Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy vs State.io - Conquer the World

How do Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy and State.io - Conquer the World 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 Madness-Kitchen Frenzy	State.io - Conquer the World
Genre	Strategy	Strategy
Price	Free	Free
Difficulty	hard	easy
Ad intensity	high	high
In-app-purchase pressure	high	high
Typical session	variable	short
Rating	4.9 / 5	4.6 / 5
Ratings count	779,599	245,815
Reviews say	What players like Addictive gameplay with 80+ themed restaurants and 3000+ levels Relaxing and aesthetically pleasing visuals Tap-to-cook controls make it easy to play casually Common complaints Ads after nearly every level, mandatory to watch for rewards Later levels become nearly impossible without paying for boosters Weekly pass now forces ads to claim rewards (recent greedy update)	What players like Well-designed core gameplay and strategy mechanics Fun puzzle-solving and tactical elements Quick matches perfect for short play sessions Common complaints Excessive ads interrupt play constantly (watch ads to win, power up, every battle) PvP multiplayer is fake—all opponents are bots, not real players Ad-free purchase ($4.99) doesn't work and ads return after few rounds

Cooking Madness-Kitchen Frenzy — A time-management cooking game where you run exotic restaurants worldwide, perfecting hundreds of recipes across 3000+ levels. (rated hard difficulty, high ad pressure) State.io - Conquer the World — A tactical real-time strategy puzzle game where you conquer territories on abstract maps, but the multiplayer is fake AI opponents. (rated easy difficulty, high ad pressure)

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