# East Trade Tycoon — Simulation Trading Game

> Business and life simulation game focused on trading, wealth accumulation, and family legacy. (iPhone/iPad app by Shenzhen Jingying Network Technology Co., Ltd..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/east-trade-tycoon/id1609590125 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Shenzhen Jingying Network Technology Co., Ltd.](https://appshunter.io/developer/1592473752)
- Category: Games, Entertainment, Casual, Simulation
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.20/5 from 115 App Store ratings · 61 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 191 MB
- Languages: American English, Chinese (Simplified, China), Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
- Released: 2022-06-25
- Data updated: 2026-08-21
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/east-trade-tycoon/id1609590125/reviews.md

## What is East Trade Tycoon?

East Trade Tycoon is a trading simulator game. In the game, you can from zero to hero. By trading markets, build a business, earn money, level up, investing accurately, and manage family to become a trading tycoon！

While running a business, we can also experience life simulator, you can get married, have children, and mark your family stronger. With the growth of family members, they can also do business with you, work and earn money, which is an indispensable help for us to grow into a trading tycoon.

The ultimate goal of the game is to be the richest man, to be the biggest businessman in every city, and to have a strong family so that our career can be passed on forever.

Game feature：
-80 cities, nearly 100 kinds of goods, have a real simulation economic system, commodity prices go up and down, you need to buy low and sell high at the most appropriate time, earn money through price differences, achieve wealth growth, and become a trade master.
-Strengthen your caravan, increase the number of your caravan, increase the carrying capacity of goods, so that each transaction can make more money and profits!
-Exercise eloquence, management, charm, improve yourself and family members, and make trade more powerful.
-Mysterious props can increase the quantity of each transaction and the ability to reduce the price during the transaction. Try to reach the conditions and get them！
-Life simulation, family members will be born, old age, sickness and death, each person has an independent appearance system, talent system, train your strongest heir!
-You can set up a business in every city, which will automatically and extra ear money and fame for you. You just need to invest in it, upgrade it, and the business will give you a good return.
-Accomplishing a variety of trade tasks is the secret to becoming a trade tycoon quickly.
-The game will record all kinds of growth data and trade data, and when you become a trading tycoon, it must be very impressive to look back on the road you have traveled.

Finally, I hope this trade simulation game can bring you happiness. If you have any questions, please contact us via email: hiwhalex@gmail.com

## Key features

- Trade goods across 80 cities
- Build and upgrade businesses
- Manage family and heirs
- Real simulation economic system
- Strengthen caravans
- Life simulation with family events
- Complete trade tasks

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Magic Token | $2.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of East Trade Tycoon?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Addictive gameplay loop
- 👍 Good progression speed
- 👍 No ads
- 👍 Deep strategy and mechanics
- 👍 Family building system
- 👍 Supports long-term play
- 👍 Great for relaxing
- 👍 Supports offline play
- 👍 Good value for money (paid version)
- 👍 Fun core gameplay

**Cons**

- 💰 Paywall after 3 years
- 💰 Game requires payment to continue
- 💰 Expensive for some
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 🐛 Poor English translation
- 🐛 UI issues on some devices
- 🐛 Some features not translated
- 🐛 Unclear instructions
- 🐛 Depressing death messages
- 🐛 Inconsistent UI scaling

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Paywall not restoring purchase
- Glitch with 12+ contribution unlocks
- UI elements cut off on curved screens/notches
- Some text boxes not translated
- Instructions are erroneous/poorly translated
- Quest locations hard to find
- Typo 'fart' instead of 'cart'
- Purchase button cut off on some screens
- UI not adapting to phone screens
- Bug where price spikes when out of money
- Family tree not scrollable with many children
- Map screen freezes with time update messages
- Game crashes/resets progress
- Lost staff after reloading game
- Family income not received
- Side menu not visible on iPhone X
- Map boundary scrolling issues
- Blank graphics settings
- Random events and translations have grammatical errors
- City/player names missing spaces
- Incorrect phrasing for sales/price increases
- Found products disappear and cannot be sold
- Children referred to as 'he' when female
- Map screen shakes/jitters
- Cannot click cities at map edge

**Most requested features**

- More things to do with money
- More threats/defense mechanics
- Assign employees/kids to run trade routes
- Add location notifications for quests
- More updates
- Restore purchases
- French translation
- More content
- Difficulty levels
- More interactive elements

## Recent user reviews (10 of 61)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/east-trade-tycoon/id1609590125/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Can load earlier saves

*2026-07-30*

I played this game initially when it came out and I loved it, I changed phones and got back the game years later only to realize I can’t access my former files in which I had a whole descendant and everything. It’s quite sad though.

### 3/5 — Save bug

*2026-06-13*

Good game with potential but it will not save the game progress correctly even you you manual save after every time you get down play sooner or later when you log on your progress will not be saved

### 3/5 — 还行

*2026-04-05, version 2.0.18*

挺好玩的但是要给钱

### 5/5 — Really good game

*2025-11-28, version 2.0.18*

I’ve been playing this game non stop for hours now! Great game, there’s lots to do and achieve. I hope there is an update because I’m on generation 5 of my family and already reached max family members. Wish I could continue growing family and upgrading house. But yes, very awesome game.

### 1/5 — Not even ok

*2025-08-18, version 2.0.18*

This is not free but 2.99 boring game

### 3/5 — Translations need work

*2025-08-09, version 2.0.18*

They translated badly from Chinese so in english you struggle to figure things out because the instruction are erroneous.

### 2/5 — boring game but need money

*2025-04-17, version 2.0.18*

2.99dollars and nothing fun

### 5/5 — Great but work on translating to English

*2025-04-11, version 2.0.18*

It’s very good but many text boxes are not translated to English at all

### 3/5 — Very good - needs work

*2025-02-18, version 2.0.18*

Great game, VERY difficult to find any city for the quests. Need to have a notification on the towns you need to go to as I go cross eyed just trying to read the names that are super small and all very similar. This is a huge frustration. Translation/spelling errors are plenty - best one yet was the typo “fart” instead of “cart” 😂 add the location feature and I’ll give 5 stars.

### 5/5 — restoring purchase

*2024-12-24, version 2.0.18*

its not restoring my purchase

## Frequently asked questions about East Trade Tycoon

### What is East Trade Tycoon?

East Trade Tycoon is a simulation game where players engage in trading across numerous cities, build businesses, and manage their family to become a wealthy tycoon. It combines economic simulation with life simulation elements.

### What are the key features of East Trade Tycoon?

Key features include trading nearly 100 goods across 80 cities with a dynamic economic system, building and upgrading businesses for passive income, strengthening caravans for better profits, and managing a family with unique talent systems for heirs.

### How does monetization work in East Trade Tycoon?

The game is free to download and play, but it offers in-app purchases for items that can enhance gameplay. It also includes advertisements.

### What is the goal of the game?

The ultimate goal is to become the richest person and the biggest businessman in every city, while also establishing a strong family legacy that can be passed on. This involves accumulating wealth and achieving significant business success.

### Can I play this game on my device?

The provided data does not specify device compatibility. However, it is a mobile application, suggesting it is designed for smartphones and tablets. You would typically check the app store listing for specific operating system requirements.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.0.18 — 2024-11-13

1. Fixed the bug that sometimes when there is no betrothal gift being sent, but clicking on the matchmaker always shows that the betrothal gift is being sent.
2. Fixed the problem of incorrect descriptions of some caravan items when choosing the birthplace.
3.Fixed the bug that some city operations can still be performed in city browsing mode.
4.Fixed the bug that the letter delivery task can refresh the local city task.

### 2.0.17 — 2024-11-09

1. Added: After completing a strategy, you can choose whether to repeat the same strategy, reducing repetitive operations.
2. Fixed a bug where, in certain situations (e.g., after viewing city information and closing the window), the city could not be clicked or moved.
3. Optimized a bug where the game would pause irregularly after a game popup or character dialogue.
4. Fixed several bugs that could cause the game to crash when loading a saved game.

### 2.0.13 — 2024-11-06

1. Attempted to fix the bug where the game screen would infinitely shift as soon as the game is opened. (If players still encounter this problem, please give me feedback again.)
2. Optimized the scrolling speed of all scrolling windows.
3. Goods obtained by defeating robbers will not cause the caravan to be overloaded. Excess goods will be automatically sold on the spot and converted into money.
4. Fixed the bug where when loading a save, if the character is in an edge city (such as Huanglong), they will be forcibly refreshed to the base.
5. For automatic saves, added options to save once every three months and once every six months.
6. Fixed the problem of the reversed trigger sequence of achievements regarding firm control quotas.

### 2.0.11 — 2024-10-29

1. Fixed some text and translation errors.
2. Optimized the game's UI display.
3. Fixed issues that could cause game crashes.
4. Resolved various data problems.

### 2.0.8 — 2024-02-04

Added: Skip animation feature when completing tasks.
Optimization: Text translation of English version.
Optimized: In large map browsing windows such as city exploration and business management, you can now choose to return by right-clicking, no longer requiring a mandatory click on the red return button.
Fixed: Issue where research points exceeding three digits couldn't be displayed.
Fixed: Some text errors.
Fixed: Issue where employee resignations were triggered even with non-negative monthly surplus.
Fixed: Display issues with some text.
Fixed: Issue where deputy leaders did not increase defense power.
Fixed: Issue where values might overflow during title upgrades.

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