Comparison

Your Strategy Needs a Strategy vs Strategy Training

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

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About

Your Strategy Needs a Strategy

This interactive learning tool allows users to experience strategic business environments and learn how to choose and execute the right strategy. Players adapt their approach to selling lemonade across five distinct New York City boroughs, each representing a different strategic environment. It's based on insights from the book "Your Strategy Needs a Strategy."

Highlights
  • 5 strategic environments based on NYC boroughs
  • 15 levels of gameplay
  • Sandbox mode for custom play
  • In-game tips and post-game debriefs
  • Interactive Learn More section
  • Sample content from the book
Features
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Your Strategy Needs a Strategy is a hands on learning tool for business executives, students, and curious strategists of any kind to experience strategic environments and understand how to choose and execute the right approach to strategy. Using the simplest of businesses - selling lemonade, players must adapt their strategic approach to the various business environments of New York City's five boroughs. Based on the insights of the book Your Strategy Needs a Strategy (Harvard Business Press 2015), this app brings to life the different strategic approaches necessary to survive and thrive in today's dynamic and diverse business environments. Key features: - 5 different boroughs representing 5 fundamental strategic environments: classical, adaptive, visionary, shaping, renewal. - In total, 15 levels of gameplay against an increasingly challenging and strategically adept, computer opponent named after BCG's founder Bruce D. Henderson - A Sandbox level where you can choose your prefered environment and level of difficulty - In-game tips and post-game debriefs connect the gameplay to both theory and strategy in the real world - Interactive Learn More section that provides background on the strategic concepts underlying each environment and approach to strategy - Sample content from the book Your Strategy Needs a Strategy (Harvard Business Press 2015) - Direct links to further materials and videos, such as a TED talk (http://www.ted.com/watch/ted-institute/ted-bcg/martin-reeves-your-strategy-needs-a-strategy) - Extended seminar version of game available as part of BCG's broader strategy offering. Please reach out to the BCG Henderson Institute at bhi@bcg.com for more information.

About

Strategy Training

This platform offers extensive online training in strategy, management consulting, and business building. Learn from former senior partners of top firms through detailed programs, case interview preparation, and guides to winning proposals. Access over 1,000 hours of video content, with new episodes added monthly.

Highlights
  • Strategy and management consulting training
  • Business building programs
  • Case interview preparation
  • Guides to winning proposals
  • Over 1,000 hours of video content
  • Offline video syncing
  • Audio playback for background listening
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World's largest strategy, management consulting proposals and consulting business-building training platform. Strategy Training is an online 24-hour strategy training channel offering incredibly detailed, and realistic, training programs in strategy, operations, implementation, leadership, management, critical problem solving, and case interviews. We offer reviews and guides to >USD$1MM winning management proposals McKinsey, BCG, PwC, Deloitte, BMO et. al former senior partners/directors - like Bill Matassoni, BCG + McKinsey Sr. Partner & Kevin P. Coyne, McKinsey Senior Partner, teach advanced strategy, offer unique breakdowns of complex strategy projects, and teach the tools to build profitable consulting businesses ADVANCED STRATEGY PROGRAMS INCLUDE: The Bill Matassoni Show Competitive Strategy with Kevin P. Coyne Advanced Competitive Strategy with Kevin P. Coyne How to Solve Big Problems with Kevin P. Coyne How to be Influential and Make an Impact with Kevin P. Coyne How to Become a Mckinsey partner with Kevin P. Coyne DETAILED: Market Entry Strategy Study DETAILED: How McKinsey Runs an Engagement (M&A Tech) DETAILED: Corp. Strat. & Transformation Study DETAILED: How to Sell Multi-Million Dollar Consulting Engagements (The Andrew Program) AUDIOBOOK: Succeeding as a Management Consultant AUDIOBOOK: Mavis AUDIOBOOK: Turquoise Eyes AUDIOBOOK: The Private Equity QuickGuide Partnership. Memoir. Before 30 yrs (Re) Building a Consulting Practice 21 Day Program: How to Develop Big Insights 21 Day Program: How to Find Great Mentors 21 Day Program: How to Reboot a Stalled Career 21 Day Program: The MasterPlan Acceleration Program 21 Day Program: Implementing the MasterPlan 21 Day Program: How to Sell Like a Partner, While Facing Discrimination 21 Day Program: How to Manage a Crisis 21 Day Program: USA Green card: Leaving her H1B - Lisa's 1.4yr Journey 21 Day Program: How to reboot a Stalled Career 21 Day Program: How to Find Great Mentors 21 Day Program: Replacing Income with Online Freelance Consulting 21 Day Program: How to Find a Job During a Recession 21 Day Program: Turnaround & Restructuring Study Building a Luxury Brand Building an Electric Car Digitizing a Mining Company Implementation of an Operations Strategy Big Data Study IT & Digital Strategy Study Business Case Analysis First 90 Days in Consulting THE CONSULTING OFFER (TCO) AKA CASE INTERVIEWS: TCO Solution Videos TCO I, Felix, McKinsey Offer TCO I, Sanjeev, joins BCG TCO I, Rafik TCO I, Samantha TCO II, Alice Qinhua Zhou joins McKinsey NYC TCO II, Michael Klein TCO III, Jennifer Nwankwo joins Bain Boston TCO III, Zach Steinfeld joins Deloitte S&O TCO IV, Assel joins McKinsey TCO IV, Ritika Mohan joins McKinsey Midwest TCO IV, EMBA / Experienced Hire Recruiting Insights from Coaching & TCO ALL CONVENIENTLY AVAILABLE AS: +1,000 hours of partner-led training videos - new episodes monthly Sync videos to watch offline Push App to background and play audio Beam videos from your phone to your Chromecast or AirPlay-enabled devices Create playlists Pick up where you left off Strategy Training offers an auto-renewing subscription that will allow you unlimited access to content on all your devices. Payment is charged to your Account at confirmation of purchase. Pricing varies by location and is confirmed prior to purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. Cancel anytime in Account Settings. For more information see our: -Terms of Service: https://firmsconsulting.uscreen.io/pages/terms -Privacy Policy: https://firmsconsulting.uscreen.io/pages/privacy-policy

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Strategy Training3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Strategy Training at 4.9 against Your Strategy Needs a Strategy's 3.5. Strategy Training also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 55%) and ratings volume (67 vs 11). Your Strategy Needs a Strategy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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. Strategy Training sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $499.99 per month. Your Strategy Needs a Strategy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Strategy Training holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Strategy Training has 67 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Your Strategy Needs a Strategy's written reviews are positive against 94% of Strategy Training's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Your Strategy Needs a Strategy ships an update monthly, Strategy Training every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Your Strategy Needs a Strategy versus Strategy Training: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYour Strategy Needs a StrategyStrategy Training
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (11 ratings)4.9 (67 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.0% of reviews94.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1167 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Boston Consulting Group, IncFirmsconsulting LLC

Customer experience

Your Strategy Needs a Strategy

All ratings11 ratings
Positive63.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative36.4%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive55.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative25.0%

Strategy Training

All ratings67 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive94.1%
Neutral2.9%
Negative2.9%

In-app purchases

None

Your Strategy Needs a Strategy

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Strategy Training

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Plan$499.991 Month

Questions

Is Your Strategy Needs a Strategy free?
Your Strategy Needs a Strategy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Strategy Training free?
Strategy Training is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Your Strategy Needs a Strategy or Strategy Training?
Strategy Training is rated higher. Your Strategy Needs a Strategy averages 3.5 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Strategy Training averages 4.9 from 67 ratings.
Do Your Strategy Needs a Strategy or Strategy Training have ads?
Strategy Training shows ads; Your Strategy Needs a Strategy does not.
Which is updated more often, Your Strategy Needs a Strategy or Strategy Training?
Your Strategy Needs a Strategy ships an update monthly, and Strategy Training every 2 months. Most recently, Your Strategy Needs a Strategy was updated on June 11, 2026 and Strategy Training on September 19, 2026.

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