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NEW: your own record label. Reach Rising (10K monthly listeners for three months) with $10,000 in the bank, then start a label from the Career tab. Scout unsigned artists, offer deals that show the math, book their releases and keep them happy. 15 new label events. Your roster holds two artists, or five with Pro. Also new: More → Share Save Files, in case support ever needs your save.
From open mic to number one. You're 18, with $1,000, a part-time job and a notebook of ideas. Hitladder is a text-based music career simulator: one week at a time, you write, record and release songs, play shows, sign a deal or stay independent, and climb the charts. Make it big and start a record label of your own. Rapper or singer, seven genres, one career that is yours. WRITE · RECORD · RELEASE Write to what's hot, cut the demo in your bedroom or a top studio, and pick your moment. Release singles, EPs and albums. Rush your releases and your listeners tune out. SIGN OR STAY INDIE Majors bring radio and big playlists. Indie deals and going it alone keep more of your money. Every offer shows you the math before you sign, and every contract ends. RUN YOUR OWN LABEL Reach Rising and open a label of your own. Scout unsigned artists, offer a profit split or a royalty with an advance, and see the math before anyone signs. Book their studio time and marketing, keep their morale up, and re-sign them before a bigger label calls. Their songs can chart next to yours. Two artists on your roster, up to five with Pro. CHASE THE CHARTS A Top 100 and a Top 25 for every genre, packed with 96 fictional rivals who release, rise and fall every week. To get on the chart, your streams have to beat theirs. TOURS, FANS, TROUBLE Open for a bigger act or headline your own tour. More than 100 events, from hecklers and sponsored posts to lawsuits and label drama. Every choice has a cost. BUILT TO LAST Your career is saved every week on your iPhone. No account, no server, no analytics, no ads. Close the app mid-week and pick up exactly where you left off. HONEST MONEY Hitladder is free to play. Hitladder Pro is a one-time purchase that unlocks a sandbox start, up to five careers at once, a five-artist label roster, poster colors and career stats. Cash packs are optional and can't buy fans: the charts only count organic listeners. All artists, songs, labels, charts and awards in Hitladder are fictional. Any resemblance to real people or companies is coincidental. Support: support@hitladder.com