Dev Tycoon vs Startup Dev Story
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
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!
Startup Dev Story
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Found your own software startup and grow it from a one-person garage hustle into a world-changing tech giant, one pixel at a time. Startup Dev Story is a cozy, fast-paced business simulation inspired by the management-sim classics. Hire developers, designers, and marketers, organize them into teams, and cook up products in the Lab by mixing a type, an audience, and secret ingredients. Discover powerful combos, ship them, and watch the subscribers (and the cash) roll in. But the tech world never sits still. Survive and thrive across shifting eras, the SaaS & Mobile Boom, Crypto Winter, the AI Revolution and beyond, each one reshaping what sells and who your rivals are. FEATURES ⢠Hire & grow a team, level up staff, manage energy, loyalty and burnout, and promote your stars. ⢠The Product Lab, combine type + audience + ingredients to discover hidden synergy recipes. ⢠Ride the eras, adapt as the market transforms decade after decade. ⢠Rivals & market, competitors ship their own products; trends rise and fall. ⢠Research & perks, unlock new product types and kit out your office. ⢠Three difficulties, from a gentle Learn-the-Ropes run to a brutal lean-runway challenge. ⢠New Game+, bank a veteran co-founder and a cash head start for your next venture. ⢠Multiple save slots, run parallel companies. ⢠Handcrafted pixel art and a chiptune soundtrack, all generated with love. Free to play, supported by ads. No account required, your progress is saved on your device. Can you survive the burn, out-ship your rivals, and IPO your way to the singularity? Your startup story starts now.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Dev Tycoon at none against Startup Dev Story's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Dev Tycoon | Startup Dev Story |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | ā |
| Ads | No ā better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 14.0 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Orkun Orbay | JAIME RICHARD DAZA GUZMAN |
In-app purchases
Dev Tycoon
No in-app purchases
Startup Dev Story
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Dev Tycoon free?
Is Startup Dev Story free?
Do Dev Tycoon or Startup Dev Story have ads?
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