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Cooking City vs Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game

Cooking City 4.8★ · Free + IAP 50
Winner Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game
Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game 4.7★ · Free + IAP 65

Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game offers a more engaging experience with its story and character customization, but recent updates have made it significantly more difficult to progress without spending money, while Cooking City's reviews are not available for comparison.

Full reviews: Cooking City · Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game

Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game is praised for its engaging story, character customization, and guild features, but many long-term players are frustrated by recent updates that increase the difficulty and push for in-app purchases. Without reviews for Cooking City, a direct comparison on user experience is limited.

Head to head

Features and Gameplay edge: Cooking Diary® Restaurant GameR5R6R9R11
Cooking City No reviews are available for Cooking City to assess its features and gameplay.
Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game is loved for its fast-paced gameplay, story, and character customization R5R11. Players appreciate the guild system for making friends and getting help . However, recent updates have introduced frustrating changes, such as the removal of daily tasks and an increase in pop-up ads and side quests, which disrupt gameplay R6R9R15.
Ease of Use and Progression tieR4R6R13R15
Cooking City No reviews are available for Cooking City to assess its ease of use and progression.
Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game Early levels of Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game are described as easy and fun . However, many long-term players report that recent updates have made progression significantly harder without spending money R4R13R16R21. Players struggle to earn enough gems for upgrades, leading to being stuck on levels for extended periods . The game is also criticized for constant pop-ups that interrupt gameplay, especially during timed boosters R6R15R18.
Reliability and Performance tieR1R3R7R10
Cooking City No reviews are available for Cooking City to assess its reliability and performance.
Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game has significant issues with crashing and loading failures, especially after updates R1R7R10R22. Some users report losing all progress after reinstalling the app . There are also reports of sound not working and tutorials failing R3.
Price/Value (Free + IAP) tieR4R13R16R17
Cooking City No reviews are available for Cooking City to assess its price/value.
Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game is free to download but heavily relies on in-app purchases (IAP) for progression R4R13R16R21. Many players feel forced to spend money, with estimates of £25-30 needed per level to advance R4. Prices for upgrades and decorations are considered too high . While some users claim it's possible to play without paying R17, the general sentiment among long-term players is that the game has become greedy, increasing prices and decreasing rewards R13R28.
Support tieR10R39
Cooking City No reviews are available for Cooking City to assess its support.
Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game One user reported contacting Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game support after the app crashed, but reinstalling did not resolve the issue R10. Another user reported a problem via the app store but noted there was no direct option to report the specific issue R39.
Pick Cooking City if

You are looking for a cooking game and are open to trying Cooking City, but be aware there are no user reviews provided for this comparison.

Pick Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game if

You enjoy cooking games with a story, character customization, and guild features, and don't mind the potential for significant in-app purchases or dealing with occasional technical issues R5R11.

Evidence note: The comparison is heavily skewed because no user reviews were provided for Cooking City, making it impossible to assess its strengths and weaknesses from a user perspective. All 'A' takes reflect this lack of data. The 'B' takes are based on a substantial number of reviews, but the overall comparison is incomplete.

Frequently asked

Is Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game free to play?
Yes, Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game is free to download, but many players report that it becomes very difficult to progress without making significant in-app purchases, with some estimating around £25-30 per level for advancement R4R17R21R28.
Does Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game have ads?
Reviews for Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game are mixed regarding ads; some users praise it for having no ads R8, while others complain about frequent pop-up in-game ads and marketing interruptions that disrupt gameplay R6R15R18.
Why is Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game crashing?
Multiple users report that Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game frequently crashes on loading screens or during gameplay, especially after new updates, making the game unplayable for some R1R7R10R22.

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. [R5] Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game 5/5 · GB A amazing game: I love this game its the amazing cooking game I play Please make games more like this
  2. [R6] Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game 3/5 · GB Could be so much better: I really love this game from top to bottom everything is fine for me, BUT one thing that keeps pushing me away is the amount of POP UP IN-GAME ADS! Why can’t you just put them all in side or tab, I’m trying to play the game and I have to get through 15 pop up in game ads and then more non stop… I don’t mind the story pop up but all those gems/side story advertise like I ca
  3. [R9] Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game 3/5 · GB Losing its appeal rapidly: I’ve played this game for years , and love it. In fact it’s the only game I play regularly. However recent changes have made it really restrictive. The Tasty Airlines challenge is terrible. I’ve been on 98% for weeks. Nothing I do to increase the score works. Why now only 5 gems for thirty levels? It used to be ten, and was worthwhile taking the time to do that in orde
  4. [R11] Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game 5/5 · GB Fun game!: A fun fast paced game. Lots of achievable upgrades and easy to play!
  5. [R4] Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game 1/5 · GB Be prepared to spend A LOT of money: Whilst I absolutely love this game, it’s getting worse and worse to be able to progress without literally spending a fortune. There’s 80 games per level and I’d estimate you’d need to spend around £25-30 in order to progress to next level. Really disappointing as it’s a great game. If you’ve got plenty cash and don’t mind spending it on a game then crack on!
  6. [R13] Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game 1/5 · GB No longer fun: Ive played this game for many years. I loved it. Now it seems to be more amout Mytona making more and more money. Prices have increased. Rewards decreased and all mini games not available fairly. Its a shame theyve made such silly changes and put off several loyal players.
  7. [R15] Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game 3/5 · GB I was really enjoying this game but…: In the latest update they removed the daily tasks (grandpa’s tasks) which was a great source of receiving a variety of boosters / gems /etc, the new method is nowhere near as good. Also, if I receive a booster for 5 mins, there’s loads of marketing interruptions so you cannot maximise it. I also find the game purposefully does not give enough time on some leve
  8. [R1] Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game 1/5 · GB I could not open my app: For some reason the App is not functioning anymore. It has been for 3 days now.
  9. [R3] Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game 3/5 · GB Glitch: i would say the game is good until the tutorial fails you
  10. [R7] Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game 1/5 · GB Game crashing on load: New update has made the game unplayable, crashes on loading screen, please fix
  11. [R10] Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game 1/5 · GB NEED AND UPSATE: Been playing for years. The app crashed on me. Contacted the game support. Re installed the app and signed in and the app still crashes
  12. [R16] Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game 1/5 · GB Reviewed my score in line with recent changes: Previously would have rated this a 4/5 game but recent changes removing all elements of actually being able to progress more by playing more and instead trying to force you to pay to progress along with randomly excluding players at certain stages from certain events and causing friction between long term and new players a 1 is the best I can rate thi
  13. [R17] Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game 5/5 · GB The best!!!: This game is amazing no ads and you don’t need to pay for ANYTHING (if you don’t want to)
  14. [R39] Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game 5/5 · GB Update: I love this game but I have just done the update and the game will not load. I clicked on report a problem on this page and there is no option to report this so I am hoping this comment will be seen here, and they will do something about it. I had just won free lives and the skates for 40 minutes so didn’t get chance to use them. Very disappointing
  15. [R21] Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game 3/5 · GB Great game but …..: By far the best cooking game I have played however I have deleted it twice s some levels are too hard to complete without spending real money and it is easy to s-end a lot. £20 for the key on the food truck!. It’s just a ridiculous amount of money. No doubt when I get back to the harder levels I will delete again and start over. Better that than spending huge amounts of money
  16. [R28] Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game 1/5 · GB Greedy: So I’ve been playing this game for a very long time. I have also stupidly spent a lot of money on it too. Well I won’t be anymore. The game is no longer fun anymore. The developers have got greedy and have made the levels impossible to pass. If your just starting out with this game.....it is fun. But now it’s just a case of lining the developers pockets and getting nowhere with the level
  17. [R8] Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game 5/5 · GB Best game ever: Super fun no adds super addicting I can’t stop playing
  18. [R18] Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game 3/5 · GB Please stop meddling with what works: I play this game daily and have done for multiple years. I loved the daily tally (I’m up to over 1000 days) yet you’ve swapped it out for a 1-7 day tally now. The animations between levels are constant and far too many. You look 50% of any time frame given on bonuses like double coins or instant cook just closing down the pop ups & incessant animations. It’s
  19. [R22] Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game 2/5 · GB Game keeps shutting off: Whenever I load the game it keeps shutting down but there’s no uodate available. So it’s making it impossible to play

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