Dev Tycoon vs YesBoss
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!
YesBoss
Lead a new company through strategic decisions in this turn-based simulation game. Manage your product, team, and finances while navigating market challenges and random events to build a lasting business.
- Turn-based strategy gameplay
- Product development and team growth
- Partnership and investor pitching
- Dynamic market events
- Multiple growth paths
- Adjustable difficulty levels
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You're the founder of a fledgling company with a small team and a dream. Each round, you decide what to focus on: build your product, grow your team, chase partnerships, or pitch to investors. Every choice ripples through your business — cash flow, team morale, company valuation, and market reputation all shift based on what you do. And just like in real life, the market doesn't wait. A surprise crisis, a rival's move, a sudden opportunity — random events keep you on your toes and force you to adapt. Can you navigate the chaos and build something that lasts? Features: • Turn-based strategy with meaningful choices every round • Multiple paths to grow: R&D, hiring, marketing, fundraising • Random events that keep each playthrough fresh • Unique starting talents for varied strategies • Three difficulty levels from casual to hardcore Terms of Use (EULA): • https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Dev Tycoon at none against YesBoss's shown. Dev Tycoon also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). YesBoss's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.8) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
YesBoss holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
Dev Tycoon ships an update every 6 days, YesBoss every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dev Tycoon | YesBoss |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Orkun Orbay | 思宇 周 |
In-app purchases
Dev Tycoon
No in-app purchases
YesBoss
No in-app purchases
