Comparison

Rugged vs Master Trader E

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

Head to head
About

Rugged

Features
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Rugged is a chaotic trading life simulator where every decision can turn you into a market legend or someone elseโ€™s exit liquidity. Start with a tiny account, follow suspicious tips, chase ridiculous trends, survive crashes, and try to outperform the market before the year ends. Build your trading setup, unlock new markets, collect meme-filled sticker packs, upgrade your terminal, hire questionable experts, and discover increasingly powerful ways to gain an edge. Trade stocks, crypto, and forex while managing risk, reputation, leverage, and the constant temptation to make one terrible decision. As your success grows, the market fights back. Strategies lose their edge, rivals study your behavior, orders become harder to execute, and unexpected events can destroy a perfect run. Adapt to bull markets, bubbles, recessions, flash crashes, and complete financial chaos. Challenge powerful bosses with their own unfair advantages. Outsmart insider traders who always seem to know what happens next, unpredictable whales who control the hype, ruthless market makers, activist investors, short sellers, and advanced quant firms that learn your strategy as you play. Every run creates a different story. Become a disciplined investor, a reckless gambler, a meme-stock millionaire, a corrupt fund manager, or the greatest trader the market has ever seen. Disclaimer: Rugged is a fictional trading simulator made for entertainment. No real money or real-world securities are used. Rugged is free to play. An active internet connection is needed. Privacy Policy: https://exploringstudios.com/privacy-policy EULA Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Questions? Contact us at https://exploringstudios.com/support

About

Master Trader E

Features
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Master Trader โ€” a realistic tycoon simulation where you turn an e-commerce startup into a business empire. STARTING OUT - Play in 6 languages: English, Turkish, Spanish, German, French and Portuguese - Start with $10K, $100K, $500K or $1M capital - 100+ products across 6 sectors, from earbuds and kitchen gadgets to smartphones, electric cars and caravans - 6 supply channels, from cheap factory imports to certified premium suppliers STRATEGY - Manage pricing, margins, inventory and quality - Balance price against quality: customers rate your store on value, not just cost - Ad budgets (Social Media, Google, Marketplace), with per-product control - Rival analysis and competitive positioning - Seasonal events (Black Friday, 11.11, Prime Days, Buen Fin...) - Yearly taxes, returns and cash-flow pressure keep every decision real GROWTH - Corporate tier: build factories, expand into new sectors - Flagship products with their own factories, and Mega products (electric cars, caravans, designer collections) with Mega factories - Exports: each country is its own store with separate pricing, competition and sales - Build your team: COO, CMO, CFO, deputy GM, PPC specialist and warehouse staff to automate pricing, ads and stock - Acquire competitors STOCK MARKET & BOARD - Take your company public, then trade your own stock and four global companies - Your share price reacts to supply, demand and your results - Yearly board meetings: set growth targets for sales, profit, new countries and factories, and watch your stock react ACHIEVEMENTS & WEEKLY CHALLENGE - 19 achievements with timed rewards: shipping and cost discounts, free insurance, ad credits - Weekly challenge: same seed and capital for everyone, with its own weekly ranking ENDGAME - Strategic Acquirer: sell to a global brand - Exit early any time: sell the company, hand over management with a 51% IPO, or quit - Holding: reach $1B in net cash and win - Finish with an end-game score out of 10,000 and a 1โ€“5 star rating - Compare your score on the global Top 20 with a username of your choice FEATURES - 3 save slots with auto-save - Endless gameplay - Smart alerts for critical events - Plays offline (the leaderboards and purchases need internet) It's not easy. But winning is worth it.

Screenshots

Rugged4 screens
Master Trader E4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Master Trader E at none against Rugged's 6. Master Trader E also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Rugged sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Master Trader E asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Rugged versus Master Trader E: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRuggedMaster Trader E
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 3 days
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size62 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperExploring Studios LLCEren Tigdemir

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Rugged

Subscriptions2
  • Rugged Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Rugged Yearly$49.991 Year
One-time4
  • Starter Pack$3.99
  • 300 Gold$5.99
  • 700 Gold$11.99
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  • 1500 Gold$19.99
None

Master Trader E

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rugged free?
Rugged is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Master Trader E free?
Master Trader E is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Rugged or Master Trader E have ads?
Rugged shows ads; Master Trader E does not.

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