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Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy vs Cooking City

Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 4.9★ · Free + IAP 70
Winner Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy
Cooking City 4.8★ · Free + IAP 50

Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy is the better choice for players seeking a more engaging and less grind-heavy experience, despite its significant issues with ads and in-app purchases.

Full reviews: Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy · Cooking City

Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy offers smoother upgrades and a more challenging, yet fun, gameplay experience compared to other cooking games. However, both apps face criticism for excessive ads and aggressive monetization strategies, making the 'free' experience frustrating for many users.

Head to head

Features and Gameplay edge: Cooking Madness-Kitchen FrenzyR5R8R11R12
Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy Users praise Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy for its fun and challenging gameplay, smooth and realistic upgrades, and engaging team efforts R5R8R11. Some find it low-stress and easier than other cooking games R8. However, a segment of users finds the game boring, repetitive, and not challenging enough, noting that levels are often repeated R12.
Cooking City No specific user reviews are provided for Cooking City to evaluate its features and gameplay directly.
Ease of Use and Reliability edge: Cooking Madness-Kitchen FrenzyR6R8R37R54
Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy is generally described as having smooth gameplay and not crashing as much as other cooking games R6R8. However, some users report issues with ads trapping them, requiring a game restart R37. A few users also experienced the game stopping working entirely R54. One user noted slow customer walking speeds, leading to failed levels despite fast cooking .
Cooking City No specific user reviews are provided for Cooking City to evaluate its ease of use and reliability.
Price/Value and Monetization tieR3R4R7R9
Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy is heavily criticized for its aggressive monetization. Many users feel the game becomes impossible to beat without spending money on boosters, diamonds, or upgrades R7R9R25. Even after purchasing the 'no-ad' version, users report still needing to watch ads for rewards or finding that ads eventually return R3R13R15R19. Users also report issues with coin bonuses being inaccurate after watching ads R4.
Cooking City No specific user reviews are provided for Cooking City to evaluate its price/value and monetization.
Ad Experience tieR2R3R10R13
Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy A significant number of users find the ad experience in Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy to be extremely frustrating, with ads appearing after every level, before levels, and even within levels R2R3R10R13. Some ads are unskippable or trap users, requiring them to close the game R10R37. The issue is exacerbated for those who paid for an ad-free experience, only to find ads still present for rewards or returning later R3R13R15R19.
Cooking City No specific user reviews are provided for Cooking City to evaluate its ad experience.
Pick Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy if

you enjoy fast-paced cooking games with smooth upgrades and a team-based challenge, and are willing to tolerate or pay to mitigate frequent ads and in-app purchase prompts R6R8R11.

Pick Cooking City if

there is no specific information from reviews to recommend Cooking City over Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy.

Evidence note: The evidence for Cooking City is entirely absent, making a direct comparison difficult. The assessment of Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy is based on a large volume of reviews, but the lack of comparative data for App B means many 'edges' are given to App A by default or are declared a 'tie' where monetization/ads are generic issues for free games.

Frequently asked

Are there many ads in Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy?
Yes, Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy has a significant number of ads, with users reporting them appearing after every level, before levels, and even within gameplay, which many find annoying and disruptive R10R16R24R27.
Is Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy a pay-to-win game?
Many users feel that Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy becomes a pay-to-win game, especially at higher levels, where it's difficult or impossible to progress without purchasing boosters, diamonds, or other in-app items R7R9R25R30.
Does buying the ad-free version of Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy remove all ads?
No, users who purchased the ad-free version of Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy report that ads still appear for rewards, or that ads eventually return, which is a source of significant frustration R3R13R15R19.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 60 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. [R5] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 5/5 · US My favorite game: So fun and has a little challenge i recommend this game
  2. [R8] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 5/5 · US I gave five stars because….: I love this game! Low stress with the customers, great graphics and my game doesn’t crash as much as my other cooking games do!
  3. [R11] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 5/5 · US I LOVEI T: This game is so much better than cooking fever. The upgrades are so much more smooth and realistic you don’t have to grind so hard to upgrade your game areas versus cooking fever. You gotta sell your newborn child to get a new grill anyways I’m reading this so you guys know this game is fun and smooth like it should be.
  4. [R12] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 3/5 · US Would not recommend: I have just gotten this game not too long ago and I can’t stand it. It’s so boring. You’re doing the same thing over and over again. This game would be a little bit more enjoyable if it was even a little bit challenging! It’s not. It’s very easy, and that makes it no fun at all. On top of that, you’re doing the same level 3 times! I do not know who thought this was I good i
  5. [R6] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 3/5 · US Addicting but Stressful: Fantastic graphics and smooth gameplay, but I’m not the target audience. The ads made it seem like it would be a relaxed game, but the actual gameplay is much faster paced. I could have predicted this if I had payed attention to the name of the game lol.
  6. [R37] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 1/5 · US Fix the stupid add: Great except watching the stupid ads just locks you in a loop of playing a game that you never get the credit for. You follow all the ad prompts and the only way to close the ad is to close the game. When you look back the collect option is still locked.
  7. [R54] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 1/5 · GB What happened?!: This is the best game but it’s stopped working?! What happened?
  8. [R3] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 3/5 · US Love it, too many pop ups: I love this game but I paid for the no-ad version which was great but now in order to get the rewards I earned I have to watch an add and then there’s way too many inside games and pop ups.
  9. [R4] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 2/5 · US Does not giving accurate coin bonus: It says When you pass levels there is an option to watch adds so you can get 125%-200%-300% and so on at random, and I ve been dıing this for a while to get more coins and it used to be accurate like at least exact amount I won or more. Recently whenever I watch adds to double my coin earnings it gives me only %50 of what I earned or even LESS, if you going to
  10. [R7] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 2/5 · US Wallet Drainer: It’s a good game to pass time but it will drain you out of your hard earned money to get to next levels. What draws you in is the team effort to beat other teams… BUT YOU ARE GOING TO PAY! WOULDNT advise in this economy. Great concept though!
  11. [R9] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 3/5 · US Typical App Store money pit: Game is fun but becomes impossible to beat unless you spend more money and the appeals for money are never ending(“Buy these diamonds! Buy this booster pack! “ Special offers constantly.) I’d pay a flat fee for this, paying for boosters constantly for rigged games? No.
  12. [R2] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 4/5 · US Fun but….: Fun game, lots of ads but many are for bonus items. Some levels are near impossible without bonus items. It is easy to burn through lives very quickly. Given all that it is still a very fun game!
  13. [R10] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 2/5 · US Too many adds: Game is fun but as you play you get adds that you can’t back out of and ruins the game experience
  14. [R13] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 1/5 · US Shameless money grab: Gameplay loop started out fun but with a ton of ads. So I paid for the no forced ads option. But every item , buff, perk in the game- even the daily pass rewards, require you to watch ads. Not forced, but you need to to get anything. They also give you like 20 gems per day. If you miss a level by a few seconds it’s 70 gems to continue. Both sides of the screen are loade
  15. [R16] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 2/5 · US Ads: It was fun and well made but an ad after every single level? And then more while not in a level.. smh. It’s very annoying
  16. [R24] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 3/5 · US ADS ADS ADS: I love this game but to have an ad after every single level is unnecessary
  17. [R27] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 3/5 · US Too Many Ads: Ads. Ads before the level, ads after the level. Ads. Literally everywhere.
  18. [R25] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 1/5 · US Purposefully make this game next to impossible the higher level you get: The game itself is really fun! However, I would almost rather they charge upfront for it. It’s ridiculous how hard they make some of the 2-3 star parts of the harder levels. You genuinely cannot pass some of them unless you spend money on boosters or diamonds. It’s ridiculous how predatory it is.
  19. [R30] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 3/5 · GB Please Read Me !!!: The game has been created amazingly , you genuinely won’t want to stop playing it , because you want to progress through the levels … so why 3 stars? Because they have created the game where you are constantly spending your money on it, purchasing diamonds and/or upgrades to complete levels that can not be completed without them, and purchasing the newly bought diamonds with yo
  20. [R15] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 3/5 · US Great until recently: Game was great until the recent change where you have to watch videos to be awarded your prizes unless you pay for that particular upgrade.
  21. [R19] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 2/5 · US Beware Buying Ad Free: I really enjoy this game and decided to purchase the ad free version which is saying a lot because i don’t usually give money to game apps. It was good at first with no ads but eventually the ads came back. Before you would get rewards for side games by consistently playing. Now those rewards you should just be getting for loyalty for the app are behind second ad walls. You

Synthesized from 60 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store