Dev Tycoon vs TheBigLeagues
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dev Tycoon
Build a software company from the ground up. Hire a team, develop SaaS products, and manage your finances to achieve success or face collapse. A simulation game focused on business strategy.
- Start a software company
- Hire developers and marketers
- Create SaaS products
- Gain customers and revenue
- Manage company finances
- Business simulation gameplay
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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!
TheBigLeagues
Build a business empire from scratch by acquiring businesses, managing sports teams, trading stocks, and pursuing a political career. Your ventures generate revenue even when you're offline, allowing for empire growth at your own pace.
- Build and grow diverse businesses
- Manage football and basketball clubs
- Engage in stock market trading
- Pursue a political career
- Offline revenue generation
- Skill tree specialization
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BigLeagues is a business tycoon game where you build an empire from scratch buying businesses, managing sports clubs, trading stocks, and climbing the political ladder. Buy and grow businesses Start with a small shop and work your way up. Restaurants, tech startups, retail chains, each business earns revenue that keeps flowing even when you're not playing. Manage your football club Take charge of a real squad with player ratings, formations, and tactics. Scout youth prospects, sign players on the transfer market, and compete across league tiers. Win promotions, lift trophies, and build a dynasty. Play the stock market Buy low, sell high. Trade stocks, deal in options, and short sell if you've got the nerve. The market moves every tick, time it right and you'll make a fortune. Enter politics Run campaigns, hold rallies, and climb from City Councillor all the way to President. Higher ranks boost your entire empire's revenue, but corruption is always tempting. Your empire, your pace BigLeagues is designed to be played in short sessions. Your businesses earn while you're away, so there's always something waiting when you come back. Start a tech company Start as a unknown start up raise all the way to a unicorn company. Additionally: • 150+ football clubs across 10 leagues • Full squad management with youth academy • Basketball team management • Stock market with real-time price movement • Political career from citizen to president • Skill trees to specialize your playstyle • 3 languages: English, French, Turkish
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TheBigLeagues at 5.0 against Dev Tycoon's 3.8. Dev Tycoon's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume and 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
Both are free to download. TheBigLeagues sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dev Tycoon asks for nothing beyond the download.
TheBigLeagues holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.
Dev Tycoon ships an update every 6 days, TheBigLeagues every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dev Tycoon | TheBigLeagues |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Orkun Orbay | Emre Yenen |
In-app purchases
Dev Tycoon
No in-app purchases
TheBigLeagues
- Supporter Pack — Instant Rewards$2.99
Questions
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