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Head-to-head

Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy vs Cooking Fever

Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 4.9★ · Free + IAP 65
Winner Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy
Cooking Fever 4.5★ · Free + IAP 60

Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy offers smoother upgrades and a potentially less grindy experience, but both games are heavily criticized for aggressive monetization and excessive ads.

Full reviews: Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy · Cooking Fever

Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy (App A) generally offers a smoother upgrade path and is perceived as less of a grind than Cooking Fever (App B), according to user reviews. However, both free-to-play games face significant criticism for intrusive ads and aggressive in-app purchase prompts that make progression difficult without spending money.

Head to head

Gameplay & Challenge edge: Cooking Madness-Kitchen FrenzyR2R5R6R7
Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy Cooking Madness is described as fun, challenging, and fast-paced, with good graphics and smooth gameplay R2R5R6R8. However, some find it too easy and repetitive , while others complain that later levels become impossible without boosters or purchases R2R7R9R18. There are also complaints about slow customer movement impacting timers .
Cooking Fever Cooking Fever is not directly reviewed on gameplay in the provided set, but one review for Cooking Madness explicitly states that Cooking Madness is 'so much better than cooking fever' because its upgrades are smoother and less grindy R11.
Monetization & Ads tieR2R3R4R7
Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy Cooking Madness is heavily criticized for an overwhelming number of ads, appearing after every level, during gameplay, and for rewards R2R3R4. Many users who paid for an 'ad-free' version report that ads still appear for rewards or that the ad-free purchase is a scam R3R13R19R22. The game is also seen as a 'wallet drainer' and 'money grab,' with levels designed to force purchases of boosters and diamonds R7R9R13R25.
Cooking Fever There are no direct reviews on Cooking Fever's monetization or ad practices in the provided set. However, one review for Cooking Madness implies that Cooking Fever is more demanding in terms of upgrades, stating, 'You gotta sell your newborn child to get a new grill' R11.
Upgrades & Progression edge: Cooking Madness-Kitchen FrenzyR9R11R30R39
Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy Users of Cooking Madness appreciate that upgrades are smoother and more realistic, requiring less grinding compared to other cooking games R11. However, some note that the game becomes impossible to beat without spending money on boosters or diamonds for upgrades R9R30R39.
Cooking Fever Cooking Fever is specifically cited as requiring significant grinding for upgrades, with one user humorously stating, 'You gotta sell your newborn child to get a new grill' R11. This suggests a more difficult and expensive upgrade path compared to Cooking Madness.
Reliability & Performance edge: Cooking Madness-Kitchen FrenzyR8R54
Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy Cooking Madness is praised for not crashing as much as other cooking games R8. One user reported the game stopped working R54.
Cooking Fever There are no specific reviews on Cooking Fever's reliability or performance in the provided set.
Pick Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy if

you prefer a cooking game with smoother upgrades and potentially less initial grind, and are willing to tolerate a high volume of ads or aggressive in-app purchase prompts R11.

Pick Cooking Fever if

you are looking for an alternative to Cooking Madness and don't mind a potentially more challenging upgrade path, as suggested by a comparison from a Cooking Madness user R11.

Evidence note: The evidence for Cooking Fever is very limited, relying primarily on a single comparative review from a Cooking Madness user. Most dimensions are heavily skewed towards Cooking Madness reviews.

Frequently asked

Is Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy truly ad-free if I pay?
No, many users who purchased the 'no-ad' version of Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy report that ads still appear, especially for rewards, making the ad-free purchase feel like a scam R3R13R19R22.
Do I need to spend money to progress in Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy?
Many users report that as you advance in Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy, levels become extremely difficult or impossible to pass without purchasing boosters, diamonds, or other in-app items, leading to accusations of it being a 'money grab' R7R9R18R25.

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. [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!
  2. [R5] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 5/5 · US My favorite game: So fun and has a little challenge i recommend this game
  3. [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.
  4. [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!
  5. [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.
  6. [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
  7. [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.
  8. [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.
  9. [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
  10. [R39] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 3/5 · GB Done away with great deals: I’ve been playing this game for years and I did really enjoy it but some levels are super hard and sometimes you do need to purchase gems which at first I was adverse to do but they would occasionally give you a great deal that was hard resist (1000 gems and several boosters for £4.99) but they have done away with this carrot - so I haven’t made any purchases for a long
  11. [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!
  12. [R54] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 1/5 · GB What happened?!: This is the best game but it’s stopped working?! What happened?
  13. [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
  14. [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
  15. [R22] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 1/5 · US Too many ads: Used to love it now they have way to many ads for rewards even though you purchase the no ad package. Scan
  16. [R18] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 3/5 · US Fun but does money grab: I love the game it’s fast paced and fun but some levels are too hard to beat without boosters
  17. [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.

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