Start Your Business vs Dev Tycoon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Start Your Business
Experience the world of game development and build your own empire. Prove your capabilities and try your luck in this simulation game.
- Game development simulation
- Build your empire
- Showcase your capabilities
- Try your luck
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Try your own luck in world of game development. Show everyone, what you are capable of.
Dev Tycoon
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Start with $50,000 and a dream. In Dev Tycoon, you play as a 25-year-old founder building a software company from scratch. Hire developers and marketers, create SaaS products, gain customers, and watch your revenue grow, or watch it all collapse if you run out of cash!
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Verdict
Start Your Business and Dev Tycoon are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Start Your Business ships an update every 4 days, Dev Tycoon every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on August 13, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Start Your Business | Dev Tycoon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marian Mali | Orkun Orbay |
In-app purchases
Start Your Business
No in-app purchases
Dev Tycoon
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Start Your Business free?
Is Dev Tycoon free?
Do Start Your Business or Dev Tycoon have ads?
Which is updated more often, Start Your Business or Dev Tycoon?
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