HITLADDER

A music career, one week at a time

From open mic to number one

You're 18, with $1,000, a part-time job and a notebook of ideas. 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.

Download on the App Store Free on iPhone
One-time Pro upgrade · no forced ads
Hitladder app icon: a gold record with a red star
The Career screen: listeners, followers, money, and an event card
What's on the bill
New in 1.1

Run your own label

Reach Rising and start a record label of your own. Scout unsigned artists, offer a profit split or a royalty with an advance, plan their releases and keep them happy. Their songs chart next to yours. Two artists on your roster, five with Pro.

Write · record · release

Write to what's hot, cut the demo in your bedroom or a top studio, and pick your moment. 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.

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 it, 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 to label drama, and every choice has a cost.

Inside the game

Real screens from the app
Career screen
Your weekEnergy, money, fans and the week's trouble.
Studio screen with demos and songs ready to release
The studioFollow the trends, record, release.
Top 100 chart of fictional artists
The chartsTop 100 and genre Top 25s.
Your label screen: a fictional label with signed artists, their morale and earnings
Your labelSign artists, plan their releases.

No forced ads.
No subscriptions.

Hitladder is free to play. Hitladder Pro is a one-time purchase: a sandbox start, up to five careers at once, a five-artist label roster, poster colors and career stats.

Cash packs are optional and they can't buy fans. Ads bring listeners, not followers, and the charts only count organic listeners.

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Before you download
Rapper simulator, no battlesWhat kind of rap game this is, and what it isn't. How the game worksWeeks, energy, songs, studios, labels, charts, tours. FAQFree? Pro? Android? Offline? Saves? AI? Answers here.