“Love the game — Too many ads, too many commercials”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 500 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-06.
4.7 ★177,746 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
369 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Welcome to Royal Cooking — an exciting game where you’ll create the finest meals from world cuisines! Embark on a culinary journey as you explore restaurants featuring diverse flavors — from Italian pasta and French pastries to Asian noodles and Mexican tacos. Upgrade your kitchen, add flair to your dishes, and use top-quality ingredients to delight your guests with delicious food.
COOK WITH PURPOSE Prepare mouthwatering meals, fulfill customer orders, and fine-tune your kitchen setup. Save your coins, spend them wisely, and plan upgrades to tackle challenges with ease.
UPGRADE YOUR KITCHEN Invest in better equipment, refine your presentation, and work with premium ingredients to impress your guests and boost your efficiency.
DELIGHT YOUR GUESTS Serve visitors who love bold flavors and fast service. Keep them happy and unlock exciting new opportunities along the way!…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 1.24.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-06 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.24.0, updated 2026-08-25.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
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
3 or more 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.
The catch list 1
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
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: Raised by 62 distinct reviewers — 12.4% of the 500 reviews scanned on this store leg (App Store).
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: Reports that the ads misrepresent the app
Reviewers repeatedly report that the app is not what its advertising showed. We never see the ad creative itself, so nothing we collect can corroborate or refute this — it is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.
What we saw: Misleading advertising: raised by 7 distinct reviewers (1.4% of 500 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 20 distinct reviewers (4.0% of 500 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Ads Galore — Way too many ads for my liking. You watch an ad after every single match it annoying”
“My review — Fun but kinda stressful when it gets fast and too many adds.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 1.24.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown10
Lowest$0.99
Highest$14.99
NoAds$0.99
Sale Pack$2.99
Sale Pack$1.99
Sale Pack$6.99
Sale Pack$9.99
Show 5 more purchases
Coins 1$1.99
Budding Chef$2.99
Cooking Debut$6.99
Coins 2$4.99
Seasoned Pro$14.99