Malic's Legacy vs Pathbound
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Malic's Legacy
Embark on a classic text-based RPG adventure with multiple character classes. Level up, battle monsters, and upgrade gear in an immersive world with incremental progression. Enjoy a seamless, ad-free experience with intuitive gameplay.
- Choose from Knight, Mage, or Archer classes
- Battle over 45 classic RPG monsters
- Complete tasks for gold and experience
- Buy, upgrade, and evolve items
- Track progress with detailed statistics
- Ad-free gameplay
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A no-ads text RPG: pick Knight, Mage, or Archer, fight 80 monsters across eight regions, and evolve legendary gear. Malic’s Legacy is a classic incremental RPG you can play in short sessions. Fight, finish tasks, spend gold on better equipment, and watch your character grow. When you want the grind to run itself, turn on auto-fight and auto-heal. FEATURES • No ads in combat, tasks, or the Endless Tower • Three classes — Knight, Mage, and Archer • 80 monsters, eight regions, and rare shiny encounters • Repeatable tasks for gold and experience • Weapons, armor, and gems you buy, upgrade, and evolve • Bestiary completion, runes, and category masteries • Endless Tower climbs with shop buffs • Late-game artifacts you attach to your gear • Achievements, stats, and online leaderboards WHO IT IS FOR Players who want a simple fantasy RPG loop: fight, loot, upgrade, repeat. Readable on one hand, light on the battery, and built for both quick sessions and long-term progression. Start as a guest, then create an account when you want skins, leaderboards, and cloud-backed progress. Download Malic’s Legacy and begin your legacy. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Pathbound
This RPG uses your real-world runs to power your in-game hero. Explore a fantasy world, battle monsters, and collect loot by covering distance. It offers roguelite expeditions and a customizable camp.
- Real runs power in-game stamina
- Explore a fantasy world
- Battle monsters and collect loot
- Roguelite expeditions
- Customizable camp
- Syncs with Apple Health
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Pathbound is an RPG where your real runs power everything. Every mile you cover in the real world becomes stamina for your hero. Spend it to explore a fantasy world, battle monsters, and bring home loot. Your first week of play is free, with the whole game open. If Pathbound makes your runs better, a subscription keeps the adventure going. Pathbound is not a step counter. Record runs right in the app, or sync finished workouts from Apple Health: outdoor runs and treadmill sessions all count. HOW IT WORKS Run anywhere: record right in Pathbound, or use any app or watch that saves to Apple Health. Claim your workout in Pathbound to earn stamina. Spend stamina on expeditions: choose your route node by node, fight monsters, trigger strange events, and decide when to push deeper or retreat with your spoils. WHAT'S WAITING • A world of seven regions, from quiet forests to obsidian peaks. • Hundreds of animated monsters to hunt, each with its own drops. • Roguelite expeditions with treasure, campfires, merchants, and boss fights. • Loot with rarities and elemental modifiers, plus a Forge to improve your favorites. • A camp to grow: garden, cauldron, workbench. • Daily and weekly quests you clear with real distance. • Towns full of characters who need your help, with shops and services that open as you pitch in. • Leaderboards and guilds full of other runners. Build a shared Outpost with your guild and chase a goal together every week. MADE FOR EVERY RUNNER A twenty-minute jog is real progress. Consistency beats speed, and the game never punishes a rest day. Whether you are on your first couch-to-5K or training for a marathon, your effort moves your hero forward. Pathbound syncs with Apple Health (HealthKit). It reads your finished workouts to power the game. If you record a run in Pathbound, you can choose to save it to Apple Health too. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pathbound.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pathbound at 4.8 against Malic's Legacy's 4.0. Pathbound also leads on review sentiment (70% vs 33%) and ratings volume (90 vs 11). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Malic's Legacy sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Pathbound sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pathbound holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pathbound has 90 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Malic's Legacy's written reviews are positive against 70% of Pathbound's.
Malic's Legacy ships an update weekly, Pathbound every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Malic's Legacy | Pathbound |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (11 ratings) | 4.8 (90 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 70.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 90 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Malic Labs LTDA | Pyreal Software Inc |
Customer experience
Malic's Legacy
Pathbound
In-app purchases
Malic's Legacy
- Promotion access - Monthly$2.991 Month
- Starter Pack$0.99
- Value Pack$3.99
- Definitive Promotion$5.99
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- Mega Pack$9.99
- Supreme Pack$19.99
- Legendary Pack$34.99
Pathbound
- Monthly$9.991 Month
- Annual$69.991 Year









