Empire Ascent vs Pitloop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Empire Ascent
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BUILD YOUR BUSINESS EMPIRE FROM THE GROUND UP Start with a simple lemonade stand and rise to become a global business tycoon in Empire Ascent, the ultimate idle business simulator. TAP TO EARN Every tap brings you closer to your dreams. Earn cash with each tap and watch your fortune grow in real-time. 15 UNIQUE BUSINESSES From humble beginnings to corporate dominance: โข Lemonade Stand - Everyone starts somewhere โข Food Truck - Take your business on the road โข Restaurant - Serve hungry customers โข Office Building - Enter the corporate world โข Investment Bank - Make money work for you โข Tech Conglomerate - Disrupt entire industries โข Aerospace Corp - Reach for the stars โข Space Mining Corp - The final frontier of wealth โข And 7 more businesses to discover! PRESTIGE & GROW Reset your progress to earn powerful prestige bonuses and grow faster each run. The more you prestige, the stronger your empire becomes! DAILY REWARDS Log in every day to claim increasing rewards: โข Day 1-6: Growing gem and cash bonuses โข Day 7: Massive weekly bonus reward โข Keep your streak alive for maximum rewards! ACHIEVEMENT COLLECTIONS Complete achievement collections for bonus rewards: โข Entrepreneur Starter Pack โข Business Mogul โข Millionaire's Club โข Prestige Master โข And more to unlock! 20+ ACHIEVEMENTS Track your progress with milestones: โข Income goals from $1 to $1 Trillion โข Business ownership achievements โข Prestige milestones โข Engagement rewards PLAY YOUR WAY โข Active tapping for fast earnings โข Idle income while you're away โข Strategic upgrades for maximum growth โข Optional ads for bonus rewards PRIVACY FIRST โข No account required โข Core progress stored locally โข Playable offline (ads & purchases require internet) โข See our privacy policy for full details LEGAL & PRIVACY Privacy Policy: https://anthonystark.au/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Download Empire Ascent now and start building your business empire today! Start your journey to becoming a business tycoon today!
Pitloop
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Your car never stops. Pitloop races while your phone is in your pocket. Pick a track and your car races on its own: a short race every three minutes, twenty an hour, whether the app is open or closed. Every finish pays prize money, so a faster car earns more while you're away. Close the app, go to work, come back to a stack of results. GRAND PRIX IN ONE TAP When you want to race yourself, start a Grand Prix. Lights out, two laps, thirty seconds. Then the full classification, scored off the lap each car actually set, and your winnings to claim. A Grand Prix pays the full purse, drops parts, and is the only thing that spends fuel. Nothing automatic touches your tank, so you always come back to a full one. KNOW YOUR ODDS Every track shows your win and podium chance before you race, so you always know what you are walking into. A new track starts hard and eases as the car improves. Seven cars line up on every grid, so a podium means the same thing on the first track and the tenth. RACE WHERE YOU LIKE Ten tracks, each with its own performance band: Kitchen Oval, Hallway Sprint, Garden Loop, Parking Deck, Attic Figure, Boardwalk, Rooftop Ring, Cellar Maze, Ballroom GP and the Club Grand Prix. Outgrow one and the next opens, but the old one stays open too, at 40% of its prizes. Moving up is your call, not the game's. BUILD THE CAR Three garage slots. Twenty-five cars across five tiers, from the Shed Special to the Apex One. Six parts on every car: engine, tires, suspension, brakes, aero and gearbox. No part can climb more than three levels above your weakest, so a quick car is built all-around. TRAIN THE DRIVER Three skills, a hundred levels each. Driving makes the car quicker. Insight reads the race, with a chance to double the prize money and better parts turning up sooner. Logistics grows your cash and stretches the offline window. Every race fills an XP pool; you choose which skill drinks from it. MAKE IT YOURS Eight liveries, six trails and eight plate colors, all visible on track. EVERY DAY The day's cash is three rungs to climb: the first free, the two above it paid for with an ad if you want them. Plus a seven-day bonus and three daily challenges. Ads are always your choice, nothing in the game is locked behind one, and there are no banners and no interstitials. CLUB PASS An optional one-time purchase. It doubles the prize money, XP and scrap your car earns on its own, doubles how fast the tank refills, opens the offline window from 8 hours to a full day, and adds Gems to the daily gift. It never raises a car, never raises a skill, and never decides a race. PLAYS OFFLINE No connection needed to race. Your garage syncs to your own private iCloud, so a new phone picks up exactly where the old one stopped.
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Verdict
Empire Ascent and Pitloop are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Empire Ascent sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Pitloop sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Empire Ascent | Pitloop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | โ | Every 4 days |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anthony Stark | RIVALOUT LTD |
In-app purchases
Empire Ascent
- 100 Gems$0.49
- Remove Ads$1.99
- 500 Gems (+10% Bonus)$2.99
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- Starter Kit$2.99
- 1,200 Gems (+20% Bonus)$5.99
- 3,000 Gems (+50% Bonus)$12.99
Pitloop
- 15 Gems$0.99
- 40 Gems$1.99
- 120 Gems$4.99
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- Pass Club$9.99
- 280 Gems$9.99
- 650 Gems$19.99
- 1800 Gems$49.99









