Get cooking with these smartphone apps, rated by Mobilewalla
Running an actual restaurant in the real world is a grueling task. If you like the fantasy of restaurant ownership but would prefer to avoid the reality of it, try these apps.
Apple apps
Hi Guess the Restaurant — What’s the Restaurant Brand in the Pic Quiz (Free)* This simple quiz asks the user to guess the name of a restaurant after seeing visual clues. (Score: 98/100)
Cooking Fever (Free)* In Cooking Fever, it’s all about time: How fast can you serve quality food, and how quickly and effectively can you use your resources and equipment? (Score: 97/100)
Order Up!! To Go (Free)* This game features a full menu of challenges for the budding restaurant owner: cook, slice, clean and even put out the occasional fire. (Score: 91/100)
Restaurant Story (Free)* Restaurant Story’s legion of fans build virtual restaurants all over the world and socialize up a storm, sharing bonus recipes. (Score: 90/100)
Food Court Fever: Cafeteria Lunch Time Submarine Sandwich Restaurant Chain FREE (Free)* Create cold-cut masterpieces with this sub-centric restaurant-building game.(Score: 89/100)
Android apps
Bakery Story: Poet’s Cafe (Free) In this Bakery Story spinoff, you’ll make cakes, cupcakes, fancy coffee drinks and more in a setting made for a creative clientele. (Score: 97/100)
My Salad Bar - Shop Manager (Free)* This is a restaurant-building game in which you serve healthy food as quickly as possible. (Score: 95/100)
Dr. Panda’s Restaurant: Asia (Free)* This cooking game for kids features Dr. Panda cooking for other animals and offering up Asian fare like stir-frys and sushi. (Score: 94/100)
Diner Dash (Free)* In Diner Dash, you battle a corporate restaurant chain by rapidly serving great food to the customers of your independent restaurant. (Score: 90/100)
SpongeBob Diner Dash (Free)* Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob’s ocean hometown, has a variety of restaurants where the happy sponge serves customers in controlled chaos. (Score: 88/100)
* Available on Apple and Android
Mobilewalla is a search and discovery engine using breakthrough technology to score every app to help consumers navigate the mobile application marketplace. Apps are scored using an algorithm that weighs several characteristics, including user ratings, position within category and staff recommendations. For more app intel, go to www.mobilewalla.com. Anindya Datta is a technologist and founder of Mobilewalla.
This story was originally published July 17, 2015 at 1:23 PM with the headline "Get cooking with these smartphone apps, rated by Mobilewalla."