Comparison

Yerba Mate Tycoon vs Console Tycoon

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

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About

Yerba Mate Tycoon

Manage a unique business creating and customizing yerba mate drinks. Develop your products with over 156 additives, set prices, and market your brand. Handle company operations like hiring, training, and taxes while fighting against coffee's popularity.

Highlights
  • Create and customize yerba mate with 156+ additives
  • Manage company finances, workers, and upgrades
  • Market and sell unique yerba mate products
  • Fight against coffee's popularity
  • Dynamic country-specific economies
  • Discover Easter eggs and references
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Yerba Mate Tycoon is a unique management game. You will take care of a yerba mate production business: creating and customizing various yerba mates, unlocking new upgrades, and growing your company. Yerba mate is a coffee alternative in South American countries, and the national drink of Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay! 100% free, no Ads or IAP. Create your yerba mate Over 156 additives to chose from, with unique stats and qualities. Set your price, logo, package sizes, target group, drying method, and much more. Create something unique or just appeal to the crowd and get marketing your product. Manage company Take care of taxes, fans, company workers (fire/hire/train them), monitor your company rank, loan rank. Buy other companies, unlock new upgrades, raise yerba mate popularity, fight with coffee. Discover various events, make multiple decisions. Unique gameplay The best Yerba Mate Tycoon game (and the only one). Many Easter eggs, references, jokes. Casual Indie Management game from one developer. Features: - New update = new bugs - Poor graphic and sounds - No ads or IAP, 100% free. - Over 156 additives to chose from in your yerba creation, with unique qualities and events - including apple, orange, pomelo, honey, and uranium! - Create, customize, market, and sell your yerba mate. Set its price, type, package type/logo, distribution, additives, drying method, and much more. - Chose one country from 19 available in the game, set company and CEO stats. Countries got various tax rates, yerba popularity rate, workers salary, workers education, and change over time. - Unlock new upgrades and fight with coffee. - Hire/Train workers, discover their personalities - Discover the unique world of yerba mate - Tons of references to yerba mate - Dynamic system means constantly evolving tax rates, loan availability, yerba popularity, workers' salaries and behavior - Easter eggs And a lot more, the list is too long:-} Polish/English are the official game translations. The community does other language translations. This game will not have any office building or customizing office system, or online mode.

About

Console Tycoon

Build your own gaming console empire from the ground up. Design and launch a variety of gaming devices, from home consoles to VR headsets, by managing every detail from concept to technical specifications. Navigate the historical evolution of the industry, research new technologies, and market your creations to become a global leader.

Highlights
  • Design and launch home consoles, portables, and VR headsets
  • Realistic historical evolution of the gaming industry
  • Research new technologies and features
  • Marketing and promotion campaigns
  • Office and employee management
  • Create and manage an online game store
Features
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Console Tycoon is an exciting simulator where you can build your own gaming console empire! Your journey begins in 1980, when the video game industry is just starting to take off. Design and launch home consoles, portable devices, gamepads, and VR headsets, creating them from the design phase to technical specifications in a unique editor with over 10,000 features! Game Features: Console Creation: Develop your unique gaming devices. From the exterior design to choosing technical specifications—you control every aspect. Get feedback from customers and aim for high ratings to boost your console sales! Historical Mode: Dive into the realistic evolution of the gaming industry. All console features and capabilities match their time—online gaming will only appear when the internet becomes a daily reality for gamers. Research and Development: Explore new technologies and features to stay ahead of the competition. Complete work contracts and sign exclusive deals with legendary game developers. Marketing and Promotion: Promote your consoles, create advertising campaigns, and gain recognition from players worldwide. Office Management: Start with a small office and grow! Upgrade your workspace, hire, and train employees to boost your team’s productivity and creativity. Own Online Store: Create your game store and earn additional income by selling content. And Much More: Expand your company, make strategic decisions, and build the most powerful gaming empire in the world! Show everyone that you have what it takes to become a leader in the gaming industry with Console Tycoon! Grow your business, explore new technologies, and create legendary consoles that will change the gaming world!

Screenshots

Yerba Mate Tycoon4 screens
Console Tycoon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Yerba Mate Tycoon at none against Console Tycoon's 10. Yerba Mate Tycoon also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (82% vs 72%). Console Tycoon's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks) and rating (4.1 vs 3.9). On price and device support 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. Console Tycoon sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Yerba Mate Tycoon asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Console Tycoon holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Console Tycoon has 111 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of Yerba Mate Tycoon's written reviews are positive against 72% of Console Tycoon's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Yerba Mate Tycoon ships an update every 6 weeks, Console Tycoon every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Yerba Mate Tycoon versus Console Tycoon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYerba Mate TycoonConsole Tycoon
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (18 ratings)4.1 (111 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews — better72.4% of reviews
Number of ratings18111 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB144 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDominik BabiarzOleksii Cherneha

Customer experience

Yerba Mate Tycoon

All ratings18 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%

Console Tycoon

All ratings111 ratings
Positive75.7%
Neutral12.6%
Negative11.7%
Written reviews275 reviews
Positive72.4%
Neutral15.3%
Negative12.4%

Bugs and requests

Yerba Mate Tycoon

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Console Tycoon

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Game restarted and lost progress
  • Unable to name controllers
  • Text changing to another language
  • Cybersecurity office issue
  • Handheld game size glitch

Requested features

4 requests
  • Create our own OS and processors
  • Sandbox mode
  • Year changer
  • Online competition

In-app purchases

None

Yerba Mate Tycoon

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Console Tycoon

One-time8
  • $100M to Budget$1.99
  • 500 Research Coins$2.99
  • $300M to Budget$3.99
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  • Get premium3 variants$3.99
  • 1500 Research Coins$4.99
  • $1B to Budget$6.99
  • 5000 Research Coins$9.99
  • Sandbox Mode$12.99

Questions

Is Yerba Mate Tycoon free?
Yerba Mate Tycoon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Console Tycoon free?
Console Tycoon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Yerba Mate Tycoon or Console Tycoon?
Console Tycoon is rated higher. Yerba Mate Tycoon averages 3.9 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Console Tycoon averages 4.1 from 111 ratings.
Do Yerba Mate Tycoon or Console Tycoon have ads?
Console Tycoon shows ads; Yerba Mate Tycoon does not.
Which is updated more often, Yerba Mate Tycoon or Console Tycoon?
Yerba Mate Tycoon ships an update every 6 weeks, and Console Tycoon every 2 days. Most recently, Yerba Mate Tycoon was updated on October 24, 2026 and Console Tycoon on October 25, 2026.

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