YesBoss vs Foundermode
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
YesBoss
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You're the founder of a fledgling company with a small team and a dream. Each round, you decide what to focus on: build your product, grow your team, chase partnerships, or pitch to investors. Every choice ripples through your business — cash flow, team morale, company valuation, and market reputation all shift based on what you do. And just like in real life, the market doesn't wait. A surprise crisis, a rival's move, a sudden opportunity — random events keep you on your toes and force you to adapt. Can you navigate the chaos and build something that lasts? Features: • Turn-based strategy with meaningful choices every round • Multiple paths to grow: R&D, hiring, marketing, fundraising • Random events that keep each playthrough fresh • Unique starting talents for varied strategies • Three difficulty levels from casual to hardcore Terms of Use (EULA): • https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Foundermode
A challenging single-player simulation where you guide a startup from its inception to a potential IPO or sale. Manage hiring, funding, product development, and crucial board decisions in this realistic business simulator.
- Startup simulation from inception to IPO
- Manage hiring, funding, and product
- Realistic business challenges
- Single-player experience
- Offline gameplay
- No ads or tracking
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Founder Mode is a single-player startup simulator. You take a company from a spare room toward an IPO or a sale. Most runs do not get there. The whole simulation runs on your phone. Saves stay on the device. There are no ads and no tracking. You hire, you raise, you ship product, you sit in board meetings, you decide whether to take the deal. Cash runs out. The board can remove you. Competitors ship. Difficulty is set when you create the founder and does not change. This is meant to be hard. Surviving should feel like you earned it. No in-app purchases, no subscription, no energy timers. If the game crashes, an optional crash report can leave the device. That is off if you turn Crash reports off in Settings. Details: the privacy policy URL on this page.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: YesBoss at Free against Foundermode's $4.99. YesBoss also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). Foundermode's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On 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
YesBoss is free to download; Foundermode costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | YesBoss | Foundermode |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 思宇 周 | Stefan Sathianathen |
In-app purchases
YesBoss
No in-app purchases
Foundermode
No in-app purchases









