Comparison

MANDATE vs Republic

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

Head to head
About

MANDATE

Features
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MANDATE is a realist, hard-edged government simulation. Choose a nation, take office, and try to keep your mandate while the economy, approval, and stability tend to erode. - 3D globe to pick a playable nation - Cabinet with budgets, programs, and a bulletin - Crises and fiscal pressure that actually bite - Mandates up to 24 months (12 in the demo) UI chrome is available in many languages; event and program copy may still fall back to English or Italian depending on locale. The books matter: deficits and surpluses move debt, inflation, and approval. It is not unwinnable - on easier difficulties, governing well yields a clear victory - but without constant course corrections the system drifts worse on its own.

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Republic

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Democracy is in your hands. Totally free. Entirely playable offline. Republic is a single-player, turn-based democracy simulator for iPhone and iPad, with support for iPhone Duo. Run a fictional United States, reform 249 policies, balance the budget and face the voters. The whole game is free: no ads, subscriptions or in-app purchases. America is yours to reform. Unfortunately, the voters are still included. MAKE YOUR CASE Choose your president and party, customize starting conditions, and pick a difficulty. Keep the default cabinet or assemble your own. Set optional campaign promises, then decide how to deliver them. REFORM, COMPROMISE, REPEAT Explore 249 policy controls across seven departments. Privatize or nationalize, cut taxes or expand public services, strengthen diplomacy or fund the military. Political capital is limited, reforms take time, and even your supporters have opinions. FOLLOW THE MONEY Trace income, spending, debt and interest in interactive budget breakdowns. Open the policies behind the numbers. Popular promises still arrive with invoices. HEAR THE COUNTRY Read cabinet letters, respond to political dilemmas and follow fictional public posts. Track national trends, understand voter groups and see how your decisions shape your political compass. FACE THE VOTE Watch election night unfold across the US map. Build a coalition that lasts, recover from an unpopular choice or discover that doing nothing was also a choice. KEEP EXPERIMENTING Earn local milestones and political-path achievements. Keep multiple presidencies with autosaves and manual saves. Try Sandbox mode to waive political-capital costs while budgets, implementation and elections still apply. Play offline, choose light or dark appearance, and adjust sound, haptics and motion preferences. PLAY ANYWHERE, EVEN OFFLINE Run your country on the train, on a flight or wherever your next idea strikes. No internet connection, account or advertising gets between you and your presidency. A BIGGER VIEW OF YOUR COUNTRY Play on iPhone, settle in with iPad or open iPhone Duo for more room to weigh your next decision. Keep your choices and presidency with you as you turn the screen or open Duo. Gameplay analytics is optional and off by default. Republic is a fictional simulation, not a forecast or an endorsement of any political view. Privacy Policy: https://republicsim.com/privacy/ Terms & Product Notes: https://republicsim.com/terms/ Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

MANDATE3 screens
Republic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Republic at none against MANDATE's 3. MANDATE's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. MANDATE sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Republic asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MANDATE ships an update every 3 weeks, Republic every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
MANDATE versus Republic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMANDATERepublic
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB39 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperParide Di LazzaroRuben Gueorguiev

In-app purchases

3 purchases

MANDATE

One-time3
  • Extended Mandate$1.99
  • Unlock Mandate$3.99
  • World Roster$3.99
None

Republic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MANDATE free?
MANDATE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Republic free?
Republic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MANDATE or Republic have ads?
Neither MANDATE nor Republic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MANDATE or Republic?
MANDATE ships an update every 3 weeks, and Republic every 4 weeks. Most recently, MANDATE was updated on October 31, 2026 and Republic on November 10, 2026.

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