Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game vs Rise of Kingdoms

How do Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game and Rise of Kingdoms 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	Rise of Kingdoms
Genre	Strategy	Strategy
Price	Free	Free
Difficulty	medium	medium
Ad intensity	medium	high
In-app-purchase pressure	medium	high
Typical session	medium	variable
Rating	4.7 / 5	4.5 / 5
Ratings count	163,491	186,195
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 Deep strategy with MOBA/RTS hybrid mechanics Engaging progression and rewards system Massive shared world with 80,000+ concurrent players Common complaints Extremely pay-to-win advantage (P2W players spend $500+/day vs F2P) Heavy ad presence exceeds actual playtime Unfair for casual/average players outside dominant alliances

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) Rise of Kingdoms — Command 15 historical civilizations in a massive multiplayer real-time strategy battlefield where ancient Rome clashes with ancient China. (rated medium difficulty, high ad pressure)

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