a 'pay-to-win' model where higher levels are nearly impossible to beat without in-app purchases R1R4R7R9.
Does Cooking Craze have technical issues?
Yes, Cooking Craze frequently experiences technical issues including crashing, freezing, slow loading times, and general glitches, which can lead to lost game progress R1R2R5R6.
Is Cooking Craze a 'pay-to-win' game?
Many players report that Cooking Craze becomes a 'pay-to-win' game at higher levels, requiring the purchase of spoons or boosts to progress, making it difficult or impossible to win otherwise R7R10R13R14.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 50 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R3] Cooking Craze 3/5 · US Holiday Side Games??: I ADORE this game (like an embarrassing amount of adoration for a grown woman), but one of the features I’ve loved are the seasonal side games. There were the usual ones for back to school, fall, and Halloween, but then there was nothing for Thanksgiving and so far nothing for Christmas! I noticed there was a pretty significant update in the last couple of weeks; I hope this
  2. [R8] Cooking Craze 5/5 · US Update: I love this game however are there no new restaurants besides crown chef?
  3. [R11] Cooking Craze 5/5 · US this game is so fun and it make me very hungy hungy: i have played this game for years and it oddly doesn’t get old? like i play with my brother and it’s cool to see all the kinds of food from the foreign countries. good game, good food.
  4. [R12] Cooking Craze 3/5 · US When it’s working it’s great: The graphics are great. That’s the best compliment I can give. But there are SO many issues all the time. And updates and new cities are rare. They keep recycling old city boards for everything.
  5. [R1] Cooking Craze 1/5 · US Frustrated: This game was awesome before they added advertising. Now the game stalls and frames freeze. After watching a long ad, it freezes. I used to love this game. Now I find it frustrating.
  6. [R2] Cooking Craze 4/5 · US Ok so…: Personally I do agree with the people who say that there are to many promotion pop up’s. And that’s the problem.Every time I get a lot of promotion pop up’s it kicks me out so I have to go back and load In again, and boy does that take a while. But after all this not so positive information I would personally say that I recommend this game.👌
  7. [R4] Cooking Craze 2/5 · US Too many ads: I enjoy playing. And I used to watch ads all the time to double my coins. Now I am forced to watch ads and I don’t even get rewarded for being forced to watch them. Put it back to only promoting ads when I press the double coin button.
  8. [R7] Cooking Craze 1/5 · US Can’t complete without buying something: I used to LOVE this game. We’re talking like 300levels in. But at a certain point it becomes IMPOSSIBLE to beat without spending extra money on the things you need like to upgrade or play with an advantage like the instant chef. It’s literally ridiculous and makes it not fun anymore. And I can tell it’s rigged so that you lose. I had 40 plates served out of
  9. [R5] Cooking Craze 5/5 · US Game crashing: I am having a problem with the game, it is crashing literally every two minutes and I have to close it and open it and so on.
  10. [R6] Cooking Craze 3/5 · US Laggy: Booooooo idk why it is so slow. Every time I close the app the music is still playing for like 10 seconds and the game keeps pausing for so long when it loads to 100%. Idk if it’s my device, maybe, but it’s happening all the time and I don’t like it. *sashays away*
  11. [R10] Cooking Craze 1/5 · US No chance of beating if not paying: This game is a scam. Not possible to beat higher levels. Glitches. And when I went to customer service, they told me I had to pay to beat it. Don’t waste your time
  12. [R13] Cooking Craze 2/5 · US Unfair: I am completely and utterly annoyed at the difficulty level rising in each city, making it impossible to beat levels with purchasing spoons. This algorithm is unfair to those who are consistent users of this app. I love this game but i am sick of having to purchase spoons just to win every level!!!!
  13. [R14] Cooking Craze 4/5 · US Pay to play: Pay to play fun at start and then bad every thing upgrade and moving fast to still lose don’t give u enough spoons where u got to buy them can’t get past one level bc u have to buy spoons that’s bullshii
  14. [R31] Cooking Craze 2/5 · US Buyer beware: Sometimes in the game you’re offered to buy 650 spoons that also comes with 30 min of unlimited lives (one of the main reasons I often buy the package). The first time I did it and didn’t get my lives I contacted support. Their response was mainly “well sorry, that’s the way it is. Stuff happens”. Next time I did it I was in a event so thought maybe the unlimited lives don’t go throu
  15. [R32] Cooking Craze 2/5 · US App support does not fix issues: I begin having problem with Cooking Craze about three weeks ago for some reason. I wasn’t getting daily bonuses, videos or spoon. I contacted support, they told me to delete the app and reinstall it. I did still the same issue. I contacted them three or four times with no avail. I just deleted the app permanently. Such a fun game, such a shame.
  16. [R37] Cooking Craze 1/5 · US Fully of Bug: Used to be great. App crashes all the time now. Game is slow and glitchy. New diamond levels are impossible to beat without using boosts. App crashed and all saved progress was deleted. They helped to restore progress to a certain point but then it happened again. Don't bother with this game.
  17. [R9] Cooking Craze 3/5 · US Ads ruined it for me !: Been my favorite game since it came out. It’s fun, challenging, and not cheap looking. There is always something new to cook, and the food matches the city. But now there are ads, long ones, after every level! Why? You could watch them for extra coins and spoons, what was wrong with that? Half the time they freeze. Should be 5 stars but ads should make it 0. Also suggesti

Synthesized from 50 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store