Comparison

Hotel Director vs Master Trader E

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

Head to head
About

Hotel Director

Manage a hotel business turn-by-turn, making financial and operational decisions. Grow your portfolio across major cities, hire staff, and navigate economic events. This simulation offers a realistic business experience without timers or artificial friction.

Highlights
  • Turn-based hotel management
  • Financial and cash flow management
  • Property acquisition and leasing
  • Staff hiring and management
  • Economic event simulation
  • Portfolio expansion
  • No timers or energy bars
Features
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Start with one hotel. Build a group that spans the world. Hotel Director is a premium, turn-based hotel management sim for iPhone. Begin with a modest budget and a single hotel, then make every decision a real hotelier faces: set room rates, hire staff, manage cash flow, borrow, build and buy — until your group is trading in the world's great hotel cities. Every turn is one week. Read your weekly report, understand what changed and why, then make your moves. No timers, no energy bars, no ads — just you, your numbers and your judgement. --- ONE GROUP, MANY CITIES Grow a single save from one city into seven. Reach Brand Tier 3 and the world opens up: take your London group to Paris, Tokyo or New York with your cash, brand, loans and art behind you. Each city runs its own market, rivals, events and seasons, and you switch between them with a tap. Opening abroad costs real money, every city needs a regional office, and guests take time to learn the new name in town. SEVEN CITIES, SEVEN GAMES London is where the empire begins. New York has bigger rooms and bigger debt. Paris has old money and thin margins. Tokyo's seasons are short and violent. Copenhagen's winters are long and its wages high. Barcelona issues no new licences in its centre. And in Singapore, every site is sold by government tender. (New York, Paris, Tokyo, Copenhagen, Barcelona and Singapore are optional city packs.) RUN A REAL BUSINESS Wages, supplies, energy, business rates, insurance, upkeep, loan repayments and tax. Every line is real and every decision has a consequence. Your weekly report shows what came in, what each cost took, and what was left. A hotel can be profitable on paper and still run out of cash — three weeks in the red ends the game. BUY, LEASE AND BUILD Lease your first hotel, buy the next on a mortgage, take over a struggling rival, or brief a broker to find exactly what you want. With the Building Permit, buy land and build hotels to your own design — rooms, tier, star rating, facilities and room mix. HIRE AND LEAD YOUR TEAM Receptionists, housekeepers, chefs, concierges, managers and more. Your star rating sets who you need. Underpay them and they walk; understaff a five-star hotel and your reputation goes with them. FINANCE YOUR GROWTH Business loans, mortgages and development finance, at rates that move with the economy. Progressive corporation tax, shown band by band. Borrow smart. BID FOR THE CITY'S LANDMARKS Close a year in the top tax band and the city invites you to tender. Bid for historic buildings to convert to your own design, or fight rival groups at auction for grand hotels already trading. (Building Permit.) COMPETE WITH RIVAL GROUPS Every district is full of independent hotels, and named rival groups expand, buy each other out and bid against you for the best sites. Climb the leaderboard — or buy your rivals outright. RIDE THE ECONOMY Fashion weeks, marathons, sakura season and the Grand Prix fill your hotels. Strikes, inflation, energy crises and recessions empty them. No two playthroughs are the same. DELEGATE AS YOU SCALE Local managers, department contracts, a head office and supplier deals take work off your desk — at a price. Collect art for your hotels, run marketing campaigns, and decide how hands-on to be. BUILT FOR PLAYERS WHO LIKE THE NUMBERS No cartoon graphics, no idle mechanics. A clean, data-forward design for players who enjoy reading a P&L and knowing exactly what it means. PRIVACY FIRST - No ads. Ever. - No personal data collected.. - Save data stays on your device. Privacy Policy: https://director.games/hotel-director/privacy/ Terms: https://director.games/hotel-director/terms/

About

Master Trader E

Features
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Master Trader — a realistic tycoon simulation where you turn an e-commerce startup into a business empire. STARTING OUT - Play in 6 languages: English, Turkish, Spanish, German, French and Portuguese - Start with $10K, $100K, $500K or $1M capital - 100+ products across 6 sectors, from earbuds and kitchen gadgets to smartphones, electric cars and caravans - 6 supply channels, from cheap factory imports to certified premium suppliers STRATEGY - Manage pricing, margins, inventory and quality - Balance price against quality: customers rate your store on value, not just cost - Ad budgets (Social Media, Google, Marketplace), with per-product control - Rival analysis and competitive positioning - Seasonal events (Black Friday, 11.11, Prime Days, Buen Fin...) - Yearly taxes, returns and cash-flow pressure keep every decision real GROWTH - Corporate tier: build factories, expand into new sectors - Flagship products with their own factories, and Mega products (electric cars, caravans, designer collections) with Mega factories - Exports: each country is its own store with separate pricing, competition and sales - Build your team: COO, CMO, CFO, deputy GM, PPC specialist and warehouse staff to automate pricing, ads and stock - Acquire competitors STOCK MARKET & BOARD - Take your company public, then trade your own stock and four global companies - Your share price reacts to supply, demand and your results - Yearly board meetings: set growth targets for sales, profit, new countries and factories, and watch your stock react ACHIEVEMENTS & WEEKLY CHALLENGE - 19 achievements with timed rewards: shipping and cost discounts, free insurance, ad credits - Weekly challenge: same seed and capital for everyone, with its own weekly ranking ENDGAME - Strategic Acquirer: sell to a global brand - Exit early any time: sell the company, hand over management with a 51% IPO, or quit - Holding: reach $1B in net cash and win - Finish with an end-game score out of 10,000 and a 1–5 star rating - Compare your score on the global Top 20 with a username of your choice FEATURES - 3 save slots with auto-save - Endless gameplay - Smart alerts for critical events - Plays offline (the leaderboards and purchases need internet) It's not easy. But winning is worth it.

Screenshots

Hotel Director4 screens
Master Trader E4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Master Trader E at every 3 days against Hotel Director's weekly. Master Trader E also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Hotel Director sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Master Trader E sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hotel Director ships an update weekly, Master Trader E every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hotel Director versus Master Trader E: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHotel DirectorMaster Trader E
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS2615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB41 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSports Stats LimitedEren Tigdemir

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Hotel Director

One-time10
  • Small Investor$1.49
  • Paris$1.99
  • New York City$1.99
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  • Luxury Pack$1.99
  • Building Permit$1.99
  • Tokyo$1.99
  • Barcelona$1.99
  • Singapore$1.99
  • Large Investor$4.99
  • Complete Bundle$7.99
6 purchases

Master Trader E

One-time6
  • Small Cash Pack$0.99
  • Medium Cash Pack$1.99
  • Corporate Starter$4.99
Show 3 more
  • 3 Factory Pack$5.99
  • Executive Director$8.99
  • Tycoon Global Empire$14.99

Questions

Is Hotel Director free?
Hotel Director is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Master Trader E free?
Master Trader E is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hotel Director or Master Trader E have ads?
Neither Hotel Director nor Master Trader E shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hotel Director or Master Trader E?
Hotel Director ships an update weekly, and Master Trader E every 3 days. Most recently, Hotel Director was updated on October 28, 2026 and Master Trader E on October 25, 2026.

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