Comparison

Hacker or Dev Tycoon? Clicker vs Van

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Hacker or Dev Tycoon? Clicker

Embark on a journey from a novice programmer to a world-renowned developer. Create games and apps, build your business, and climb the ranks to earn millions. Experience the thrill of competitions, luxurious living, and even saving the world.

Highlights
  • Create games and applications
  • Earn millions of dollars
  • Improve programming skills
  • Open an office and start a business
  • Participate in competitions
  • Save the world from a virus
Features
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Welcome to Hacker real life simulator - a game where you will create your own games and applications and earn your first million dollars. You will go from a beginner to the richest programmer in the world. There will be many adventures on the way to success: • you will improve your programming skills; • open office and start your own business; • take part in competitions and conferences; • live in the most expensive houses and use the coolest computers; • and even save the world from a dangerous virus in our idle clicker! So, you will go from zero to hero in our Tap Tycoon Simulator. They will call you a developer or programmer. But we know who you really are. You are a hacker! Remember this word, our future Dev Tycoon. The game is based on real events.

About

Van

Help a character escape debt by becoming a successful online vlogger. Earn subscribers, make money, and upgrade your lifestyle with virtual assets. This casual idle simulator offers a stylish art style and an engaging narrative.

Highlights
  • Become a top blogger
  • Gain subscribers and earn money
  • Upgrade lifestyle with luxury items
  • Positive casual idle gameplay
  • Engaging plot and stylish art
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Van has fallen into debt. His neighbor demands repayment. He remembers his successful friend Lamar, who has risen to fame with his blog. Van decides to follow his example. Get Van out of debt, gain subscribers, earn money, move into cool houses, buy luxury cars and become a top blogger. Van - Idle Vlogger is a positive casual idle single-player free-to-play life simulator in the business clicker genre with stylish art and a cool plot.

Screenshots

Hacker or Dev Tycoon? Clicker4 screens
Van4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Van at 70% against Hacker or Dev Tycoon? Clicker's 39%. Van also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4). Hacker or Dev Tycoon? Clicker's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hacker or Dev Tycoon? Clicker sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Van sells 21 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Van holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.4K and 1.4K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Hacker or Dev Tycoon? Clicker's written reviews are positive against 70% of Van's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hacker or Dev Tycoon? Clicker ships an update every 5 weeks, Van every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hacker or Dev Tycoon? Clicker versus Van: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHacker or Dev Tycoon? ClickerVan
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (1.4K ratings)4.7 (1.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews38.7% of reviews69.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.4K — better1.4K
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size203 MB260 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperAliaksandr PrakarymCoco Play

Customer experience

Hacker or Dev Tycoon? Clicker

All ratings1,399 ratings
Positive87.2%
Neutral2.6%
Negative10.2%
Written reviews724 reviews
Positive38.7%
Neutral14.2%
Negative47.1%

Van

All ratings1,340 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive69.5%
Neutral8.6%
Negative21.9%

User reviews

Hacker or Dev Tycoon? Clicker

From 1.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great game
  • 👍 Interesting concept
  • 🕹️ Fun gameplay
  • 💰 Good progression

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Office button bug
  • 🔍 Lack of content
  • 📺 Too many ads
  • 💰 Expensive IAPs

Van

From 1.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun game
  • 👍 Great sequel to Lamar Vlogger
  • 👍 Incredibly enjoyable
  • 👍 Addictive and entertaining

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Freezing/glitching issues
  • 🐛 Bugs preventing gameplay
  • 🐛 Upgrade UI issues on certain devices
  • 🔍 Feels too similar to Lamar Vlogger

Bugs and requests

Hacker or Dev Tycoon? Clicker

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Office button not working
  • Game freezing at office
  • Achievements not tracking
  • Monthly income not received

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and features
  • Fix office button bug
  • Reduce ads
  • Improve progression

Van

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Freezing when tapping too many times
  • Bugs at the end of the game preventing progress
  • Issues with in-app purchases not working

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add a Steve idle vlogger game
  • Extend the energy bar
  • Improve the UI and fix bugs

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Hacker or Dev Tycoon? Clicker

One-time10
  • Gold ID$2.99
  • Small money pack$2.99
  • Special offer for new players$2.99
Show 7 more
  • Golden keyboard$3.99
  • No AD$3.99
  • Normal money pack$5.99
  • Golden computer + keyboard$6.99
  • Big money pack$14.99
  • Special offer VIP account$14.99
  • VIP account$19.99
21 purchases

Van

One-time21
  • No Ads$0.99
  • Safe box!$1.99
  • Second safe box$1.99
Show 18 more
  • Pile of gold$1.99
  • Second safebox$4.99
  • Safe box$4.99
  • Second safe box$4.99
  • Safebox!$4.99
  • Piggy bank$6.99
  • A second safe box$8.99
  • Second safebox$8.99
  • Safebox$8.99
  • Safe box$8.99
  • Bunch of gold$12.99
  • Safebox$12.99
  • Second safebox$12.99
  • Safebox$14.99
  • No Ads Full$14.99
  • Safebox$17.99
  • No Ads Pass$29.99
  • Loads of gold$44.99

Questions

Is Hacker or Dev Tycoon? Clicker free?
Hacker or Dev Tycoon? Clicker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Van free?
Van is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hacker or Dev Tycoon? Clicker or Van?
Van is rated higher. Hacker or Dev Tycoon? Clicker averages 4.4 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while Van averages 4.7 from 1.4K ratings.
Do Hacker or Dev Tycoon? Clicker or Van have ads?
Both Hacker or Dev Tycoon? Clicker and Van show ads.
Which is updated more often, Hacker or Dev Tycoon? Clicker or Van?
Hacker or Dev Tycoon? Clicker ships an update every 5 weeks, and Van every 2 months. Most recently, Hacker or Dev Tycoon? Clicker was updated on October 20, 2026 and Van on October 22, 2026.

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