Comparison

Foundership vs Streampire

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

Head to head
About

Foundership

Features
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Foundership is a startup strategy simulator where you accidentally learn how to build a SaaS company by playing one. Grow monthly recurring revenue, attract users, invest dev hours, unlock upgrades, and make decisions that shape your company's future. Every system you build compounds over time. Every shortcut creates problems later. That's not a game mechanic — that's just how startups work. No ads. No in-app purchases. No energy meters. One price, everything unlocked through play. BUILD YOUR BUSINESS EMPIRE Start with a landing page and a dream. Grow into an enterprise-grade SaaS company worth acquiring. • Bootstrap your first users, revenue, and product • Upgrade 20+ buildings across Bootstrap, Growth, Scale and Enterprise • Research real growth levers like SEO, Analytics, PMF, Email, Onboarding, Freemium, Pricing, and Retention • Push toward exit with systems like Data Warehouse, Investor Relations, and Enterprise Suite REAL DECISIONS. REAL CONSEQUENCES. Production incidents. Compliance requests. Weak pipeline. Technical debt piling up. WHAT'S INCLUDED • Four stages: Bootstrap, Growth, Scale and Enterprise • 43 milestones from First Dollar to First Exit • 20+ upgradeable buildings across your startup campus • Research tree with Foundation, Growth, Scale and Exit capabilities • Real-time idle progression • Random founder events with trade-offs • Technical Debt, Brand, Pipeline, and System Health systems • Boardroom flow for strategic decisions • Full offline play — no connection required No premium currency. No ads interrupting your startup. Build your company. Survive the chaos. Earn your exit.

About

Streampire

Build your own streaming service from scratch. Produce original content, license popular movies, and compete with rivals to become the ultimate streaming mogul. Make critical business decisions to grow your empire and earn your place in history.

Highlights
  • Produce original movies and series
  • License blockbuster movie catalogs
  • Compete with rival streaming platforms
  • Manage business operations and finances
  • Expand into global markets
  • Make strategic business decisions
  • Playable offline
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Netflix wasn't built in a day. Yours will take about a week of your life — we're sorry in advance. Streampire is a premium streaming-empire tycoon: you found your own streaming service, produce original movies and series, license blockbuster catalogs, and fight four ruthless rival platforms for every subscriber on the planet. PRODUCE ORIGINALS LIKE A REAL SHOWRUNNER • Develop scripts across 12+ genres — thrillers, sci-fi, horror, romance and more • Hire writers, directors and stars, each with their own strengths, egos and price tags • Set the budget by department, pick binge drop or weekly episodes, and hold your breath on premiere night • Build franchises: renew your hits, sign season options early, end a saga with a planned finale — or milk it one season too long RUN THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE BINGE • License movie packages from 14 studios — negotiate terms, market by market • Set your subscription price per territory: cheap spreads fast, expensive earns more per head • Expand across 8 world markets, each with its own tastes, purchasing power and pain threshold • Take loans, raise funding rounds, survive the board — or get fired trying OUTPLAY FOUR RIVAL PLATFORMS • Living competitors with distinct strategies: prestige, budget, family, tech • License auctions — when a hot package drops, you won't be the only one bidding • Weekly charts, market share and industry news that react to everything you do EARN YOUR PLACE IN HISTORY • Scandals, awards season, milestone records and 45+ tough decisions • Win the Binge Awards — or get roasted by the trade press • Reach 100 million subscribers and hold the throne for a full year to win. Then keep ruling in endless mode. PREMIUM, LIKE THE OLD DAYS • Pay once, own it forever • No ads. No in-app purchases. No energy timers. • Fully playable offline — perfect for flights, commutes and "one more week" at 2 a.m. • Localized in English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese and Italian Your rivals are already producing. Found your service, greenlight your first original, and show the world what it should binge next.

Screenshots

Foundership4 screens
Streampire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Foundership at every 2 days against Streampire's every 3 weeks. Streampire's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $3.99). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

Foundership costs $3.99 and Streampire $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Foundership ships an update every 2 days, Streampire every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Foundership versus Streampire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFoundershipStreampire
Price$3.99$2.99 — better
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—72.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB170 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrontend Accelerator ApSCarsten Vauth

In-app purchases

None

Foundership

No in-app purchases

None

Streampire

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Foundership free?
Foundership costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Streampire free?
Streampire costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Foundership or Streampire have ads?
Neither Foundership nor Streampire shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Foundership or Streampire?
Foundership ships an update every 2 days, and Streampire every 3 weeks. Most recently, Foundership was updated on October 10, 2026 and Streampire on October 9, 2026.

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