Comparison

The Startup vs Big Brother 3D

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

Head to head
About

The Startup

Build and manage your own Silicon Valley startup in this interactive role-playing simulation. Recruit a team, develop products, secure funding, and navigate business challenges to become a successful tycoon. Your choices shape your unique startup story.

Highlights
  • Build and manage a startup
  • Recruit a team of specialists
  • Develop and market products
  • Secure venture capital
  • Real estate management
  • Choose-your-own-story gameplay
  • Business simulation
Features
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Would you like to be the CEO of a new startup company in Silicon Valley? "The Startup" is a new exciting role-playing simulation game that will allow you to be the head of a huge and promising startup. You'll have to recruit an awesome team of specialists, create your own exciting product, bring it to the market, find venture investors, and get rich. You have control of the most ambitious startup in Silicon Valley. Can your company become successful and be on top? With multiple episodes and chapters, you'll face a variety of business challenges and have the opportunity to craft your own unique startup story through the choices you make. Play as a business sim, testing your skills in a realistic setting, and feel like a true business tycoon. The Startup: Interactive Game is a perfect blend of business game and interactive story for those who love both story games and role-playing. Everything depends on you in the new exciting game - "The Startup"! Features: - A realistic setting that allows players to feel like a true business tycoon - Business simulation gameplay that allows players to make financial and real estate decisions to grow their company - Choose-your-own-story element where players can craft a unique startup story through the choices they make - Multiple episodes and chapters that provide a variety of business challenges for players to overcome - Real estate management gameplay that includes buying and selling properties to expand the company - Interesting and unforgettable story - The sophisticated role-playing management system of a company - Micromanaging your own company using your budget - Multiple endings - Various role-play mechanics - Intuitive and user-friendly game interface Subscription: Recurring billing. Cancel anytime. You can subscribe to get ads-free gameplay, no waiting time and all the chapters of the game or subscribe to access in-game banking plans for the duration of your subscription. The subscription is $4.99 weekly, $39.99 yearly and $4.99, $9.99, $19.99, $29.99 weekly*. You'll be able to get ads-free gameplay, no waiting time and all the chapters of the game for the duration of your subscription. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off for at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period at the cost of the chosen package. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. You can read our privacy policy and terms of use at https://ledgroup.org/terms. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication. *Prices are equal to the value that "Apple's App Store Matrix" determines is the equivalent of the subscription price in $USD. By using Startup, you agree to our Terms of Use and Community Guidelines available at https://ledgroup.org/terms

About

Big Brother 3D

In this simulation game, you play as a spy tasked with monitoring citizens. Your mission is to uncover secrets, analyze private lives, and identify potential threats to neutralize.

Highlights
  • Spy on citizens
  • Uncover secrets
  • Analyze private lives
  • Identify threats
  • Neutralize targets
Features
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Safety of the State depends on you! You must spy on people’s deepest secrets, pick apart their private lives, and determine how dangerous they are. Find and neutralize them!

Screenshots

The Startup4 screens
Big Brother 3D4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: The Startup at 3.9 against Big Brother 3D's 1.0. The Startup also leads on ratings volume (20K vs 1). Big Brother 3D's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. The Startup sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Big Brother 3D asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Startup holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Startup has 20K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Startup ships an update every 2 weeks, Big Brother 3D every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
The Startup versus Big Brother 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe StartupBig Brother 3D
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (20K ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews5.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings20K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS1111.0
Further details — not scored
Size153 MB244 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperWolf GamingMood Games OU

Customer experience

The Startup

All ratings20,276 ratings
Positive73.2%
Neutral1.5%
Negative25.3%
Written reviews1,182 reviews
Positive5.0%
Neutral4.3%
Negative90.7%

Big Brother 3D

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

The Startup

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Purchases not registering correctly
  • Inconsistent and confusing UI

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to go back and change previous decisions
  • More freedom and control over business decisions
  • Longer and more engaging gameplay

Big Brother 3D

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

The Startup

Subscriptions4
  • Premium Access$4.997 Days
  • Gold Membership$4.997 Days
  • Private Banking$29.997 Days
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  • Premium Access$79.991 Year
One-time6
  • Step Back$2.99
  • Small Money Pack$4.99
  • Medium Money Pack$9.99
Show 3 more
  • Big Money Pack$19.99
  • Super Big Money Pack$39.99
  • Legendary Money Pack$99.99
None

Big Brother 3D

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Startup free?
The Startup is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Big Brother 3D free?
Big Brother 3D is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The Startup or Big Brother 3D?
The Startup is rated higher. The Startup averages 3.9 out of 5 from 20K ratings, while Big Brother 3D averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do The Startup or Big Brother 3D have ads?
The Startup shows ads; Big Brother 3D does not.
Which is updated more often, The Startup or Big Brother 3D?
The Startup ships an update every 2 weeks, and Big Brother 3D every 3 days. Most recently, The Startup was updated on November 9, 2026 and Big Brother 3D on November 3, 2026.

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