Hollywood Player vs Masterstroke
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hollywood Player
Manage the careers of aspiring actors in the entertainment industry. Guide their journeys through film, television, and theatre, navigating scandals, relationships, and career-defining moments. Every choice impacts their success and legacy.
- Deep talent management simulation
- Dynamic actors with unique personalities
- Procedurally generated projects
- Rich narrative and media coverage
- Relationship and scandal management
- Career progression system
- No ads, IAP, or energy systems
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Your Agency. Their Legacy. Welcome to Hollywood Player - the deepest talent management simulation on mobile. Build your agency from nothing, sign promising actors, and guide their careers through the glamour, chaos, and ruthless politics of the entertainment industry. Every decision matters. Every scandal has consequences. Every star rises or falls by your hand. THE LIFE OF AN AGENT Your clients aren't just stats - they're people with dreams, flaws, and complicated lives. An actor driven by artistic integrity will resent being pushed into commercials. A volatile talent might deliver a career-defining performance - or implode on set. A rising star's secret relationship could become tomorrow's tabloid headline. You'll manage their careers, but you'll also manage their humanity. BUILD CAREERS ACROSS ENTERTAINMENT FILM - From micro-budget indies to tentpole blockbusters TELEVISION - Broadcast dramas, prestige streaming, limited series THEATRE - Local stages to Broadway and the West End COMMERCIALS - Quick money, but at what cost to credibility? Match actors to roles based on their unique abilities - physicality, emotional range, voice, charisma, improvisation, psychology, and screen presence. The right role elevates a career. The wrong one can end it. SURVIVE THE SPOTLIGHT Fame is a double-edged sword. As your clients rise, so does the scrutiny. Manage the fallout from tabloid exposes, relationship drama, tell-all memoirs from bitter exes, substance issues, mental health crises, legal troubles, blackmail attempts, and career-ending scandals. Choose your response carefully. Deny, confirm, deflect, or get ahead of the story. Hire PR firms, lawyers, or crisis managers. Some fires can be contained. Others must burn out. PROTECT THEIR WELLBEING Push too hard and your clients will break. Monitor exhaustion, stress, and scrutiny. Schedule breaks. Build support networks. A burnt-out actor delivers poor performances. A happy, healthy client builds a legacy. CHASE GLORY Awards season brings opportunity and heartbreak. Navigate the Lumiere Awards (Film), Broadcast Circle Awards (Television), and Marquee Awards (Theatre). Celebrate victories. Console losses. Watch careers transform with a single win - or crumble under a Worst Performance nomination. FEATURES - Deep simulation where every system affects every other - Dynamic actors with unique personalities and aspirations - Hundreds of procedurally generated projects - Rich narrative with genre-appropriate reviews and tabloid coverage - Relationships, romances, breakups, and ongoing drama - Rumors that escalate from gossip to scandal - Media relationships and press management - Career progression from unknown to A-list - No ads. No IAP. No energy systems. Pure strategy. This is not a casual clicker. Hollywood Player rewards strategic thinking and long-term planning. There is an optimal path - but you will discover it yourself. Sign your first client. Survive your first scandal. Welcome to Hollywood.
Masterstroke
Manage a cricket club or national team, from squad selection and auction to coaching every ball. Experience T20, ODI, and Test matches with detailed strategy and career progression. Optional club finance management and offline play are available.
- Squad building via auction or draft
- Ball-by-ball coaching with tactical options
- Manage T20, ODI, and Test matches
- Club finance and infrastructure management
- Player development and career progression
- Offline play
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Masterstroke: Cricket Manager puts you in charge of a cricket club, and later a country. Build the squad, set the field, plan every delivery and answer to a board that expects results. PICK YOUR LEAGUE Start in one of five leagues set in India, Pakistan, Australia, South Africa and England, each with its own teams, rules, money and calendar. Build your squad in a live auction with retentions and Right to Match cards, or in a snake draft. Some leagues add 100-ball cricket, impact substitutes or a Power Surge. COACH EVERY BALL Every match plays out ball by ball on an animated pitch. With the ball, pick the length on a pitch map, the line, over or round the wicket, the pace, swing, cutters or spin variations, and how often to bowl the plan. Drag all nine fielders where you want them. With the bat, set each batter's approach, the side he looks to score on and how hard the pair runs. Your calls change what happens on the next ball, and the commentary tells you why. T20, ODI AND TEST CRICKET Win at club level and national teams come calling. Coach one of 12 nations through T20 Internationals, ODIs and five-day Tests with declarations, follow-ons, rain and day/night pink-ball matches. Chase World Cups, continental cups and a two-year Test championship, and climb the world rankings. Rising nations can earn Test status and qualify for World Cups. RUN THE CLUB (OPTIONAL) Switch on Club Finances to run the money too: build the stadium, training complex and youth academy, hire staff, choose a sponsor, and qualify for a champions tournament against the best clubs from every league. A CAREER THAT LASTS Train your squad every day and manage form, morale, fitness and injuries. Young players develop, veterans retire and new talent comes through. Meet the board's targets or lose your job, then take an offer from another club in any league, or coach a club and a country at the same time. ALSO INCLUDED - Full scorecards, Manhattan and worm charts and a wagon wheel - Easy, Normal and Hard; Easy adds a match assistant - A roster editor to rename teams and edit any player, with import and export - Over 75 achievements - Play offline Masterstroke is free to play and shows ads. Masterstroke Pro is an optional upgrade that removes interstitial ads and adds unlimited instant sims, double training XP on demand, one-tap physio treatment for injuries and 10 save slots. Masterstroke Pro is available as a monthly auto-renewing subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your device Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions after purchase. A lifetime purchase is a one-time payment and does not renew. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRuazeMpJfsbZEHl3WrBHmCMq7u0K_KZG1RetYgiz3ugqEeCh7UBTBV1vRqXzB4aKv418W9I5gTXjGC/pub
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Masterstroke at 100% against Hollywood Player's 40%. Masterstroke also leads on price (Free vs $4.99) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). Hollywood Player's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Masterstroke is free to download; Hollywood Player costs $4.99 up front. Masterstroke sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Hollywood Player asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hollywood Player holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of Hollywood Player's written reviews are positive against 100% of Masterstroke's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Hollywood Player ships an update weekly, Masterstroke every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hollywood Player | Masterstroke |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Scott Andrews | Arcadely.io |
Customer experience
Hollywood Player
Masterstroke
In-app purchases
Hollywood Player
No in-app purchases
Masterstroke
- Masterstroke Pro – Monthly$2.991 Month
- Masterstroke Pro$19.99
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