“Too many adds — I gets you can pay and have no ads but ads that last longer then your play time (longer than 5 minutes) or never end and you have to exit the game is not worth my time. It’s supposed to be fun.”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 507 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-06.
4.8 ★168,901 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
1174 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Cooking City - One of the most addicting time-management cooking games! Simply tap to cook, serve global cuisine and enjoy the fast-paced gameplay! Don't be an idle chef. Let's cook now!
Become a master chef! Cook the best food and make the cooking fever catch on in Cooking City! Prepare, Cook & Serve delicious meals from all over the world! Get all the citizens and guests in this real cooking craze! Build your cooking empire and serve every hungry and crazy diner with great dishes!
Explore worldwide food cultures by traveling among dozens of cities from the real world. Dash from restaurant to restaurant on every city map and discover authentic flavors. Go from Classic Coffee to Popular Pizzaria, bake cakes and grill delicious burgers. Cook well-known cuisines like Beijing Duck, French foie gras, Tom Yum Kung, and also learn endless hidden recipes!…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 3.92.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-06 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 3.92.0, updated 2026-09-05.
What we measured
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Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
2 themes reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
One source only — shown, not confirmed 2
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 24 distinct reviewers (4.7% of 507 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Pay to progress
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
What we saw: Pay to progress: raised by 10 distinct reviewers (2.0% of 507 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Forced ads — This game would be great if it didn’t force you to watch ads. Immediately uninstalled after the first FORCED AD.”
“Forced ads… — Got a forced ad so I deleted the game. I’m not dealing with ads stopping the gameplay. If I want to watch an ad let me click a button and make that choice but don’t force ads. And I know they help with making the game free…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 3.92.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown10
Lowest$0.99
Highest$11.99
Glory Cooking Pack$1.99
Gorgeous Chef Pack$3.99
Tiny Piggy Bank$0.99
Grand Restaurant Pack$11.99
Lucky Pack$7.99
Show 5 more purchases
Gems 50$0.99
Gems 680$9.99
Gems 320$4.99
Energy Pack1$0.99
Gold Coupon$4.99