Cupcakes! Bake & Decorate

Name: Cupcakes! Bake & Decorate
Price: 1.99 USD
Rating: 4 (9 reviews)
Author: Maverick Software LLC

By: Maverick Software LLC

Family

Features & Capabilities

The original and still BEST cupcake baking app- bake, decorate, and eat virtual cupcakes with all kinds of flavors & toppings, using real recipes!

Featured in "Our Favorite Things" - Disney FamilyFun magazine
"The cupcakes look so good I almost licked my phone." - Robin Rhys, AppAdvice.com
Over 6,000 five star ratings in the App Store.

Cupcakes! lets you bake, decorate, eat & share yummy cupcakes right from your iPod Touch or iPhone. Pick your cupcake liners, fill the pan with cake batter, pop it in the oven, and before you know it your cupcakes will come out piping hot. Shake your phone to get the cupcakes out of the pan and then choose from an amazing array of frostings and candy toppings, to build the perfect cupcake.

Once you've baked and decorated your masterpieces, you can share them with your friends via email, Facebook, or save them to your photo albums. And of course you can eat them! Choose the tablecloth and plate to serve them on and you are ready for dessert.

Features include:

27 different cupcake batters (white, yellow, chocolate, strawberry, carrot cake, red velvet, lemon, confetti, marble, apple spice, blueberry muffin, pineapple, gingerbread and more!). Mix the cupcakes from scratch or use pre-made batter.
32 different colors & patterns of cupcake liners, plus an option to create custom liners
62 types of frosting, and a 'mix your own icing color' option
80 candy toppings from gummy bears to sprinkles, fruit to nuts
25 flavors of Jelly Belly gourmet jelly beans to add as toppings
14 kinds of plates and 9 tablecloths, to give your cupcakes the perfect presentation
The ability to set your baking time, from lightly baked to crispy burnt cupcakes
Candles you can blow out by blowing on your phone! (shake for older iPods)
Full support for VoiceOver, for the visually impaired.
40 achievements to earn!

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Have an iPad? Get Cupcakeroo! for all the Cupcakes fun with full iPad support.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App

By:

Maverick Software LLC

Rating:

4.00

(9)

Version:

3.8 Last updated: 2017-07-04

Version code:

841385548

Creation date:

2010-02-23

Compatible devices:

Size:

53.15MB

Price:

1.99

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-04

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Ranking

# 420,673 ▼ 2,788

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Developed by:

Maverick Software LLC

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/cupcakes-bake-decorate/id347362622

Website:

http://www.mavericksw.com/Cupcakes%21.html

User Reviews

Users praise Cupcakes! Bake & Decorate for rich decorating options, family-friendly fun, and accessibility support, along with good value and recipe reuse. The most common complaints center on accessibility gaps (especially with VoiceOver during from-scratch tasks), pricing/IAP confusion, a cluttered or dated UI, and occasional stability issues. The app shines in creative scope and broad appeal, but could improve with more consistent accessibility, clearer pricing, and refreshed visuals.

Pros

Extensive creative customization options (variety of cupcake liners, batters, frostings, decorations, and candles) that let users design cupcakes their way.
Fun and family-friendly gameplay that appeals to kids and adults alike and serves as a good way to pass the time.
VoiceOver accessibility support is present and appreciated by blind users, with some reviews calling it a positive accessibility example.
Reasonable value with optional expansions and add-ons rather than forcing users to pay to unlock everything.
Ability to reuse recipes seen in the game, which adds practical, cross-use appeal for players.

Cons

Accessibility gaps remain for VoiceOver users, especially with from-scratch mixing and timer narration, requiring workarounds in several tasks.
Pricing and in-app purchases can be confusing or undesirable, with some content appearing free then costing money and several reviews noting IAP presence.
Bottom UI icons are perceived as annoying or intrusive, affecting the user experience.
Graphics/visuals feel outdated or lower quality compared to newer apps.
Occasional stability issues or crashes reported by some users, as well as requests for feature updates (e.g., more content like holiday themes).

Recent reviews

It keeps shutting off. The icons at the bottom are extremely annoying because little kids tap them then need help to get back where they want to go. I’ve had this app for years and bought the update. Wish I had the old one back. At least it worked.

by Sa*****, 2025-12-21

Hi. I really appreciate how liners, batters, and other things are described. There's a few issues, however. Whenever VoiceOver users want to put things in the pan, we have to turn off VoiceOver, tap in certain places, and just hope that the cupcakes are in the pan. I'm wondering if you all would please make it to where we could double tap the cupcakes, then they'd just go into the pan. Also, when you're dragging items to the fridge, or trying to put things into the bowl, whilst baking from scratch, VoiceOver doesn't seem to tell you when things are in the bowl, or what items you're moving. Will you all please make it to where VoiceOver will read the baking time you've set with the oven dial? We have to turn off VoiceOver to set the bake time, too. Just turning it clockwise... The eating... Yes, you can double tap on the cupcake, and you hear the eating sound, but I'm not sure when it's all gone. Wonder if you all could put something up that says, "One fourth eaten." Then, when it's completely eaten, it'll say something like, "All gone. Sad times." It'd also be cool if there were a button that you could press, to take the liner off, before eating. I know that was a lot, but I really do enjoy the game, and would be very happy if it were even more accessible than it is now. Keep up the good work. I have faith in you.