Comparison

Beholder vs Monarchia

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Beholder

In a totalitarian state, you manage an apartment building while secretly spying on tenants. Your choices impact their lives and the unfolding story, leading to multiple endings. Explore a grim future where privacy is a luxury and every decision has consequences.

Highlights
  • Moral choice-driven narrative
  • Tenant surveillance and profiling
  • Multiple story endings
  • Character personality development
  • Apartment management simulation
  • Additional story content available
Features
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Welcome to a grim dystopian future. A totalitarian State controls every aspect of private and public life. Laws are oppressive. Surveillance is total. Privacy is dead. You are the State-installed manager of an apartment building. Your daily routine involves making the building a sweet spot for tenants, who will come and go. However, that is simply a facade that hides your real mission. The State has appointed you to SPY ON YOUR TENANTS! Your primary task is to covertly watch your tenants and eavesdrop on their conversations. You must BUG their apartments while they're away, SEARCH their belongings for whatever can threaten the authority of the State, and PROFILE them for your superiors. You must also REPORT anyone capable of violating the laws or plotting subversive activities against the State to the authorities. Beholder is all about making choices - choices that matter! What will you do with the information you collect? Will you report the suspicious activities of a father and orphan his children? Or will you withhold the details about his illegal activities and give him a chance to make things right? You may also choose to blackmail him to acquire the money your family desperately needs. Features: - You decide what happens: Every decision you make affects the way the story unfolds. - People aren't just objects: Each character you meet will have a thoroughly developed personality with his or her own past and present. - No decision is easy: If you are given the power to destroy the privacy of another person, should you? Or should you treat those on which you are spying the way they deserve? - You don't know where you'll end up: "Beholder" is a game of multiple endings. "Blissful Sleep" additional story is already available!** The Ministry of Introductions is honored to introduce Hector, the ex-landlord succeeded by Carl Shteyn. The time has come to tell the stories of: - the one who has fallen a victim to a horrifying mistake, and is now desperately seeking for salvation; - the ones who broke the law to find happiness and are now facing the consequences; - the one who risked his life for the State but has been left behind; - the one who had everything but lost it all; - the one who mews! Return to Krushvice 6 and serve the State and Wise Leader well! ** Available through in-app purchase • 3D Touch. Force touch will open the characters interaction menu. • iCloud. Synchronize your game across all your devices. • iMessage Stickers. Owning Beholder gives access to free pack of stickers. Meet other Beholder fans at: https://beholder-game.com https://www.facebook.com/BeholderGame https://twitter.com/Beholder_Game

About

Monarchia

Rule a monarchy by making critical decisions that impact your treasury, army, and authority. Engage in historical battles and manage internal affairs to maintain your position on the throne against rivals and internal threats.

Highlights
  • Make impactful decisions
  • Manage kingdom resources
  • Engage in historical battles
  • Conquer new territories
  • Deal with internal threats
  • Balance competing demands
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Your decisions will determine how long you will be on the throne. You're the only one who can rule in the monarchy! As long as you are on the throne, everyone will have their wishes, each election will affect another power of your empire. You have to keep the balance, so you don't lose the throne. You will need to make decisions to protect your land with your throne. With simplified versions of true war tactics in history such as the conquest of Constantinople, the Battle of Thermopia, the Battle of Nigbolu, the Battle of Deligrad, and the siege of Alaşehir, you will make the conquests as commander. Every month you reign, you face a different challenge. Your elections will have consequences for the state treasury, the people, the army, and your authority. Your tactics in battles will determine whether you can conquer more territory besides the problems of your kingdom. You'll have to deal with wars, assassins, and mysterious guests. At the same time, the demands of your clergy, people, palace dynasty will offer you difficult choices. As a ruler, you must make impulsive, tolerant, cruel, or loving decisions to avoid losing power. You must make choices by considering the intrigues of the palace and prolonging your stay on the throne because there are many suitors on the throne.

Screenshots

Beholder4 screens
Monarchia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Beholder at 4.8 against Monarchia's 4.0. Beholder also leads on ratings volume (1.7K vs 83) and chart position (#171 vs unranked). Monarchia's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On review sentiment, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Beholder costs $4.99 and Monarchia $0.99 up front. Beholder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Monarchia asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Beholder holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Beholder has 1.7K ratings behind it against 83, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Beholder's written reviews are positive against 67% of Monarchia's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beholder ships an update every 2 months, Monarchia weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Beholder versus Monarchia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeholderMonarchia
Price$4.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.8 (1.7K ratings) — better4.0 (83 ratings)
Positive reviews69.2% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1.7K — better83
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#171 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size770 MB118 MB
Age rating12++9
DeveloperCM Games OUFatih Beceren

Customer experience

Beholder

All ratings1,654 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.8%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews455 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral11.2%
Negative19.6%

Monarchia

All ratings83 ratings
Positive73.5%
Neutral7.2%
Negative19.3%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative28.6%

User reviews

Beholder

From 1.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great game mechanics
  • 🚀 Engaging and addictive gameplay
  • 💡 Interesting moral dilemmas
  • 🎨 Excellent visuals and atmosphere
  • 🕹️ Unique and challenging gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 🔁 Repetitive gameplay
  • 💰 High price for the content
  • 🕹️ Difficult and unforgiving at times
  • 🔍 Limited replayability

Monarchia

From 83 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great concept and idea
  • 💡 Unique features compared to similar games
  • 👍 Fun and engaging gameplay
  • 👍 Good twist on card games
  • 👍 Expands on Reigns game mechanics

Room to improve

  • 👎 Blatant copy of Reigns franchise
  • 👎 Poor grammar makes decision-making difficult
  • 👎 Military tactics don't make sense
  • 👎 Waste of money
  • 👎 Boring and repetitive

Bugs and requests

Beholder

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game freezing during tutorial or conversations
  • Inability to progress past certain points
  • Inconsistent language settings
  • Tenants not appearing as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • More randomized events and content
  • Additional locations and apartments to manage
  • Ability to delete save files
  • Improved cloud save functionality
  • Optimization for newer devices

Monarchia

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Poor grammar and story lines that don't make sense
  • Annoying when going over a category and the next turn ends the game
  • Grammar is incorrect, making it difficult to decode dialogue
  • Assassin can come at any time, making survival a dice roll
  • Game does not allow you to see what your choices will do

Requested features

25 requests
  • Wish for kids to continue after losing from one of the four bars
  • Add Russian language support
  • Add a family tree and a way to see relatives and heirs
  • Dynasty system where empire stays until all family members are gone
  • Knowing what effects choices will have (like Reigns)
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  • Add more historical figures
  • Ability to place different countries and add different time periods
  • More customization and visible rewards for good decisions
  • Allow moving all around the room
  • Add German language support
  • Dynasty system with a family tree; start over if all die
  • More complex battle mechanics
  • A different game type for advancement through conquest
  • Next monarch should inherit land
  • More choices and decisions
  • Save states to save data
  • Expand on treasury, army, etc.
  • Make a game in Polish
  • New monarch should inherit lands instead of resetting
  • Improve battle choices
  • Add a time element (historical periods)
  • Improve affairs system
  • Add playable factions (Byzantine Empire, Mamluk Sultanate, etc.)
  • Add Russian language support
  • Tutorial explaining how to lose the game

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Beholder

One-time1
  • Blissful Sleep DLC$2.99
None

Monarchia

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Beholder free?
Beholder costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Monarchia free?
Monarchia costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Beholder or Monarchia?
Beholder is rated higher. Beholder averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.7K ratings, while Monarchia averages 4.0 from 83 ratings.
Do Beholder or Monarchia have ads?
Neither Beholder nor Monarchia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beholder or Monarchia?
Beholder ships an update every 2 months, and Monarchia weekly. Most recently, Beholder was updated on October 19, 2026 and Monarchia on October 16, 2026.

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