Startup Dev Story vs CineMarket Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Startup Dev Story
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Found your own software startup and grow it from a one-person garage hustle into a world-changing tech giant, one pixel at a time. Startup Dev Story is a cozy, fast-paced business simulation inspired by the management-sim classics. Hire developers, designers, and marketers, organize them into teams, and cook up products in the Lab by mixing a type, an audience, and secret ingredients. Discover powerful combos, ship them, and watch the subscribers (and the cash) roll in. But the tech world never sits still. Survive and thrive across shifting eras, the SaaS & Mobile Boom, Crypto Winter, the AI Revolution and beyond, each one reshaping what sells and who your rivals are. FEATURES ⢠Hire & grow a team, level up staff, manage energy, loyalty and burnout, and promote your stars. ⢠The Product Lab, combine type + audience + ingredients to discover hidden synergy recipes. ⢠Ride the eras, adapt as the market transforms decade after decade. ⢠Rivals & market, competitors ship their own products; trends rise and fall. ⢠Research & perks, unlock new product types and kit out your office. ⢠Three difficulties, from a gentle Learn-the-Ropes run to a brutal lean-runway challenge. ⢠New Game+, bank a veteran co-founder and a cash head start for your next venture. ⢠Multiple save slots, run parallel companies. ⢠Handcrafted pixel art and a chiptune soundtrack, all generated with love. Free to play, supported by ads. No account required, your progress is saved on your device. Can you survive the burn, out-ship your rivals, and IPO your way to the singularity? Your startup story starts now.
CineMarket Studio
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Found your movie studio and turn it into a legend. CineMarket is a real-time management game: pick a script, sign talent, start shooting and come back for the premiere. Every film lives its life on set: production dilemmas, crises to handle, hype to nurture. On release day the box office drops, the press gives its verdict and your studio grows. ⢠SHOOT IN REAL TIME. Three minutes for your first film, hours for a blockbuster. Shoots keep going when the app is closed; interactive widgets, Dynamic Island and Control Center keep you posted. ⢠READ YOUR REVIEWS. Every release gets its own press review, written for your film: genre, cast, budget, hit or flop. ⢠BUILD YOUR CAST. Directors, actors, writers: fictional talents with hidden synergies. Order custom scripts from your signed writers. ⢠CLIMB THE LEAGUE. Every week, twenty-four studios of your level fight for promotion. Friday night premieres pay more. ⢠PLAY THE MARKET. Buy shares in trending films and earn dividends. All in game money. ⢠PROGRESS FOREVER. Levels, ranks from Indie to Immortal, sticker album, daily quests, six-week seasons with ten reward tiers. ⢠DRESS YOUR STUDIO. Six complete themes, each with its own app icon, clapperboard and widgets: holographic Y2K, Swiss Bauhaus that follows light or dark mode, Sverige and its northern lights, 80s Arcades, In The House at sunset, Midnight under its midnight sun. ⢠BECOME A PATRON. Invite a friend's studio: credits for both, and your name in the credits of their next film. ⢠A LIVING WORLD. Industry news changes revenue, budgets and hype for your genres. No ads, no loot boxes. Purchases can speed up or improve productions and add a soundstage: they increase box-office cash, but boosted hype and head starts don't count in the league or rankings, and no purchase adds ranking points or multipliers. Talent, rival studios and news are fictional. The Market also lists forty-eight public-domain classics. Producer Pass (optional): four credits a day, one free custom script per day, one more stage, doubled dividends, doubled vault, four hours to handle a crisis, 25% off permanent items bought with credits, the Poster widget and the Midnight sound palette. No theme is included. Monthly or yearly with a 3-day free trial, or lifetime. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation; subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://williandua.github.io/cinemarket-web/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://williandua.github.io/cinemarket-web/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Startup Dev Story at none against CineMarket Studio's 10. Startup Dev Story also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). CineMarket Studio's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. CineMarket Studio sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Startup Dev Story asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Startup Dev Story | CineMarket Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | ā |
| Ads | Yes | No ā better |
| In-app purchases | No ā better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod ā better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 ā better | 26.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | JAIME RICHARD DAZA GUZMAN | WILLIAN DESCHARLES MATHIEU |
In-app purchases
Startup Dev Story
No in-app purchases
CineMarket Studio
- Producer Pass Monthly3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Producer Pass Yearly3 Days trial$24.991 Year
- 100 credits$1.99
- Welcome pack$2.99
- Studio piggy bank$4.99
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- Season Pass$4.99
- 500 credits$6.99
- 1200 credits$12.99
- 4000 credits$34.99
- Lifetime Producer Pass$69.99
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