Comparison

The Startup vs Impeached 2

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

Impeached 2

Step into the role of President and make critical decisions that shape the nation. Will you lead with benevolence or tyranny? Engage in political satire, make laws, fight wars, and manage the economy, all while trying to avoid impeachment. Create and share custom game decks with friends.

Highlights
  • Make laws and fight wars
  • Commit crimes and avoid detection
  • Manage economy with taxes and inflation
  • Create and play custom card decks
  • Share custom decks as Virtual Cartridges
  • Experience 40+ pixel art endings
  • Navigate Congress with bribery and elections
Features
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In a(nother) surprise victory, you have been elected President of the United States. You now wield the power to push your morals and values upon hundreds of millions of Americans. Will you be a benevolent leader or a ruthless dictator? Make laws, fight wars, commit crimes and change the world, all on the taxpayer's dime! How long can you stay in power? Use the Deck Editor to create & play custom decks, then save them as Virtual Cartridge images to your camera roll. Share your Virtual Cartridges with your friends by DM or post them publicly on social media! Note: This game is political satire, and is not meant to be factually accurate. If Impeached 2 isn't funny enough for you, check out the Deck Editor! I have taken the feedback received by Impeached: Be The President constructively, and have changed many things to make the gameplay experience better. Enjoy! Impeached 2 includes: – 200+ scenario cards, and a free built-in Deck Editor to make and play your own custom cards – 40+ endings with pixel art graphics. Try to get them all! – Virtual Cartridges to let you share your custom decks with friends and followers! – Both chambers of Congress, with bribery & accurate election cycles – Lots of crime to commit, but avoid being caught! – Economic "features" like taxes & inflation – Much, much more! Will you be a champion of the Constitution, a self-serving politician or a power-hungry tyrant? The choice is yours! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

The Startup4 screens
Impeached 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Impeached 2 at 4.5 against The Startup's 3.9. Impeached 2 also leads on review sentiment (47% vs 5%) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). The Startup's advantage is ratings volume (20K vs 749) and iOS requirement (11 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Impeached 2 sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Impeached 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Startup has 20K ratings behind it against 749, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 5% of The Startup's written reviews are positive against 47% of Impeached 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Startup ships an update every 2 weeks, Impeached 2 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
The Startup versus Impeached 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe StartupImpeached 2
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (20K ratings)4.5 (749 ratings) — better
Positive reviews5.0% of reviews47.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings20K — better749
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size153 MB156 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperWolf GamingJustin Proulx

Customer experience

The Startup

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

Impeached 2

All ratings749 ratings
Positive88.3%
Neutral4.5%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive47.2%
Neutral13.9%
Negative38.9%

User reviews

The Startup

From 20K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Creative concept
  • 🚀 Interesting business simulation
  • 👍 Great graphics and UI

Room to improve

  • 💰 Excessive monetization and paywalls
  • ⏱️ Frequent long wait times
  • 🐛 Buggy and unstable
  • 📖 Too much reading, not enough gameplay
  • 💰 Overpriced in-app purchases

Impeached 2

From 749 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and creative gameplay
  • 🚀 Surprisingly realistic scenarios
  • 💡 Enjoyable deck-building feature

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy in-app purchases
  • 💰 Overly expensive microtransactions
  • 🤑 Monetization model is too aggressive
  • 🤔 Politically biased content

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

Impeached 2

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Printing money feature not working
  • Purchased content not unlocking
  • Game crashing or kicking players out

Requested features

3 requests
  • More diverse and replayable content
  • Improved budget/economy mechanics
  • Ability to print money without paying

In-app purchases

10 purchases

The Startup

Subscriptions4
  • Premium Access$4.997 Days
  • Gold Membership$4.997 Days
  • Private Banking$29.997 Days
Show 1 more
  • 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
14 purchases

Impeached 2

Subscriptions1
  • Supreme Leader$3.991 Month
One-time13
  • Keep Going$0.99
  • Print $500$0.99
  • Space Force$1.99
Show 10 more
  • The Orwellian Dream$1.99
  • The Free Market$1.99
  • Print $1200 (20% bonus)$1.99
  • The Divided Nations$1.99
  • The R&D Party$1.99
  • President 47$1.99
  • Pay Your Taxes$2.99
  • We The People$2.99
  • Capitol Gains$2.99
  • Super PAC$6.99

Questions

Is The Startup free?
The Startup is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Impeached 2 free?
Impeached 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The Startup or Impeached 2?
Impeached 2 is rated higher. The Startup averages 3.9 out of 5 from 20K ratings, while Impeached 2 averages 4.5 from 749 ratings.
Do The Startup or Impeached 2 have ads?
Both The Startup and Impeached 2 show ads.
Which is updated more often, The Startup or Impeached 2?
The Startup ships an update every 2 weeks, and Impeached 2 every 3 weeks. Most recently, The Startup was updated on October 3, 2026 and Impeached 2 on September 30, 2026.

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