Lemonade Hustle

Lemonade Hustle is a lemonade-stand business game played one day at a time. Each morning you read the forecast, buy lemons, sugar, ice and cups, set the recipe and the price, and open the stand.

Then the day plays out in under a minute and all you can do is watch. In the evening you see what happened and why, bank the profit, and spend it on a better stand, a better spot and some advertising.

• The weather is the bet. Sun, cloud, rain or a heat wave changes how many people walk by and how thirsty they are, and the forecast only says how likely it is. Ice you do not sell melts overnight unless you have somewhere cold to keep it, and lemons start to rot after 3 days. • Results that show their work. Everyone who walked away is counted by reason: didn't notice the stand, too expensive, not thirsty enough, didn't like the taste, line too long, sold out. You also get one thing to try tomorrow, and the last 14 days of reports are kept to look back on. • 8 locations, from the Suburbs to the Marina, opened with reputation. Each has its own rent and its own mix of kids, commuters, joggers, office workers, tourists and retirees, and Downtown, the Beach and the Marina each have a rush hour of their own. • 5 stands, from a cardboard box to a food truck, and 13 kinds of equipment such as a juicer, an ice box, a cash register, a sign, a second serving window and a flavour bar. Most upgrades show up on the stand you are looking at, and each one has an Info card that says what it will do for you, in the game's own numbers. • Hire a server, a runner, a hawker, and a manager who repeats yesterday's plan so you can skip days. Pick from 8 kinds of advertising from flyers to a TV commercial, and take a bank loan at 2% interest a day, repaid by hand or automatically. • The summer turns from spring to autumn, and the morning news can change the day: a street festival, a marathon, a lemon shortage, a competitor nearby. • 3 modes: Career (30, 60 or 100 days), Challenge (bank $500, $5,000 or $25,000 in as few days as you can) and Sandbox (no goal, every location open from day one), each on Easy, Normal or Hard. Your first career on Easy or Normal starts with a guided first day.

The 30-day career is free, on every difficulty, with all 8 locations, every recipe and every upgrade there to earn. One purchase, the full game, adds the 60- and 100-day careers, Challenge and Sandbox. No ads, and nothing else for sale.

Touch controls, in portrait or landscape, on iPhone and iPad. Watch the day at 1x, 2x or 4x speed, or skip straight to the results. Plays offline, with no account.