# Startup Dev Story

> Hire devs ship products and grow a pixel startup into a tech empire!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.annidasoft.startupdevstory](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.annidasoft.startupdevstory)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.annidasoft.startupdevstory`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** AnniDaSoft
- **Category:** GAME\_SIMULATION
- **Downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-11
- **First published:** 2026-08-11
- **Publisher country:** BO
- **Size:** 91 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.annidasoft.startupdevstory)
- **Website:** [https://annidasoftmotivatemate.blogspot.com/](https://annidasoftmotivatemate.blogspot.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://sites.google.com/view/startupdevstory/inicio](https://sites.google.com/view/startupdevstory/inicio)

## Description

Found your own software startup and grow it from a one-person garage hustle into a world-changing tech giant, one pixel at a time.<br><br>Startup Dev Story is a cozy, fast-paced business simulation inspired by the management-sim classics. Hire developers, designers, and marketers, organize them into teams, and cook up products in the Lab by mixing a type, an audience, and secret ingredients. Discover powerful combos, ship them, and watch the subscribers (and the cash) roll in.<br><br>But the tech world never sits still. Survive and thrive across shifting eras: the SaaS &amp; Mobile Boom, Crypto Winter, the AI Revolution and beyond, each one reshaping what sells and who your rivals are.<br><br>FEATURES<br>• Hire &amp; grow a team: level up staff, manage energy, loyalty and burnout, and promote your stars.<br>• The Product Lab: combine type + audience + ingredients to discover hidden synergy recipes.<br>• Ride the eras: adapt as the market transforms decade after decade.<br>• Rivals &amp; market: competitors ship their own products; trends rise and fall.<br>• Research &amp; perks: unlock new product types and kit out your office.<br>• Three difficulties: from a gentle Learn-the-Ropes run to a brutal lean-runway challenge.<br>• New Game+: bank a veteran co-founder and a cash head start for your next venture.<br>• Multiple save slots: run parallel companies.<br>• Handcrafted pixel art and a chiptune soundtrack, all generated with love.<br><br>Free to play, supported by ads. No account required. Your progress is saved on your device.<br><br>Can you survive the burn, out-ship your rivals, and IPO your way to the singularity? Your startup story starts now.

## Rankings

- #3,140,269 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.AD_ID`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.annidasoft.startupdevstory.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`

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