PowerPlanner: Grid Tycoon

Build the grid. Power it all.

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

Power a whole region: build plants, pylons and transformers, juggle fuel, weather and demand, research new tech and watch your grid — and your profit — grow. Keep the lights on. PowerPlanner is a laid-back strategy builder where you grow a whole region's electricity network — one power plant, pylon and transformer at a time. Start with a single generator and a handful of homes. Wire them up across a blueprint-style map you can freely pan and zoom, then expand into factories, malls, data centers, hospitals and stadiums as demand — and your income — keeps climbing. BUILD A REAL GRID • Generators with character: diesel, solar (follows the day/night sun), wind (rides the changing weather), coal (and its CO₂ bill) and a full nuclear plant. • Connect everything with poles, transformers and batteries. Link range and transformer coverage actually matter — plan your layout. • Watch the power flow along your lines and keep every district supplied. RUN THE ECONOMY • A live commodity market for coal, oil, uranium, gas and propane with real-time price charts — buy low, sell high. • Dynamic building prices reward diversification over spamming one thing. • Manage fuel stocks, CO₂ costs and day/night demand swings. GO NUCLEAR • Cool reactors with water pumps and pipes, handle interim waste, and build shared waste repositories you can switch on and off. RESEARCH & UPGRADE • A 30+ node research tree: efficiency, income, grid range and building upgrades up to level 5. • Refineries turn crude oil into diesel, gas and propane to trade. PLAY YOUR WAY • Single-player, offline-friendly. No account required. • Cloud saves via Game Center keep your grid in sync across your devices. • Optimized for iPhone and iPad. Free to play with a banner ad. Don't like ads? A single one-time purchase removes them forever — no subscription, ever. A few friendly tip purchases and optional cosmetic skins let you support development — all completely optional. Build it. Wire it. Power it. Grow it.

  • 5.0
    out of 5
    1 Ratings

NEW IN 1.4 • Land prices now scale with your actual income. Saving up for the next plot took hours from around level 35 on — the wait is back to a few minutes, and a save carries you more than three times as far. • Levels above 52 require the correct amount of experience again. • Smoother gameplay, cooler device: the map is rendered at full frame rate only while you play, at half rate while you watch and not at all behind full-screen menus. Large grids need around 3× less processing power, with noticeably less heat and battery drain. • Refinery details now show, per product, why production has stalled: “Storage full” or “No storage” for diesel, gas and propane.

The developer, Michele Momberger, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

  • Data Used to Track You

    The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:

    • Location
    • Identifiers
    • Usage Data
  • Data Linked to You

    The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

    • Location
    • Identifiers
    • Usage Data
  • Data Not Linked to You

    The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

    • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More

Seller
  • Michele Momberger
Size
  • 71.1 MB
Category
  • Simulation
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
  • iPad
    Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
  • Apple Vision
    Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Age Rating
4+
In-App Purchases
Yes
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Copyright
  • © 2026 Michele Momberger