I like this game; it's cute and easy to play, though it's a bit nonsensical to get docked for not placing seasonings or ingredients in the bowl/pan in your random order we have no way of knowing without ridiculous trial and error. Also, while I am super glad to get new recipes and levels, I wish you would test them more before releasing them. Both this latest level and the previous release are so buggy that required elements will not trigger.
Reviews for Cookingdom
Needs option to shut off timer!! Either I didn't notice the timer at first or the first few levels didnt have one. But as soon as I realized id like it I paid for no ads. And then all the sudden I notice the timer. I would have never paid for it if I realized that. Why cant these games just understand we want to relax.
I did pay for the removal of ads which was, in my opinion, a little bit expensive. the ads were so frequent it genuinely frustrated me at times. as for controls, they can be iffy and differentiate from recipe to recipe. sometimes it won't mind if youre not as accurate and other times you have go get the item positioned in a very precise spot or else it won't work. I do like this game and is definitely one of my favorites in terms of passing time
Edit: 7/31/25 I rated the game a 5 because the mid-level ads have gone! Thank you!!! I wanted to rate this a 4 or 5 because I love playing the game. Even with a few bugs, they almost always get fixed with the frequent updates. However, I'm rating lower because after the latest update, there are now ads in the middle of the level. I didn't mind them after levels or closing to watch them for bonuses, but putting ads in the middle of levels is something that makes me want to uninstall the game.
Very fun game, but really picky with the order of operations on recipes and often doesn't give enough time, so you have to play over and over again. App is having a glitch after the last update, can't get past level 68 because it's giving me half the time it should. 3 stars due to bug and heavy ads to get more time/hints on levels. Please fix this issue.
well.. it never tells us what to do, no arrows or anything, you just usually have to do a guessing game. although that can be fun, it isn't. you sometimes have to retry a level around 5 times just to finish it because of how much it doesn't guide you through the game. it also bombards you with ads once you finish a level so they can get a quick buck. everything else is... ok. the art style is cute and the music is chill, but the gameplay is mid. it also has recurring bugs which are always there.
Fun, but they don't give you enough time to complete later levels without screwing up a few times, and they hide ingredients in the most obscure places so you waste time looking for them. It's only clear what to do next if you are either a professional chef or you use hints. Good game overall, but if you're looking for relaxing, find another game cuz this isn't it.
the game is so fun! I love it I really do just I hate how there is a time limit for not even 5 minutes! I feel like it should be at least 7 or 10 or no time limit at all. people don't know how to use stuff and there isn't much of a tutorial so your stuck there and then have to start all the way back to the beginning. overall super fun game! the time limit is just ruining the fun though.
It's a fun game in concept and playing at first, but the entire thing is the Boss of All Ads! You get an ad in the middle of playing, at the end of a finished recipe, and another one if you have to restart after losing a level. The game hardly has any progression to it (other than playing recipe after recipe) with no fun goal to work towards; hardly anything worth paying $5.99 for to just play the game regularly as intended without popup ads! STOP WITH THE GREED!
I love this game, it's very addictive and motives you to explore different recipes. I had to erase it, but when I downloaded it again, it started to get stuck on the ice cream rolls recipe, specifically the utensil for cutting the rolls. I've tried restarting my phone and redownloading the app three times now because of that. It always gets stuck in that area. I'm really sad that I can't keep playing because of that glitch.