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Cooking City vs Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy

Cooking City 4.8★ · Free + IAP 60
Winner Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy
Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 4.9★ · Free + IAP 70

Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy offers a more engaging and fun core gameplay experience, but its aggressive monetization and ad strategy significantly detract from the user experience, making Cooking City a potentially less frustrating option if it has fewer ads.

Full reviews: Cooking City · Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy

Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy is praised for its fun, fast-paced gameplay and engaging mechanics, but is heavily criticized for an overwhelming number of ads and levels that become impossible without in-app purchases. Without reviews for Cooking City, a direct comparison on these pain points is difficult, but Cooking Madness's issues are severe enough to impact its overall appeal.

Head to head

Features & Gameplay edge: Cooking Madness-Kitchen FrenzyR3R5R11R17
Cooking City No reviews are available for Cooking City to assess its features and gameplay.
Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy is widely praised for its fun, engaging, and fast-paced gameplay, with users enjoying the challenge of serving customers promptly and managing upgrades R5R11R17. Some users specifically highlight the game's ability to test speed and focus . However, some side games are reported to have glitches, making them impossible to play R3.
Ease of Use & Progression tieR3R7R12R19
Cooking City No reviews are available for Cooking City to assess its ease of use or progression.
Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy The game starts out fun and easy, but progression quickly becomes difficult without spending money R3R7R12R19. Levels are designed to be impossible to beat without purchasing boosters or extra time R19R22. Users also dislike that 'unlimited energy' rewards automatically start their timer, preventing players from saving them for later .
Reliability & Performance tieR1R3R21R27
Cooking City No reviews are available for Cooking City to assess its reliability or performance.
Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy Some users report issues with long download times R1. There are also reports of glitches in side games, making them unplayable R3. A significant bug involves ads leading to a black screen, forcing users to restart the game and re-watch ads without receiving rewards R21. One user reported being knocked back from level 80 to 48 without explanation R27.
Price & Value (IAP/Ads) tieR2R4R6R7
Cooking City No reviews are available for Cooking City to assess its pricing or value.
Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy is heavily criticized for an excessive number of long ads that appear after every level, sometimes two at a time, making the game frustrating R4R6R13. Even users who paid to remove ads are now forced to watch them for weekly pass rewards and other challenge rewards, leading to feelings of being scammed R4R16. The game is perceived as expensive, with levels designed to push players towards in-app purchases for boosters and progress R2R7R12R19.
Support & Community tieR4R10R16R21
Cooking City No reviews are available for Cooking City to assess its support or community features.
Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy One user requested an option to find people in the game R10, suggesting a desire for more community features. There are no direct mentions of customer support interactions, but the issues with ads and forced payments imply a lack of responsiveness to player frustrations R4R16R21.
Pick Cooking City if

You are looking for a cooking game and prioritize a potentially less aggressive monetization strategy, as Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy has significant issues with ads and forced purchases R4R6R13R19. Without reviews for Cooking City, this is an assumption based on the severe complaints against Cooking Madness.

Pick Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy if

You enjoy fast-paced, challenging cooking gameplay and are willing to tolerate a high volume of ads or make in-app purchases to progress, as Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy is praised for its core fun and engaging mechanics R5R11R17.

Evidence note: The comparison is heavily one-sided as no user reviews were provided for Cooking City. All assessments for Cooking City are based on the absence of information, while Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy's analysis is robustly supported by numerous user reviews. This makes a direct, balanced comparison challenging.

Frequently asked

Is Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy free to play?
Yes, Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy is technically free to play, but many users report that progression becomes impossible without making in-app purchases for boosters and extra time R7R19R22R30.
Does Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy have a lot of ads?
Yes, Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy has a significant number of ads, with many users reporting ads after every level, sometimes multiple long ads in a row R6R13. Even users who paid to remove ads have reported being forced to watch them for in-game rewards R4R16.
Are there glitches in Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy?
Yes, some users have reported glitches in Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy, including side games asking for unavailable items R3, ads leading to black screens that require restarting the game R21, and progress being lost R27.

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. [R3] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 3/5 · US Great start: I really really love this game I play 3 somewhat similar. I have lost interest lately For one some of the side games have a glitch. It’s asking for whip cream on desserts yet there isn’t any. So it’s impossible to play. Also it’s impossible to play some levels without xtra help and spending more a more $. But like I said it was fun at first .
  2. [R5] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 5/5 · US Fun Serving Customers Food Items - Promptly: I have played many Merge games, but this one is different - and more fun. Carefully noticing if customers’ order include a beer, lettuce and/or sauce on meat. Also Deciding when/if I need to upgrade for more stove eyes, salad, etc. as the customers/ crowd increases. stressfully-FUN. Through Level 6, no ads!!!! I don’t know if ads will come later.
  3. [R11] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 5/5 · US Exactly what the name is: It makes me cook like mad I am madly inlove with this game
  4. [R17] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 5/5 · US Great game: I love this game . It’s easy and fun and very relaxing. Would recommend.
  5. [R7] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 1/5 · US Expensive game: Yes, it’s technically free, if you ever want to pass a level or palsy for a side event, have to pay. I’m so frustrated that I bought the weekly pass, but since there wasn’t a new “restaurant” ready yet, the only to earn points for the pass is in side 3 restaurants, which for some is ridiculously difficult! I have played this game long time and it’s never been out of new restaurants
  6. [R12] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 3/5 · US PLEASE READ: I like this game a lot but it’s chaotic and wants you to spend money. Otherwise great game
  7. [R19] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 1/5 · US Scam: Fun until the game introduces levels that are impossible to beat without paying for extras. Scam.
  8. [R1] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 1/5 · US Take too long to download like 1 hour: Take too long to download
  9. [R21] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 3/5 · US You've become completely brazen: There's already an ad every second in the game; as soon as you tap something, an ad pops up. And now, when you double a reward, the ad is just a black screen and won't close, forcing you to restart the game. So you watch ads for nothing again, or they don't give you the reward and the button to increase it doesn't work. You've become too greedy; don't you get enough money from all these ads already? · translated
  10. [R27] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 3/5 · US Ugh! Get you bugs fixed: I was having fun and even bought more diamonds and out of nowhere I was knocked from level 80 to 48 and I don’t know why! I was so irritated I stopped playing! Who wants to redo 32 levels
  11. [R2] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 4/5 · US Expensive: The game is good, but why do prices increase so much when the money earned per level doesn't increase? · translated
  12. [R4] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 1/5 · US Ads, Ads, and More Ads!!!!: I have been playing cooking madness for years. I played so frequently that I PAID to remove ads from the game so I could keep playing as much as I wanted. Now when I log on, I see that in order to redeem the Weekly Pass rewards or other challenge rewards, I have to watch ADS??? For something I accomplished?????? So what was the point of me paying for no ads if now I hav
  13. [R6] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 3/5 · US Fun… at first.: This was fun at first, until the ads hit. Then you can only do one level at a time before you are hit with ads. Not just 1 but 2. Once 1 ad is over the next one starts. LONG ads too. Not 15-30 but 60-90 seconds each one. It killed it for me. Too many options of games out there to stick with a full on ad game.
  14. [R10] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 1/5 · US Good: Love the game but need a option to find people on it
  15. [R16] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 1/5 · US Ads added to weekly pass: The recent update that forces you to watch an ad for every reward you’d like to claim for the weekly free pass is hilariously greedy.
  16. [R22] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 1/5 · US Eventually You’ll Have to Pay $$$: As you move through the progress of the game, the levels become unbeatable without purchasing boosters and extra time. They draw you in, then stop your progress until you pay up.
  17. [R30] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 2/5 · US Can be costly: The game is very enjoyable. However it can be costly if you’re trying to get to the next level.
  18. [R13] Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy 1/5 · US Too many ads: The game is great, but the sheer volume of ads you are forced to watch on this game is not worth the trouble. Nobody should be having to pay to not have to see ads after EVERY level and then some. Do better.

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