Dev Tycoon vs Garage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ 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!
Garage
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Start in a cramped garage with nothing but a laptop and a dream. Write code, ship your first indie game, and grow from a one-person operation into a legendary game startup. Garage: Startup Simulator is a cozy idle tycoon about the real grind of making games โ pick your genre and theme, manage your energy, ship hits (and the occasional flop), and reinvest every dollar into a bigger startup. FEATURES โข Build your startup from a garage to an empire โข Mix genre ร theme combos and chase hit games โข Idle income that keeps working while you're away โข Manage energy, focus and your developer's well-being โข Hire a team, decorate your office, adopt an office cat โข A fair economy โ progress is earned, never sold PREMIUM (optional) Go Premium for insight tools โ market fit, risk dial, discovery journal and research. A one-time unlock that gives you vision, not power: the balance stays fair for everyone. No pay-to-win. No forced ads. Just the honest fantasy of building a game startup from scratch. Download and start your garage startup today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dev Tycoon at none against Garage's 4. Dev Tycoon also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Garage's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 days). On price and ads there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Garage sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Dev Tycoon asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dev Tycoon ships an update every 6 days, Garage every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dev Tycoon | Garage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 2 days โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 โ better | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Orkun Orbay | SINEM KARAGOL |
In-app purchases
Dev Tycoon
No in-app purchases
Garage
- A Handful of Diamonds$3.99
- Diamond Box$5.99
- Diamond Chest$5.99
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- GARAJ Premium Lifetime$6.99
Questions
Is Dev Tycoon free?
Is Garage free?
Do Dev Tycoon or Garage have ads?
Which is updated more often, Dev Tycoon or Garage?
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