Comparison

Dev Tycoon vs Hollywood Talent Tycoon

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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!

About

Hollywood Talent Tycoon

Manage a talent agency from the 1960s to the streaming era. Scout and develop actors, land them roles, and grow your agency into a full-fledged movie and television studio. Navigate the drama and business of Hollywood.

Highlights
  • Scout and develop actors
  • Negotiate contracts and land roles
  • Build movie and TV studios
  • Manage rival agencies
  • Navigate Hollywood drama
  • Progress through decades of history
Features
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Hollywood Talent Tycoon is a talent agency management game. You run your own Hollywood agency: sign actors and actresses, send them to auditions and get them roles in movies, TV series and commercials. Start in 1960 with one unknown client and grow into the biggest talent agency in town, decade by decade, for as long as you like. RUN YOUR TALENT AGENCY • Sign actors and actresses and build your roster • Read the casting board and put your clients up for the right parts • Negotiate fees and contracts, and keep your clients happy • Train their acting skills and grow their fame • Scout new talent: every actor has a hidden talent you have to discover GROW INTO A MEDIA EMPIRE • Move from your mother's garage through ten premises to a media empire • Hire staff: scouts, a casting manager, a trainer, a stylist and lobbyists • Open a scriptwriting office, a movie studio and a television studio • Produce your own movies and series starring your own clients A LIVING HOLLYWOOD • From 1960 on, with no end year: genres rise and fall, the box office keeps changing • Compete with 25 rival agencies for the same roles • Win Astra Awards for your clients and your pictures • Fashion: every client has a fashion meter, so book a stylist before the red carpet • Real careers: typecasting, romance, scandals, children who inherit talent, retirement • A private life of your own: dating, marriage and a family name PLAY AT YOUR OWN PACE • No timers: play one week or a whole decade in one sitting

Screenshots

Dev Tycoon4 screens
Hollywood Talent Tycoon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Hollywood Talent Tycoon at 4.8 against Dev Tycoon's 3.8. Hollywood Talent Tycoon also leads on ratings volume (68 vs 4). Dev Tycoon's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hollywood Talent Tycoon sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Dev Tycoon asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hollywood Talent Tycoon holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hollywood Talent Tycoon has 68 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dev Tycoon ships an update every 6 days, Hollywood Talent Tycoon every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Dev Tycoon versus Hollywood Talent Tycoon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDev TycoonHollywood Talent Tycoon
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (4 ratings)4.8 (68 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings468 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOrkun OrbayTomas Sliedrecht

In-app purchases

None

Dev Tycoon

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Hollywood Talent Tycoon

One-time3
  • $1.000.000$1.99
  • Character Creator$2.99
  • $10.000.000$4.99

Questions

Is Dev Tycoon free?
Dev Tycoon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hollywood Talent Tycoon free?
Hollywood Talent Tycoon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dev Tycoon or Hollywood Talent Tycoon?
Hollywood Talent Tycoon is rated higher. Dev Tycoon averages 3.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Hollywood Talent Tycoon averages 4.8 from 68 ratings.
Do Dev Tycoon or Hollywood Talent Tycoon have ads?
Hollywood Talent Tycoon shows ads; Dev Tycoon does not.
Which is updated more often, Dev Tycoon or Hollywood Talent Tycoon?
Dev Tycoon ships an update every 6 days, and Hollywood Talent Tycoon every 5 days. Most recently, Dev Tycoon was updated on October 31, 2026 and Hollywood Talent Tycoon on November 6, 2026.

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