Comparison

Empire Ascent vs Pitloop

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

Head to head
About

Empire Ascent

Features
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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: โ€ข Lemonade Stand - Everyone starts somewhere โ€ข Food Truck - Take your business on the road โ€ข Restaurant - Serve hungry customers โ€ข Office Building - Enter the corporate world โ€ข Investment Bank - Make money work for you โ€ข Tech Conglomerate - Disrupt entire industries โ€ข Aerospace Corp - Reach for the stars โ€ข Space Mining Corp - The final frontier of wealth โ€ข 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: โ€ข Day 1-6: Growing gem and cash bonuses โ€ข Day 7: Massive weekly bonus reward โ€ข Keep your streak alive for maximum rewards! ACHIEVEMENT COLLECTIONS Complete achievement collections for bonus rewards: โ€ข Entrepreneur Starter Pack โ€ข Business Mogul โ€ข Millionaire's Club โ€ข Prestige Master โ€ข And more to unlock! 20+ ACHIEVEMENTS Track your progress with milestones: โ€ข Income goals from $1 to $1 Trillion โ€ข Business ownership achievements โ€ข Prestige milestones โ€ข Engagement rewards PLAY YOUR WAY โ€ข Active tapping for fast earnings โ€ข Idle income while you're away โ€ข Strategic upgrades for maximum growth โ€ข Optional ads for bonus rewards PRIVACY FIRST โ€ข No account required โ€ข Core progress stored locally โ€ข Playable offline (ads & purchases require internet) โ€ข 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!

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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.

Screenshots

Empire Ascent4 screens
Pitloop4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Empire Ascent versus Pitloop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmpire AscentPitloop
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 4 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size10 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnthony StarkRIVALOUT LTD

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Empire Ascent

One-time6
  • 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
7 purchases

Pitloop

One-time7
  • 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

Questions

Is Empire Ascent free?
Empire Ascent is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pitloop free?
Pitloop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Empire Ascent or Pitloop have ads?
Both Empire Ascent and Pitloop show ads.

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