Comparison

Streampire vs Second Unit

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

Head to head
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
Features
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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.

About

Second Unit

Manage a film studio from humble beginnings to a major player in this single-player simulation. Navigate the complexities of production, marketing, and release while balancing critical acclaim and commercial success. Make strategic decisions over five in-game years to achieve one of six possible endings.

Highlights
  • Film studio management
  • Multi-stage production pipeline
  • Detailed critic and audience scoring
  • Release calendar strategy
  • Franchise building
  • Talent and institution management
  • Offline play
Features
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Second Unit is a single-player film studio management simulation. You start with a rented office, a modest credit line, and nobody returning your calls — and you have five in-game years to turn that into something. When the run ends, you're a major, absorbed by one, or in liquidation. THE PARALLEL PIPELINE Run two to five pictures through a seven-stage production pipeline at once — development, greenlight, pre-production, shooting, post, marketing, release. Slate capacity and cash runway are the only limits. There's no energy bar to wait out. TWO SCORES, NO BLACK BOX Every finished picture gets a critic score and an audience score, and the Post-Release Report itemizes exactly what earned each point. Nothing about how a film's quality is decided is hidden from you. THE RELEASE CALENDAR Six rival studios each hunt a different season, and they've been claiming the good weeks for years before you got there. Every release date is a decision made against a board that's already half full. PRESTIGE VS. CLOUT Chasing critical prestige costs you commercial clout, and vice versa — where the two land after five years decides which of six possible endings your studio reaches. FRANCHISES, TALENT, AND INSTITUTIONS Build a franchise off a hit and manage the upkeep and audience fatigue that come with it. Cast real talent with real availability windows. Keep the trades, the guilds, and the exhibitor circuit on your side — or don't. FULLY OFFLINE Second Unit runs entirely on your device. No account, no server, and no internet connection required to play. Idle progress is computed honestly from real elapsed time, never a background timer. Every studio, film, talent, and award depicted is entirely fictional, generated by the game. Any resemblance to real people, studios, or works is coincidental. Optional one-time purchases in the Front Office add content packs and a full unlock — never anything that makes your studio better at making pictures.

Screenshots

Streampire4 screens
Second Unit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Second Unit at Free against Streampire's $2.99. Second Unit also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 73%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Streampire's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On rating 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

Second Unit is free to download; Streampire costs $2.99 up front. Second Unit sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Streampire asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Streampire against 5.0 for Second Unit. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of Streampire's written reviews are positive against 100% of Second Unit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Streampire ships an update every 3 weeks, Second Unit weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Streampire versus Second Unit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStreampireSecond Unit
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size170 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCarsten VauthMehmet Efe Aytas

Customer experience

Streampire

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral9.1%
Negative18.2%

Second Unit

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Streampire

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Second Unit

One-time6
  • Franchise Pack$1.99
  • Grindhouse Pack$1.99
  • Awards Pack$1.99
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  • International Pack$1.99
  • All Access$3.99
  • Full Unlock$5.99

Questions

Is Streampire free?
Streampire costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Second Unit free?
Second Unit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Streampire or Second Unit?
Streampire and Second Unit are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Streampire or Second Unit have ads?
Second Unit shows ads; Streampire does not.
Which is updated more often, Streampire or Second Unit?
Streampire ships an update every 3 weeks, and Second Unit weekly. Most recently, Streampire was updated on November 5, 2026 and Second Unit on October 31, 2026.

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