Royal Cooking vs Toon Blast

How do Royal Cooking and Toon Blast compare on difficulty, ad pressure, in-app-purchase pressure and what real reviewers say? A side-by-side look, grounded in App Store data.

	Royal Cooking	Toon Blast
Genre	Casual	Casual
Price	Free	Free
Difficulty	hard	hard
Ad intensity	high	high
In-app-purchase pressure	high	high
Typical session	medium	medium
Rating	4.7 / 5	4.7 / 5
Ratings count	176,141	2,806,979
Reviews say	What players like Colorful graphics and charming visuals Fun and addicting early gameplay Strategic resource management with upgrades Common complaints Ads before each round and after every level; aggressive ad monetization Coin rewards insufficient to progress without paying; coin-gated progression Pay-to-win design forces purchases to advance past difficult levels	What players like Engaging and fun gameplay loop that hooks long-term players Relaxing presentation with charming cartoon characters Playable offline without requiring Wi-Fi Common complaints Excessive ads interrupt play, especially when watching for extra moves Difficulty spikes artificially force players to spend money or wait weeks on single levels Ad-reward system often fails ('ad not ready'), stealing promised rewards and moves

Royal Cooking — A colorful cooking simulation where you prepare meals and upgrade your restaurant, but face mounting paywalls as you progress. (rated hard difficulty, high ad pressure) Toon Blast — A colorful match-3 puzzle adventure with cute characters that starts easy but ramps up difficulty to push spending. (rated hard difficulty, high ad pressure)

Data: Apple App Store, as of 2026-09-22. Last updated 2026-09-22.