Comparison

Beholder vs Monthly Dystopia

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

Monthly Dystopia

Experience a dystopian survival game inspired by 1984. Navigate an authoritarian world, choose to serve the regime or join the Resistance, and make critical survival decisions. Your words and actions have consequences.

Highlights
  • Dystopian survival experience
  • Serve the dictatorship or join the Resistance
  • Forbidden love and thought crimes
  • Resource management for survival
  • Conscientious decision-making
  • Escape or servitude choices
Features
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A dystopian survival experience inspired by George Orwell's 1984. In Monthly Dystopia, you need to find a way to survive in an authoritarian world. You can serve the dictatorship by being a model citizen or you can try to flee the country by cooperating with the Resistance. You live under a regime in which love is forbidden and using words banned by the Party is punishable by death. Choose your words wisely if you don't want to commit a thought crime. Remember, there's always a screen watching you. The paycheck from your job at the ministry editing the past is barely enough to buy the food needed to keep you alive, so it is crucial that you find a way to flee this dystopia where even thinking is forbidden. You can serve as a loyal citizen, fall in love and constantly fear getting caught, work with the Resistance against the dictatorship, and choose freedom or servitude. The daily tasks you perform in your apartment are your only way to survive. Remember that your time is just as limited as your supplies. You'll have to choose between cooking before going to work, taking medication for your illness, or doing activities that benefit your mental state. You can try to protect the people around you by making conscientious decisions or you can escape this dystopia by sacrificing them.

Screenshots

Beholder4 screens
Monthly Dystopia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Monthly Dystopia at every 5 days against Beholder's every 2 months. Monthly Dystopia also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 69%) and price ($0.99 vs $4.99). Beholder's advantage is chart position (#147 vs unranked) and ratings volume (1.7K vs 373). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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 Monthly Dystopia $0.99 up front. Beholder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Monthly Dystopia sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Beholder against 4.8 for Monthly Dystopia. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.7K and 373 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 69% of Beholder's written reviews are positive against 96% of Monthly Dystopia's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beholder ships an update every 2 months, Monthly Dystopia every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Beholder versus Monthly Dystopia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeholderMonthly Dystopia
Price$4.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.8 (1.7K ratings)4.8 (373 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.2% of reviews95.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.7K — better373
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#147 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size770 MB214 MB
Age rating12+12+
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%

Monthly Dystopia

All ratings366 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral2.7%
Negative0.5%
Written reviews114 reviews
Positive95.6%
Neutral3.5%
Negative0.9%

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

Monthly Dystopia

From 373 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Amazing creator
  • 👍 Awesome game
  • 👍 Great atmosphere
  • 👍 Immersive experience
  • 👍 Unique and interesting

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes
  • 🔍 Limited story and character development
  • 🕰️ Repetitive and tedious gameplay at times

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

Monthly Dystopia

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Execution form cut off
  • Game crashes on day 17 train ride

Requested features

3 requests
  • More job/action variety
  • Additional language support
  • Expanded storylines and endings

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Beholder

One-time1
  • Blissful Sleep DLC$2.99
2 purchases

Monthly Dystopia

One-time2
  • Food Pack$0.99
  • Health Pack$0.99

Questions

Is Beholder free?
Beholder costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Monthly Dystopia free?
Monthly Dystopia costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Beholder or Monthly Dystopia?
Monthly Dystopia is rated higher. Beholder averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.7K ratings, while Monthly Dystopia averages 4.8 from 373 ratings.
Do Beholder or Monthly Dystopia have ads?
Neither Beholder nor Monthly Dystopia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beholder or Monthly Dystopia?
Beholder ships an update every 2 months, and Monthly Dystopia every 5 days. Most recently, Beholder was updated on November 11, 2026 and Monthly Dystopia on November 7, 2026.

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