Monarch: Leveling Workout RPG appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Monarch is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Monarch Reviews: Is It Legit?

Name: Monarch: Leveling Workout RPG
Rating: 4.1 (94 reviews)

Monarch: Leveling Workout RPG

Vidur Saini

💪 Health & Fitness

Customer Experience

Positive experience29.4% of reviews

Neutral5.9% of reviews

Negative experience64.7% of reviews

~ Based on 17 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Monarch Safe?

Monarch: Leveling Workout RPG appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Monarch is 80/100.

This assessment is based on 94 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.1/5.

Safety Analysis

75.5% of ratings point to a safe experience

2.1% of ratings suggest some concerns

22.3% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 94 App Store ratings for Monarch.

Is Monarch Legit?

Monarch: Leveling Workout RPG appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Monarch is 65/100.

Based on 65 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

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Waste of $

To many bugs. Paid $30 for a year and wish I didn’t . The food label scan says my slim Jim gives me 90gs of protein . Wish I could get my $ back . Back see past days food eaten or calories . Even tho they so off it’s pointless. A lot of better apps that actually work . This daily quest is 8 chin ups lol you will def get ripped doing that lol no you won’t . Complete scam .
The dungeon workouts can’t see you I did 75 jumping jacks the boss did 5 did does not recognize your movements so you lose . Really wanted this to work but there is a ton of solo leveling style apps this one seems to be the worst .

Flhvacguy

a month ago

Response from developer

Thanks for giving Monarch a shot, and I'm sorry the scanner and boss battle let you down. Barcode nutrition comes from a crowd-sourced database to give you the widest food options, and some of its entries are wrong (which I should have caught). A few list a whole package as one serving, or put a full bottle's numbers where 100 g should be. One tap on a product like that could log several times the real calories or protein. The new update checks every scanned product. If its numbers can't be right, Monarch won't log them, and every serving now shows its weight in grams, so you can spot a bad one before adding it. I also fixed the bad entries I could find. The latest update (1.5.15) also lets you log meals on any past day you missed, and swipe the Nutrition calendar back to the week you joined. On the jumping jacks: Boss battles count reps through the camera. They only count when your whole body is in frame and the room is well lit. Propping the phone 6 to 8 feet away usually fixes low counts. The 8 chin-ups were one exercise of several in that day's quest. The quest is built from your equipment and level, and you can change it with Customize Quest. If anything still looks off, email me at vidur@vidursaini.com and I'll look into it myself. Vidur

Expensive

The idea of the app is very good but you have to pay, which most people won’t do including me. Also there is no free way to use the app.

Agencieseje find

3 months ago

Response from developer

Glad the idea of Monarch clicked for you. Personalized daily quests are free and unlimited for everyone, while starting a workout, logging sets, marking quests complete and joining guilds are part of Premium. If you have any concerns about pricing, email me at vidur@vidursaini.com.

Expensive

The app is really good but it’s too expensive like 5k a year??? Bro people already pay for stuff and 5k is overboard it’s like pay to grow. Make it 2~3k at least.

Rezz0457

4 months ago

Response from developer

Glad you're enjoying Monarch, and I hear you on not wanting another subscription on top of everything else. Your personalized daily-quest workouts are free and unlimited, while starting and logging workouts, completing quests, and guilds are Premium. If you have questions about pricing, email me at vidur@vidursaini.com.

Best Solo Leveling-inspired fitness app

I tried several RPG apps, including Arise, but Monarch is absolutely the best. Awesome workouts, and overall app experience. Can’t recommend it enough ya’ll.

mayhem8009

5 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you for giving us a shot. We're glad to be a part of your fitness journey!

Can’t do anything unless you pay a ridiculous price

This app seemed extremely well done, and I’ve seen reviews where the dev has stated that you can do the daily workouts without paying the subscription, but I literally can’t do anything—everything I try to do, it asks me if I want to pay a month or a yearly amount. Which is fine—I don’t begrudge a dev for wanting to pay for an app.

What I have a problem with is the price—$10 a month?? Or $50 a year?? Just get a gym membership—Gold’s Gym near my house offers memberships at $10 per month. I love the look and feel of this app, but there’s no way I’m going to pay those prices.

Also, it’d be nice to know how severely limited the app would be after downloading it and not paying that crazy price. Thanks.

ShinyJabberwocky

8 months ago

Response from developer

Glad you like the look and feel of Monarch. Your personalized daily-quest workouts are free and unlimited to view. Starting a workout, logging weights and reps, completing quests, guilds and dungeons are Premium. If the price is an issue, email me at vidur@vidursaini.com and I'm happy to talk about it.

Paywall App

Don’t believe the online Advertisement! You create an account and when you choose to start a quest the subscription paywall shows up. Not much you can do for free .Kind of worthless if you can’t even log workouts for free.

Kamzy97

9 months ago

Response from developer

Hey, The daily quests in the app are a 100% free. Logging workouts, joining guilds, and completing dungeon workouts are a premium feature.

Awesome app!

The app is awesome! If you like solo leveling and gamified fitness, this is perfect. The price point and return on investment is well worth it. You pay for a gym membership, you pay for a personal trainer, this is a happy medium between the two. Stop buying Fortnite skins and start investing in your own. Definitely recommend!

Kokesmvsh

9 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you for this. Calling Monarch a happy medium between a gym membership and a personal trainer is exactly the spot I hoped it would fill. And I agree, leveling up your own stats beats buying Fortnite skins any day.

paywalls everywhere

cool idea but you can’t even hit start quest without it asking you to pay. what’s the point if i can’t do anything?

Kamina X

9 months ago

Response from developer

Hey, The daily quests in the app are a 100% free. Logging workouts, joining guilds, and completing dungeon workouts are a premium feature.

Weights

This is more so of a question but does workouts that are givin to me provide weight lifting nothing srs like bench pressing but like with dumbbells and such cause ik it asks if we have access for it but when I look it doesn’t show any planned day with weights so I’m a little confused.

Shadowt001

9 months ago

Response from developer

Hey, This bug has been fixed and the app now adapts better to the inputs you provide during the onboarding process and the information that exists in the profile section.

Paywall App

You create an account and when you choose to start a quest the subscription paywall shows up. Not much you can do for free. I don’t know if it’s a bug or supposed to be like this.

Kamzy97

9 months ago

Response from developer

Hey, The daily quests in the app are a 100% free. Logging workouts, joining guilds, and completing dungeon workouts are a premium feature.

Good Concept, Poor Value

The concept is solid, especially for fans of Solo Leveling and gamified fitness. Turning workouts into quests is a great idea, and I respect indie developers who take on ambitious projects like this.

That said, the pricing is far too high for what the app currently offers. This is marketed as a Health & Fitness app, yet it does not integrate with Apple Health at all. My workouts are already tracked via Apple Watch and other fitness devices, but none of that data can be used here. Everything must be logged manually.

Manual logging might be understandable for specific exercises like knee push-ups or squats, but there is no way to log or sync basic health data such as weight, height, calories, or activity metrics that already exist in iOS. At this price point, that feels outdated.

I genuinely want an app that gamifies workouts and pushes progression in a Solo Leveling–style way, but the current cost combined with the lack of Health integration makes it hard to justify. With better syncing and more modern tracking, this could be something special. Right now, it feels overpriced for its current state.

NotYourAverageUser25

10 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the kind words about turning workouts into quests. Apple Health sync now works, and I've lowered prices since your review. I'd really like to talk it through with you, so please email me at vidur@vidursaini.com.

Don’t bother

The quests are locked to their premium version, which is ~10$ a month or 50$ a year (which is conveniently not mentioned in the description). Makes the app useless until you pay up. Should’ve known better than to click on an ad for this app.

Korima115

10 months ago

Response from developer

I get why hitting a paywall on the quests felt frustrating. Your personalized daily-quest workouts are free and unlimited to browse, while starting a workout, logging weights and reps, and marking a quest complete are part of Premium.

Good idea, but bad execution

Fun idea but unfortunately the app doesn’t seem to work. At least not for free users. Yesterday I completed my quests, checked each box off, and clicked complete workout and it took me to a screen to pay. I figured ok maybe I just can’t complete it early as a free user. Should complete when the day changes so I left the quests checked off. In the morning it told me I had failed the quests and no XP was given. Then today even post update which they said should fix the issue, the quest is still failed, I can’t even interact with the workouts today, and I can’t click start quest without being prompted to pay. Maybe the app works perfectly if you pay but this doesn’t encourage me to pay or use the app as it’s having the opposite effect of motivating me now since it’s not working properly. Hopefully they can fix it because the idea is really cool

Dynamic Ambassador

a year ago

Response from developer

Hi, thank you for sharing your insights. You are correct; there was a bug that caused the Daily Quests to start when a new user completed the onboarding and was on a free tier. This is actually a premium feature, and this issue is now fixed. We'd love for you to try the app and share your valuable feedback.

Doesn’t work

All it does is try to get you to buy the outrageously expensive premium plan to do anything. Seems like a scam.

Lord Byrum

a year ago

Response from developer

Sorry the Premium prompts felt that pushy. Your personalized daily-quest workouts are free and unlimited. Premium covers starting a workout, logging weights and reps, marking quests complete, and guilds and dungeons. If something isn't working, email me at vidur@vidursaini.com and I'll look into it.

Good concept implementation needs work

Workouts aren't being saved after I complete the quest it says it's done but the next day it says I missed the quest.

Monkey509

a year ago

Response from developer

Hello, thanks for pointing out this bug. This issue has now been resolved. Would love for you to try it again on the latest version of the app - 1.0.3

Love the guilds feature

Me and my friends created a guild and are holding each other accountable. Super cool idea

Nickomoa

a year ago

Response from developer

We’re glad Level Up is helping you achieve your goal. Thanks for making us a part of your journey!

Totally changed my fitness journey!!

This app kept me on top of my gym schedule and even offered personalized workouts specifically catered towards me! It’s also really fun that you get to join guilds with your friends and keep each other accountable.

sillyrat123