Comparison

Fleet Tycoon vs Silicon

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

Head to head
About

Fleet Tycoon

Manage a global shipping company, buying vessels and chartering cargo across real trade routes. Grow your fleet from a small ship to a massive armada while tracking your progress on a real-time global map.

Highlights
  • Real-time global map with animated ship tracking
  • Dynamic freight index and market data
  • 50+ world ports and 7 vessel classes
  • Ship market for buying and selling vessels
  • Detailed voyage profit and loss reports
  • Crew and regional office management
  • In-app guide in 8 languages
Features
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Fleet Tycoon puts you in the captain's chair of a global shipping empire. Buy vessels, charter cargo, navigate real trade routes, and grow your fleet from a single coaster to a massive armada of Valemaxes. Track your ships in real-time on a global map as they sail between 50+ ports worldwide. Study the Baltic Exchange to find the best freight rates, time your charters to maximize profit, and manage fuel costs, crew wages, port charges, and vessel maintenance. FEATURES: ◆ Real-Time Global Map — Watch your fleet move across oceans with animated ship tracking ◆ Baltic Exchange — Dynamic daily freight index with vessel class and regional market data ◆ 50+ World Ports — From Rotterdam to Singapore, Mombasa to Santos ◆ 7 Vessel Classes — Coaster, Handymax, Supramax, Ultramax, Panamax, Capesize & Valemax ◆ Ship Market — Buy & sell used vessels or order newbuildings from the shipyard ◆ Voyage Reports — Detailed P&L breakdowns for every completed charter ◆ COA Contracts — Secure long-term contracts of affreightment for stable income ◆ Crew Management — Hire staff, earn promotions, and boost operational efficiency ◆ Regional Offices — Expand into 5 global regions for freight bonuses ◆ Investments — Acquire port facilities and shipyards for passive income ◆ Achievements — Unlock 20+ milestones as you build your maritime legacy ◆ Game Guide — In-app guide available in 8 languages Whether you're a maritime enthusiast or a tycoon game lover, Fleet Tycoon delivers an authentic ship chartering experience right in your pocket. Start with one ship. Build an empire.

About

Silicon

Build a tech empire from a garage to a global scale by designing, manufacturing, and selling innovative devices. Compete with rivals, manage your factory, and research new technologies to dominate the market. This premium simulation game offers deep customization and strategic gameplay.

Highlights
  • Design custom tech products
  • Build and manage a 3D factory
  • Time market launches and trends
  • Compete with AI rivals
  • Play the stock market
  • Research new technologies
  • Build and manage a team
Features
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Build a tech company from a one-room garage to a global empire — one device at a time. Silicon is a premium business simulation and tycoon game. You don't just watch numbers tick — you DESIGN the products, BUILD the factory that makes them, and RUN the company that sells them. Found a startup, ship something great, crush your rivals, take it public, and rule the industry. DESIGN EVERY DEVICE Customize phones, tablets, laptops, consoles, monitors and AR glasses from the inside out — chip, display, battery, materials, camera array, finish and color — and watch each one render live in a crisp vector preview. Every choice moves your cost, your margin, and how the market reacts. Form matters too: a striking design sells. BUILD A REAL FACTORY Factory Mode is a living 3D production line you build yourself. Lay conveyor belts, place and upgrade machines, and wire the floor so it builds faster — each device needs the right machines (a phone wants a screen bonder, a laptop a chassis mill). Decorate with props and painted walls, expand the building, and take Side Order commissions to keep the line busy between launches. TIME THE MARKET Consumer taste shifts week by week. Read the trend, price it right, pick the campaign that fits your budget, and find your launch window. The game always tells you WHY a product won or flopped — so every launch teaches you something. MAKE ENEMIES Race a dozen fictional rivals up the live industry leaderboard. One becomes your arch-rival — a living nemesis you clash with again and again. When a rival strikes your category, duel their device head-to-head and answer back. Every year the Silicon Awards judge every launch across Device of the Year, Design and Value — sweep the ceremony or build a grudge. PLAY THE MARKET Trade rival shares, buy a board seat for insider intel, take a controlling stake for a discounted hostile takeover, or acquire a rival outright to absorb its brand, fans and patents. Then take your own company public and beat Wall Street's quarterly earnings expectations. GO GLOBAL License new regions — each with its own taste and market size — then weather regional events: booms to ride, tariffs to answer, and rival surges to defend your standing. RESEARCH THE FRONTIER Develop a deep tech tree over time on a live progress ring — queue your next breakthroughs, commit to research doctrines that give your products identity, and chase Eureka flashes of insight for a jackpot. BUILD A TEAM AND HQ Hire engineers, designers and marketers — each with a specialty, a trait and a mood that moves their output. Senior staff grow into mentors and masters. Watch your real-time 3D headquarters fill with life from garage to campus. FREE TO PLAY. NO DARK PATTERNS. No ads. No timers. No energy. No currencies. No loot boxes. Design devices, read the market and grow your company through the Garage and Growth eras for free, with a fresh seeded challenge every day, fully offline. SILICON PRO An optional subscription opens the rest of the industry: the Platform and AI eras, every scenario, New Game+ and Ascension, the Platform Division, Creative Mode, the Vault and the Device Museum, and the Time Machine that rewinds your company to any of the last five quarters. Monthly or yearly with a free trial, or buy it once with Pro Lifetime. Nothing you can buy changes the simulation in your favour. Found your company. Ship something great. Run the industry. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://wrexist.github.io/Silicon-Tech-Tycoon/privacy/

Screenshots

Fleet Tycoon4 screens
Silicon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Fleet Tycoon at 3.0 against Silicon's 2.0. Fleet Tycoon also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days). Silicon's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Fleet Tycoon sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Silicon sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fleet Tycoon holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fleet Tycoon ships an update every 3 days, Silicon every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Fleet Tycoon versus Silicon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFleet TycoonSilicon
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better2.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 8 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHaydar OzbeyIsac Molin

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Fleet Tycoon

One-time9
  • Instant Delivery$0.99
  • Premium Broker License$0.99
  • Golden Maintenance$1.99
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  • Angel Support$2.99
  • Tax Haven$2.99
  • Seed Round$3.99
  • Starter Fund$7.99
  • Expanding Capital$24.99
  • Tycoon Injection$99.99
4 purchases

Silicon

Subscriptions2
  • Silicon Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Silicon Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Creative Mode$2.99
  • Silicon Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Fleet Tycoon free?
Fleet Tycoon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Silicon free?
Silicon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fleet Tycoon or Silicon?
Fleet Tycoon is rated higher. Fleet Tycoon averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Silicon averages 2.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Fleet Tycoon or Silicon have ads?
Fleet Tycoon shows ads; Silicon does not.
Which is updated more often, Fleet Tycoon or Silicon?
Fleet Tycoon ships an update every 3 days, and Silicon every 8 days. Most recently, Fleet Tycoon was updated on October 24, 2026 and Silicon on October 25, 2026.

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