Comparison

Tariff Up! Tariff Down! vs Latchstring

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

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Tariff Up! Tariff Down!

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The fate of the nation is in your hands... or your swipe! Congratulations, Mr. President! You've just taken office. But there's no time to celebrate. A mountain of Tariff Bills is waiting on your desk! Raise tariffs on imported beer to save local factories? Or lower them to keep voters happy with cheap prices? Every decision is YOURS to make! Game Features: Simple Controls: Just Swipe left or right to decide. Easy to learn, hard to master! Constant Dilemmas: Fill the Treasury and anger the people , or go broke making them happy. High Stakes: Balance War Risks and Economic Indices to survive your term. Warning: May cause stress-induced hair loss due to tough choices.

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Latchstring

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Some guests want a room. Most want something they can't quite say. Latchstring puts you at the front desk of a small, off-season hotel. An alpine lodge snowed in for the winter, a seaside guesthouse lost in the fog. Every guest who walks in has a polished smile and a quiet trouble underneath, and the game writes their story on the spot. You don't pick from a menu of choices. You type what you say or do, in your own words, and the guest answers back. Be warm, be sharp, be honest or evasive. They notice, and they remember. HOW IT PLAYS - Each morning, meet the day's guests and the troubles at your desk. - Respond in your own words. The characters react in the moment. - Cash, reputation, and your staff's morale all move. You can't keep everyone happy. - Reach the goal before the season ends, then travel on to the next hotel. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT - A new cast every run. Strangers, secrets, and small tragedies, written as you play. - Warmth over cruelty. Tragicomic, PG-13, and quietly human. - Your choices land. Help the lonely widower or protect the books. Both cost you something. - Continuity that remembers. The night porter's bad week becomes a five-day arc, and a guest you helped comes back changed. - More than one place to run. Each hotel has its own cast, its own weather, and its own kind of trouble. A FAIR DEAL Your first full game is free. To keep playing, Latchstring Pro is a yearly subscription with generous play. No ads, no tracking, no accounts. Just the front desk and whoever walks through the door. Latchstring Pro is an auto-renewable subscription. Length: 1 year. Price: 4.99 USD per year. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://qilinapps.com/latchstring#terms Privacy Policy: https://qilinapps.com/latchstring#privacy Made by one developer in Istanbul.

Screenshots

Tariff Up! Tariff Down!4 screens
Latchstring4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tariff Up! Tariff Down! at none against Latchstring's 1. Tariff Up! Tariff Down! also leads on iOS requirement (15 vs 17.0). Latchstring's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

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. Latchstring sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year. Tariff Up! Tariff Down! asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Tariff Up! Tariff Down! versus Latchstring: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTariff Up! Tariff Down!Latchstring
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysโ€”
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size102 MB1 MB
Age rating12+12+
Developerwoongkyum kimali kilin

In-app purchases

None

Tariff Up! Tariff Down!

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Latchstring

Subscriptions1
  • Latchstring Pro Yearly$4.991 Year

Questions

Is Tariff Up! Tariff Down! free?
Tariff Up! Tariff Down! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Latchstring free?
Latchstring is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tariff Up! Tariff Down! or Latchstring have ads?
Tariff Up! Tariff Down! shows ads; Latchstring does not.

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