Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game vs Plants vs. Zombies™ 2

How do Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game and Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 compare on difficulty, ad pressure, in-app-purchase pressure and what real reviewers say? A side-by-side look, grounded in App Store data.

	Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game	Plants vs. Zombies™ 2
Genre	Strategy	Strategy
Price	Free	Free
Difficulty	medium	medium
Ad intensity	medium	high
In-app-purchase pressure	medium	high
Typical session	medium	medium
Rating	4.7 / 5	4.7 / 5
Ratings count	163,491	432,148
Reviews say	What players like Hundreds of recipes to unlock Multiple restaurants to manage Character-driven story with humor Common complaints Typical free-to-play progression walls Likely energy/stamina system limits play time In-app purchases encouraged for progression	What players like Hundreds of collectible plants and zombies with varied designs Engaging tower defense gameplay that's satisfying to watch Excellent animation and visual design of plants Common complaints Frequent crashes and stability issues on mobile devices High volume of ads, especially unskippable/buggy ones Expensive premium plants ($5 each) gating content

Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game — Build a culinary empire by cooking dishes, managing restaurants, and reviving your grandfather's legacy in this colorful strategy game. (rated medium difficulty, medium ad pressure) Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 — Deploy an army of plants to defend against waves of hilarious zombies across time periods in this award-winning tower defense strategy game. (rated medium difficulty, high ad pressure)

Data: Apple App Store, as of 2026-07-10. Last updated 2026-07-10.