Game Dev Story vs GraviT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Game Dev Story
Build your own game development studio from the ground up. Hire and train staff, research new genres, and develop hit games to conquer the industry. Create your own consoles and aim for a million-selling title.
- Manage game company
- Develop own game console
- Train staff members
- Unlock new genres
- Discover popular combinations
- Develop for latest platforms
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Manage your own game company and try to create a million-selling game in this unique simulation. Features the ability to develop your company's own game console, plus a system for changing your staff members' professions. Hire talented people and train them to develop their skills. As your staff gets more experience, you will unlock a wider array of game genres and content to develop. Try to find the most popular combinations and develop for the latest platform! Your staff members can have a variety of game-related professions, from programmer to sound engineer. Work hard and you may reach the top of the video game industry! -- Try searching for "Kairosoft" to see all of our games, or visit us at https://kairopark.jp. Be sure to check out both our free-to-play and our paid games! https://twitter.com/kairokun2010
GraviT
Rotate minimalist worlds to bring color and motion into perfect balance. This game offers 50 handcrafted puzzles with a clean design and an original soundtrack. Enjoy effortless controls and intentional movement without ads or clutter.
- 50 handcrafted puzzles
- Clean, glowing design
- Effortless controls
- Original soundtrack
- No ads
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You don’t move the blocks. You move the world. Gravity is both your tool and your test. Rotate minimal worlds with deliberate grace, bringing color and motion into perfect balance. What’s Inside: • 50 handcrafted puzzles • Clean, glowing design • Effortless controls and intentional movement • Original soundtrack for focus and flow • No ads. No clutter. Just focus. Elegant. Precise. A little smug, like gravity itself.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: GraviT at Free against Game Dev Story's $4.99. GraviT also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 months). Game Dev Story's advantage is ratings volume (3K vs 20) and chart position (#88 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, 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
GraviT is free to download; Game Dev Story costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Game Dev Story against 4.8 for GraviT. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Game Dev Story has 3K ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 96% of Game Dev Story's written reviews are positive against 89% of GraviT's.
Game Dev Story ships an update every 4 months, GraviT every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Game Dev Story | GraviT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (3K ratings) — better | 4.8 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.8% of reviews — better | 88.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3K — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #88 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd | Dennis Mengelt |
Customer experience
Game Dev Story
GraviT
Bugs and requests
Game Dev Story
Reported bugs
3 issues- Blackouts causing loss of progress
- Compatibility issues with newer devices
- Difficulty in obtaining certain resources
Requested features
5 requests- More consoles and game genres
- Ability to customize console designs
- Expanded content and longer playtime
- More staff and office options
- Improved late-game progression and challenges
GraviT
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Game Dev Story
No in-app purchases
GraviT
No in-app purchases
Questions
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