Comparison

Dev Tycoon 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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About

Dev Tycoon

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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!

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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

Dev Tycoon4 screens
Latchstring4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dev Tycoon at none against Latchstring's 1. Dev Tycoon also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price and ads 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. Dev Tycoon asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Dev Tycoon versus Latchstring: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDev TycoonLatchstring
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size31 MB1 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperOrkun Orbayali kilin

In-app purchases

None

Dev Tycoon

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Latchstring

Subscriptions1
  • Latchstring Pro Yearly$4.991 Year

Questions

Is Dev Tycoon free?
Dev Tycoon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Latchstring free?
Latchstring is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dev Tycoon or Latchstring have ads?
Neither Dev Tycoon nor Latchstring shows ads.

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