Republic vs TV Studio Sim
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
TV Studio Sim
Manage every aspect of a TV network, from creating original series and hiring talent to launching shows and building a legacy. Make critical decisions to ensure your dramas become phenomena or face cancellation.
- Create original TV series
- Hire and manage talent
- Develop scripts and handle production
- Launch ad campaigns
- Track ratings and fan reactions
- Build a network legacy
- Customize network branding
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You just founded a TV network. One office, one idea, and a lot to prove. TV Studio Sim puts you in charge of every decision behind the shows people can’t stop talking about. Develop the series, hire the talent, pick the premiere date and watch the ratings roll in week by week. Will your drama become a phenomenon, or get cancelled after one season? MAKE THE SHOWS • Create original series across drama, comedy, sci-fi, procedurals, reality and limited series, each with its own theme, from crime and romance to horror, westerns and space. • Bid against rival networks for hot pitches on the Rights Market. • Hire showrunners, directors and actors, every one with their own stats, strengths and potential. • Run the writers’ room. Bring in a script doctor, buy extra weeks or pay for rewrites on set to sharpen the script. • Handle the drama behind the scenes: on-set incidents, rival poaching attempts and tough calls that change your season. LAUNCH THEM RIGHT • Pick the perfect premiere week and design a poster for every season. • Buy ad campaigns to build hype before episode one. • Follow every episode’s viewers, ratings and revenue as the season airs. • Read the headlines and the fan reactions on The Wire. Is your show trending? BUILD A LEGACY • Renew your hits, cancel your flops, or give a fan favourite its final season. • Watch your talent grow with every season they work for you. • Sign streaming deals, or launch your very own streaming service. • Compete at the Golden Remotes, TV’s biggest night, and fill your trophy shelf. • Raise your network’s prestige and outshine your rivals year after year. MAKE IT YOURS • Name your network and design its logo. • Choose your difficulty, from a relaxed start to a cutthroat climb. • Unlock achievements as your empire grows. • Light and dark mode. From your first pilot to the top of the ratings: how big can your network get?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TV Studio Sim at every 2 days against Republic's every 4 weeks. TV Studio Sim also leads on ratings volume (9 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Republic against 5.0 for TV Studio Sim. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TV Studio Sim has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Republic ships an update every 4 weeks, TV Studio Sim every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.
| Parameter | Republic | TV Studio Sim |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ruben Gueorguiev | Blummy Studios LLC |
Customer experience
Republic
TV Studio Sim
In-app purchases
Republic
No in-app purchases
TV Studio Sim
No in-app purchases









