Quick verdict
- What it is
- Store information collected; independent summary not yet available.
- At a glance
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- Free to download
- In-app purchases
Categories and search queries
Official categories
- Games
- Music
- Books
- Word
AppCorpus categories
Key functions
| Function | Availability | Access | Scope | Evidence |
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| Free app | Yes | Free | — | Store published |
| Game Center | Yes | Unknown | App Store | Store published |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Limited free | — | Store published |
Screens
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Pricing & paywalls
App Store
- Book Cash Pack (Small) — $1.99
- Book Cash Pack (Super) — $14.99
- Book Energy Pack (Large) — $9.99
- Book Energy Pack (Medium) — $4.99
- Book Energy Pack (Small) — $1.99
- Book Max Energy Pack (Large) — $14.99
- Book Max Energy Pack (Medium) — $7.99
- Book Max Energy Pack (Small) — $3.99
- Book Star Limited Edition Pack — $19.99
- Book XP Pack Large — $7.99
Ratings & reviews
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5/5Love this Creator
Honestly I love these creators, I have played the music version, the stock version, and the Hollywood version. This by far is probably my favorite game thus far. I love how every game they build upon the existing system while also introducing new components to the game. Now hear me out Chimpanzee, I think you have the ability to do something great here with maybe some cross integration. I know you just had a huge update but what if for the next one you allow your books to get picked up as movie deals. Maybe they allow you limited choices but ultimately they could buy the rights just like a publisher but maybe for more money and more royalties. I think that would be a cool concept. I’ve created an 8 book series like Harry Potter and it would be cool if you could negotiate a deal like that to make even more money on those books. Think about it! You have a great gem here! UPDATE: I still love this game but keeping your books on the chart seems to be buggy. I’ve had books selling 100K+ copies each week with high vitality and stats and was the top of the Best Selling List. Then the very next week the book just plummeted completely off the list after being at the top for 10+ weeks. It’s fine if it’s not number one but for it to completely fall off is insane to me. And the books that my competition is making has been on the charts for 99+ weeks. I don’t understand the drastic fall offs my own books have, especially when I do a book signing and I’m selling 40k+ at the book signings. Other than this the game is still great, just seems like the recurring random fall off is too much as opposed to a gradual graceful fall off.
D_Jay22 · 7 Aug 2026
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5/5Just an idea
I love the game and all really creative but can you make it so we can have our own publishing company and take on new authors and you can publish your own works officially and be over marketing and advertising and also can you make a superhero version of these simulation game and we go on missions and beat bad guys and work your way up the ranks from unknown to world wide and just being about to choose or create what powers you have and have a fan page and things idk but I just think it would be cool to have a game like that. Or can you guys make another one but in this one your a video game creator and you can create any type of video games you have to get licensed for make them for systems and then you can make your own system and sell them and other stuff etc… just an idea but I would love it tho
kingcoop123 · 7 Aug 2026
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5/5Love this, but issues
Hey Jon, or whatever other Chimpanzee employee sees this, you have a great system but some work could be done to it. I would like ways to permanently increase my energy with a rebirth system because loosing one energy every year adds up. Also, if we could become agents ourselves and mentor authors without a publishing company would be cool. MAKE A SPORTS CAREER GAME TOO! Or a animation game. A superhero game? Another life simulator? Also I hope you guys can buff book sales, and maybe have an option to buff book sales without getting on the leaderboard so just a game for fun. Wait.. LANDLORD GAME! Also, can we get more book covers based on genre? Like some of them have for the bestsellers are really cool and I would want to use them or just upload my own covers.
Mazy2K · 7 Aug 2026
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5/5Love this Game. Suggestions
I love this game. Can’t stop playing it. It’s amazing. I have some suggestions. Maybe we can have an option to write movie scripts. Additionally, it would be great if we have an option to open our own publishing company and be able to publish other novels that aren’t ours. Also, add awards. I know that in real world you can win literature awards. That might be something cool to look into. Another thing I thought of would be a quick addition to authors profile where it would have a section that list all books that became Bestsellers. There are other things you can also play with if you implement the having your own publishing company like be able to pitch to stores (Barnes and noble ex) to sell the books. Idk.
iginzburg · 7 Aug 2026
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4/5Good Game, Flaws and Difficult
I love this game and it is definitely one of my favorite from Chimpanzee. However I feel that the game shouldn’t be as difficult as it is. I have recently started a new game and I have several books that I published which have been well-received yet I can never get a publishing company to endorse my books. It’s gotten to the point where I’m considering restarting my career, but that would be a huge waste of time as I’ve been playing for a few hours straight. It’s honestly frustrating as I’ve been making good books consistently, yet I can’t even get the lowest quality publishing companies to endorse it. This make the game really hard to enjoy fully, but if this was changed up a bit then I would have no problem upping this review to a 5-star.
nicknamemoucey · 7 Aug 2026
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Versions
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1.0.10
Hey Authors! Here's what's new: • Two new publishing options are now available. You can pitch your manuscripts to publishing houses before self-publishing, without needing an agent. This allows you to retain more royalties and maintain control. However, once a publisher acquires the rights to your books, you cannot continue the series unless they see potential for profit. After your book earns out its advance, you might be offered a deal to write a new book for the series. • If you are offered to continue the series, contracts come with deadlines and word count requirements. Failure to meet these will result in owing back your advance, along with a penalty. • Reviews have been adjusted to better reflect the quality of a book. • A book series view has been added to the financial tab. • You can now tap cells under Kindel reports to see individual book metrics. • Fixes issue with crashes during editing. • Fixes issue with publishing offers notifying users but no offer appears • Fixes issue with pitching publishers after self-publishing. • Fixes issue with the wrong books showing up on the publishing offer screens.
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1.0.11
Hey Authors! Here's what's new: • Book publishing deals now give a much larger boost in the first 8 weeks of release. • Genre trends impacting sales has become more pronounced. • Bug fix: Publishing offers not showing up is now fixed. • Bug fix: Artwork for the book cover was going out of listed bounds • Bug fix: Editing book title/summary can now close out the keyboard.
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1.0.12
Hey Authors! Here's what's new: • The National Literary Awards are here! Become a finalist and if your book is good enough, win the prestigious award in fiction or nonfiction! Finalists are announced week 4! • Bug fix: Publishing offers are finally fixed. More agent features are coming soon including different types of publishing deals, buyouts and movie options. • Bug fix: Editing button was being pushed down off screen.
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1.0.13
Hey Authors! Here's what's new: • The National Literary Awards are here! Become a finalist and if your book is good enough, win the prestigious award in fiction or nonfiction! Finalists are announced week 4! You can view your awards including Short Story awards if you place in the top 100. • If you have an agent, they will now get you new book deals from publishers that you have done deals with previously. • The chance of you submitting manuscripts to publishers are now weighted more towards your agent's rating. You can still submit without an agent but the difficult has increased. • Publishing offers now show which type they are in your inbox. • Agents earnings are now showing • Award medallions are now showing up on great reads. • Bug fix: Publishing offers are finally fixed. More agent features are coming soon including different types of publishing deals, buyouts and movie options. • Bug fix: Editing button was being pushed down off screen.
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1.0.14
Hey Authors! Here's what's new: • The National Literary Awards are here! Become a finalist and if your book is good enough, win the prestigious award in fiction or nonfiction! Finalists are announced week 4! You can view your awards including Short Story awards if you place in the top 100. • If you have an agent, they will now get you new book deals from publishers that you have done deals with previously. • The chance of you submitting manuscripts to publishers are now weighted more towards your agent's rating. You can still submit without an agent but the difficult has increased. • Publishing offers now show which type they are in your inbox. • Agents earnings are now showing • Award medallions are now showing up on great reads. • Bug fix: Publishing offers are finally fixed. More agent features are coming soon including different types of publishing deals, buyouts and movie options. • Bug fix: Editing button was being pushed down off screen. • Bug fixes related to large numbers causing crashes.
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1.0.15
Hey Authors! Here's what's new: • Bug fixes for advances not showing up and genres not updating on agent offers • Bug fixes for crashes on end week. • Performance improvements
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1.0.16
Hey Authors! Here's what's new: • Bug fixes for genre not showing up on publishing offers • Bug fix for sending books to publishers without completing the book cover • Adjustments to book reviews. • Performance improvements
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1.0.17
Hey Authors! Here's what's new: • You can now promote your books on Chirp by using a hashtag and the book title. This will give your book a sales boost. • Book sales mechanics have been adjusted to improve sales. • There was an issue with the game jumping weeks/months ahead. This is now fixed. • Continued adjustments to book reviews. • Performance improvements
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1.0.18
Hey Authors! Here's what's new: • You can now promote your books on Chirp by using a hashtag and the book title. This will give your book a sales boost. • Book sales mechanics have been adjusted to improve sales early on and weekly limits have been added that reflect bestselling book sales. • There was an issue with the game jumping weeks/months ahead. This is now fixed. • Continued adjustments to book reviews. • Performance improvements
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1.0.19
Hey Authors! Here's what's new in this small update: • You can now fire your agent but you will have to pay a penalty for terminating an early contract • Bug fix for promoting books. Some devices couldn't access the slider while the keyboard was up. You can now scroll on the screen and close the keyboard easily.
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1.0.20
Hey Authors! Here's what's new in this small update: • Bug fix: Talent trait screen has been restored. Thanks for the heads up! • You can now fire your agent but you will have to pay a penalty for terminating an early contract • Bug fix for promoting books. Some devices couldn't access the slider while the keyboard was up. You can now scroll on the screen and close the keyboard easily.
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1.0.21
Hey Authors! Here's what's new in this exciting update! • Start your own publishing company! Engage in the full spectrum of publishing activities from reviewing submissions and signing talented authors to managing a dynamic team and negotiating impactful deals. Aim to become the most prestigious name in the literary world. • Five new traits that help you scale your business. • Scout and sign talent! Take charge of the publishing process, from signing to managing authors, ensuring a smooth journey to publication. • Build out your publishing equipment to reduce printing costs and keep inventory high! Ink prices fluctuate so you'll need to determine the best times to print. • Assemble a dedicated team across various departments, each contributing unique bonuses to your company's success. Careful hiring and department expansion are key to your growth strategy. • As your company grows, so should your office space and team morale. However, maintaining a careful balance with expenses is crucial for sustainable expansion.
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1.0.22
Hey Authors! Here's what's new in this exciting update! • Start your own publishing company! Engage in the full spectrum of publishing activities from reviewing submissions and signing talented authors to managing a dynamic team and negotiating impactful deals. Aim to become the most prestigious name in the literary world. • Five new traits that help you scale your business. • Scout and sign talent! Take charge of the publishing process, from signing to managing authors, ensuring a smooth journey to publication. • Build out your publishing equipment to reduce printing costs and keep inventory high! Ink prices fluctuate so you'll need to determine the best times to print. • Assemble a dedicated team across various departments, each contributing unique bonuses to your company's success. Careful hiring and department expansion are key to your growth strategy. • As your company grows, so should your office space and team morale. However, maintaining a careful balance with expenses is crucial for sustainable expansion. • Bug fix with restarting the game with a publishing company open. • Bug fix - Signing more authors requires more editorial staff rather than office capacity.
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1.0.23
Hey Authors! Some small tweaks and bug fixes: • Bug fix for pitching big five publishers. You must have an agent that has big five connections to submit your manuscript. • Bug fix: responses to reading poetry to a partner have been updated • Replies from publishers that are not interested are now denoted by "Declined" rather than "Reply" • Minor content updates.
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1.0.24
Hey Authors! Here's what's new in this update: • You can now see how your publishing company is doing compared to the big five and small publishers. • Books you publish through your company now sell for longer • Renown now includes the acceptance rate of submissions and average reviews from the authors you publish • Authors per staff is now 4 instead of 3 • When editing and promoting books through your publishing company, you now see the correct score of each team • The submission lists now shows the review range after your team finishes reviewing it • You can now optimize your game to speed things up on the setting tab if you experience slow load times
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1.0.25
Hey Authors! Here's what's new in this update: • Dive into the new author view! Now you can explore the unique traits of your signed authors, provide expert mentoring based on your leadership skills, and ignite their creativity by offering sequels to already successful books. You even set the word counts for sequels, which will not only influence the writing duration but also affect sales potential! • Tap into your publishing power! Access real-time book sales data within your company, and get a snapshot of weekly sales. • Notice red? That means sold-out inventory! This new color coding lets you swiftly identify which books are flying off the shelves and need a quick reprint. • Watch your authors thrive! Our signed talents will naturally gain followers and enhance their skills over time. Keep an eye on their happiness though—low spirits could lead to a decline in their skills. • Bug fix: Fixed an issue where eBooks were not selling when physical inventory was out. • Bug fix: Corrected an error related to the assignment of virality with signed authors.
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1.0.26
Hey Authors! Here's what's new in this update: • Dive into the new author view! Now you can explore the unique traits of your signed authors, provide expert mentoring based on your leadership skills, and ignite their creativity by offering sequels to already successful books. You even set the word counts for sequels, which will not only influence the writing duration but also affect sales potential! • Tap into your publishing power! Access real-time book sales data within your company, and get a snapshot of weekly sales. • Notice red? That means sold-out inventory! This new color coding lets you swiftly identify which books are flying off the shelves and need a quick reprint. • Watch your authors thrive! Our signed talents will naturally gain followers and enhance their skills over time. Keep an eye on their happiness though—low spirits could lead to a decline in their skills. • Bug fix: Fixed an issue where eBooks were not selling when physical inventory was out. • Bug fix: Corrected an error related to the assignment of virality with signed authors. • Bug fix: Crashes when trying to access author view • Bug fix: Crashes when accessing publisher rankings
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1.0.27
· 7 Aug 2024
Hey Authors! Here's what's new in this update: • Minor content updates • Performance optimization
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1.0.3
Thanks for your feedback and patience! This update includes: • Bug fix for crashing Kindel page and crashes related to paperbacks. • Tweaks to mechanics for Middle posts/book runs. Upper limits have been adjusted to reduce runaway sales. • Vault has been added which allows you to transfer a portion of your wealth to your new life. • Bug fix for max energy not being applied on restarts
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1.0.4
Thanks for your feedback and patience! This update includes: • Bug fix with short story placements not correctly calculating percentile • Bug fix for book series being incorrectly assigned • Bug fix when proposing in a relationship • Bug fix for new releases for users on iOS 15 • Bug fix for sales numbers causing crashes due to double count on end week.
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1.0.5
Thanks for your feedback and patience! This update includes: • Middle posts now take into account frequency of posts and will have an impact on your reader's engagement if you are posting multiple times a week, every week. • Reader's and the Bestseller List chirps now show up in your feed. • Bug fix for youview thumbnails • Bug fix for Bestselling Book leaderboard • Performance optimizations
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1.0.6
Thanks for your feedback and patience! Lots of content planned but this update continues to fix some issues including: • All courses now show up periodically • Ghostwriting will sometimes offer you a choice of projects • Great reads book detail button is now working • Great reads book series now shows under the title • Bug fix for some scrolling issues • Minor content updates • Performance optimizations
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1.0.7
Thanks for your feedback and patience! Lots of content planned but this update continues to fix some issues including: • Amaze best seller rankings now show up on the book page • Bug fix for duplicate bookshelf books. This will still occur once you've read them all. • Best seller peak position tracking was working incorrectly, this is now fixed. • Ghostwriting will sometimes offer you a choice of projects • All courses now show up periodically • Great reads book detail button is now working • Great reads book series now shows under the title • Bug fix for some scrolling issues • Minor content updates • Performance optimizations
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1.0.8
Hey Authors! Here's what's new: • Two new publishing options are now available. You can pitch your manuscripts to publishing houses before self-publishing, without needing an agent. This allows you to retain more royalties and maintain control. However, once a publisher acquires the rights to your books, you cannot continue the series unless they see potential for profit. After your book earns out its advance, you might be offered a deal to write a new book for the series. • If you are offered to continue the series, contracts come with deadlines and word count requirements. Failure to meet these will result in owing back your advance, along with a penalty. • Reviews have been adjusted to better reflect the quality of a book. • A book series view has been added to the financial tab.
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1.0.9
Hey Authors! Here's what's new: • Two new publishing options are now available. You can pitch your manuscripts to publishing houses before self-publishing, without needing an agent. This allows you to retain more royalties and maintain control. However, once a publisher acquires the rights to your books, you cannot continue the series unless they see potential for profit. After your book earns out its advance, you might be offered a deal to write a new book for the series. • If you are offered to continue the series, contracts come with deadlines and word count requirements. Failure to meet these will result in owing back your advance, along with a penalty. • Reviews have been adjusted to better reflect the quality of a book. • A book series view has been added to the financial tab. • Fixes issue with crashes during editing.
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