# StartUp Business: Tycoon Sim — user reviews > 24 indexed App Store user reviews of StartUp Business by Francesco Cogliandro, rated 4.20/5 from 129 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/startup-business-tycoon-sim/id1629065796/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/startup-business-tycoon-sim/id1629065796.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 90 · 4★ 14 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 16 ## Newest reviews (4 of 24) ### 2/5 — Lag and freeze *2026-08-01* Right when I downloaded I did 1 step and when I was gonna do the employees step when I pressed it. Like it froze and k had to close the game and when I went back to do the same it did the same thing. Really bad. **Developer response:** Hi! Thank you for the review, we are going to fix that issue as soon as possible! ### 2/5 — Error *2026-01-06* After you purchase items you get a error and you can’t get rid of it, unless you close the app **Developer response:** Hi! Thank you for the review! What kind of error do you get? Can you tell us in the game chat or on our Discord server? Thank you so much! ### 2/5 — Limits *2025-12-20* I had to drop my rating from a 5 to a 2. The latest update with the specializations, limit your growth down to 2 sectors for lower level players. For example, building a car now requires making tires with no way to make them, producing electronics and jewelry with no way to refine gold or to purchase the refined gold. Need to rethink this update. **Developer response:** Hi, thank you for the review, we can easily update the specialisations value in order to make the game better. ### 1/5 — Не работают *2023-11-03* Ничего не работает , никуда точно не поставить , магазин не грузит . Не купить и не продать продукт ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — 可以推出中文版本吗 *2026-07-27* 推出中文好吗 **Developer response:** Hi! Thank you for your review! We can try to translate to Chinese, unfortunately it’s not a simple language to translate even with Translation tools😁 ### 1/5 — Terrible UI *2026-07-21* I’ve honestly never seen a more unclear UI on any app or game. I spent about half an hour trying to figure out how to hire an employee. It says % salary to offer but the it seems that the slider seems to be % above offer but the no matter what I type or set when I click hire it says the offer was 0 and rejects. 0/5 app needs a vastly improved UI or tutorial **Developer response:** Hi! Thank you for the review! We promise you that we will work on the UI and UX. ### 1/5 — Won’t work *2026-03-04* Every time I click the employee section it just stops working, most recent version. ### 1/5 — Not great *2026-01-27* The game keeps cutting out can’t even start playing it **Developer response:** Hi! Thank your for the feedback! We released a new update, the 2.12.1. It fixed some crashes, can you try and tell us if it's fixed? Thank you! ### 1/5 — Couldn’t play *2026-01-26* Got to the part in the tutorial where you have to press the employee button and it wouldn’t work. None of the buttons would. **Developer response:** Hi! Thank you for the feedback! Have you tried to update the game? Let us know! ### 1/5 — Not for an IPhone *2025-11-21* You don’t have back button. You can’t go back only way to close and open the game if you wanna go back and chose something else. **Developer response:** Hi! Thank you for your feedback. This issue has been resolved in 2.9.7. -Francesco ### 1/5 — Instant Ads *2025-08-07* Instant Ads is crazy with how many games you guys have and how horribly toxic your micro transactions are I’d expect you to atleast not give me a ad within 30 seconds of the game opening. **Developer response:** Hi! I'm sorry that the ads in the game bother you, in the next update they will be made less intrusive. We will try to balance everything in the best possible way. EDIT: We update the game, making the App Open ad less invasive! ### 1/5 — Majorly incomplete… *2025-07-16* This game seems like if it were a meal, someone gone home before they put it on the stove…. **Developer response:** Hi! We are working hard to improve the game experience! In the next days there will be a new update! ### 1/5 — This game is a scam *2025-03-21* Not able to upgrade my company… I’ve been playing this game for a week doing the same thing..😡 ### 1/5 — game is broken *2025-03-15* tap functionality doesn't work, so you can't actually play or navigate the game. that said, forcing an advertisement as soon as i open the game is brilliant: you generate revenue, and i didn't even see what the game was 🤡 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Проблема с запуском *2026-03-25* Изменяю отзыв, игра вновь работает стабильно :) **Developer response:** Привет! Большое спасибо за отзыв! Мы рады, что сейчас все работает хорошо! ### 5/5 — W game *2026-03-24* This game is so good it isn’t just clicking a button it has strategy. **Developer response:** Hi! Thank you so much! The best is yet to come! Stay tuned! ### 5/5 — Great Game *2026-01-20* It’s hard to find games like this: not only well-made but so business oriented. Devs are friendly and very responsive as well. **Developer response:** Thank you very much for your review. Feedback like this is what motivates us to keep improving the game and to keep growing as a team. We truly appreciate your support. This year is going to be an important one for the game! ### 5/5 — Awesome support *2026-01-02* Changed my rating from a 2 to a 5. Since the specialization update, I took a few days off from it and thought about business in general. Came back and tried a few theories and company is blasting off. The support/ dev person takes real time feedback and applies it or informs you of the idea behind the next update in advance, so your concerns and feedback is heard and often applied right away. Have not seen that in any other game I play. **Developer response:** Hi, thank you for the review. We really appreciate that you recognize our effort for the community! Thank you so much! Good luck with your business on StartUp! ### 5/5 — Nice Dev *2025-10-21* I’ve been making my way in this game so far and I’ve kinda almost fluctuated the market by my self but besides that this games very fun :) I do think you might need the cheap subscription to play normally but it’s fine for me. I hope more people end up trying it as the dev is updating it constantly with new features and fixes. **Developer response:** Hi! Thank you so much for the kind review! We are working hard to make StartUp Business better! We would like to make the game enjoyable also without a subscription, can you please tell us why the need for the cheap subscription? Thanks a lot! -Francesco ### 5/5 — I liked the old version better *2024-07-10* Still an AMAZING GAME **Developer response:** Thank you so much for the review! We are happy that you like our game! ### 5/5 — I love it *2023-11-04* I really liked how you guys put everything in there, it actually feels like I’m building my own company. I love the employees too! This is great!! **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your support!❤️ ### 5/5 — 可以推出中文版本吗 *2023-10-22* 推出中文好吗 **Developer response:** Hi! Thank you for your review! We can try to translate to Chinese, unfortunately it’s not a simple language to translate even with Translation tools😁 ### 5/5 — Good start *2023-02-13* Game is good so far. Pretty clearly in early stages but devs are active and take suggestions with appreciation. 10/10 so far **Developer response:** Thank you so much! We realle appreciate it! We will keep updating our game to improve it!❤️ ### 3/5 — It’s okay *2026-05-19* So I love the game but every like 20 clicks my game pauses but other than that very awesome game this game is very fun I love the game.👍😃🤩🤯 **Developer response:** Hi! Thank you! Can you please explain us better what’s going on with the “20 clicks” thing? Maybe on our discord server (you can find it below once you open the game) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-25.*