Comparison

Cable Fever vs Cabling Tycoon

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

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About

Cable Fever

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Welcome to "Cable Fever", where colorful USB cables await your puzzle-solving prowess! Dive into a world where every cord is tangled, and it's up to you to set them free. Your task? To methodically untangle each USB and match it to the corresponding colored socket. With the vibrant colors serving as your guide, navigate through the maze of cables to ensure a perfect connection. Features: -Vivid Cable Puzzles: Immerse yourself in a vibrant world of tangled USB cords, each presenting a unique challenge. -Intuitive Gameplay: Utilize the colors of the cables to decipher the puzzle and make the right connections. -Progressive Challenges: While early levels offer a soothing experience, subsequent stages bring intricate and colorful puzzles to test your skills. -Relax & Resolve: Find solace in untangling the mess, and revel in the satisfaction of solving each puzzle. -Hours of Fun: With countless levels to conquer, "Cable Fever" promises endless entertainment. Discover the joy of untangling and connecting in this hyper-casual puzzle adventure. Experience the euphoria that comes with decluttering a tangled mess. Download "Cable Fever" now and let the unplugging begin!

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Cabling Tycoon

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LAN cables aren't something you memorise. They're something your hands learn. Cabling Tycoon is a shop management game where you build RJ45 cables by hand and sell them to the customers waiting at your counter. Strip the jacket, untwist the pairs, lay eight wires down in order, seat the connector and crimp it — the real sequence, repeated under your thumb. You end up knowing T568A and T568B because you ran a shop, not because you drilled flashcards. ■ Who this is for · Anyone studying for a network technician exam with a hands-on cabling section · Anyone who hesitates every time between straight-through and crossover · New engineers about to pick up a crimping tool for the first time · People who like simulation and tycoon games ■ 1. Cables you actually make Bite the jacket with the stripper, turn it, pull it off. Rub the four twisted pairs apart, then place all eight wires one slot at a time: white-orange, orange, white-green, blue, white-blue, green, white-brown, brown. Push the connector home, squeeze the tool, and one cable is done. Every cable has two connectors, so you build both ends. ■ 2. Straight-through or crossover? The customer is asking "Connecting a PC to a hub — two of them, please." Read the pair of devices in their speech bubble and hand over the right cable. Same layer of device means crossover, different layers mean straight-through — then a hub's uplink port flips the answer, and coupler orders make you combine your cable with the one already in the wall. The cheat sheet is one tap away whenever you're unsure, but the clock keeps running while it's open. ■ 3. A daily target Close the day short of the target and the shop closes for good. The goal sits in a gauge at the top of the screen all day, and with thirty seconds left and the target unmet, the shop starts shouting. Let a customer walk out on a cable that was sitting on your shelf and it costs a heart. String flawless deliveries together and a combo multiplier lifts what every cable pays. ■ 4. Spend the takings on the bench The power stripper cuts the work out of the jacket, the pair separator hands you pairs already untwisted, the insert guide and power crimper shorten the finish. Inspection glasses cut the lockout when you place a wire wrong. A bigger signboard buys a longer working day. What no tool ever does is place those eight wires for you — that part is yours. There are one-shot items too: an energy drink for more time on the clock, focus coffee to freeze the queue's patience, a parts box that doubles the cable on your bench, a megaphone to win back waiting customers. ■ 5. Practice mode Just the cable, with no clock and no customers. It remembers your fastest wire placement and which pin numbers you get wrong most, so you can see exactly where your hands stall. ■ 6. Online record room Post a finished run's takings to the hall of fame. No account, no login — a nickname is enough. ■ Light and quiet · No sign-up, no login · Game records stay on your device · No camera, microphone, contacts or location permissions · English and Korean Open the shop again today, until those eight wires are muscle memory. ※ A learning simulation. For real installations, follow site regulations and the manufacturer's instructions.

Screenshots

Cable Fever4 screens
Cabling Tycoon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Cabling Tycoon at 3 against Cable Fever's —. Cable Fever's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Cable Fever versus Cabling Tycoon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCable FeverCabling Tycoon
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 4 weeks
Ads—Yes
In-app purchasesNoNo
Devices—iPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size140 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer3A YAPIM VE YAZILIM DANISMANLIK LIMITED SIRKETISiU Ahn

In-app purchases

None

Cable Fever

No in-app purchases

None

Cabling Tycoon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cable Fever free?
Cable Fever is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cabling Tycoon free?
Cabling Tycoon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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