SelfQuest vs PlayCulture
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SelfQuest
Turn your fitness and habit goals into an epic adventure. Create a hero, join a guild, and complete quests that translate to real-world progress. Earn rewards, level up, and battle friends to stay motivated and consistent.
- Hero creation and progression
- Gamified quests for habits
- Guilds for social accountability
- PvP hero battles
- Character customization with gear
- Customizable quests
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The System has chosen you. SelfQuest turns your real workouts and habits into an RPG. Train in real life and your hunter grows stronger. Miss a day and the System notices. TRAIN FOR REAL, LEVEL UP FOR REAL • A personal training plan built around your goals, schedule and level • Epic quests for your core habits and exercises, from push-ups and runs to steps, sleep and study • Random side quests: surprise micro-challenges that keep things fresh • Custom quests: create your own for fitness, wellness, study or daily routines • Camera rep counter for push-ups, squats, planks and more • Every completed quest earns XP, gold and gear BUILD YOUR HUNTER • Create your hunter and choose a class • Level up, boost your stats and unlock new abilities as your real-world consistency improves • Collect armour sets from E to SS rank and mix and match every piece • Spend gold in the shop on items and equipment • Rank up with your streak, from E-rank to National level FIGHT WITH YOUR REPS • Clear dungeons and gate bosses using real exercise • Challenge friends in strategic PvP battles, then rematch • Join a guild to stay consistent together: share progress, chat and cheer each other on • Add friends, compare progress and climb the leaderboard WHY IT WORKS • Game loops that stick: rewards, streaks and progression make consistency satisfying • Social motivation: guilds and leaderboards keep you accountable • Micro-wins: side quests turn small actions into momentum GETTING STARTED 1. Create your hunter and pick your goals 2. Get your plan and your daily quests 3. Join a guild or invite friends 4. Complete quests, earn XP and gold, and level up 5. Take on dungeons, gates and PvP with your powered-up hunter Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/selfquest/privacy-policy
PlayCulture
Organize and play exciting outdoor games with friends and groups. This app facilitates setting up and running interactive, in-person activities, complete with leaderboards and stats. It's designed for meetups, parties, and social gatherings, offering a fun way to engage in physical play.
- Set up and run outdoor games
- In-person group activities
- Leaderboards and stats
- Offline capable
- Private and human-first design
- One game: Zombies
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PlayCulture is about being a kid again! Set up and play exciting, sneaky, creative outdoor games and build a playful community! This app allows you to easily set up and run outdoor games for in-person groups. Select one of our games and create a session, then anyone nearby will see it on the search page. After everyone has joined, just start the game and the app handles the rest. At the end you will see a leaderboard showing everyone’s stats. It’s ideal for meetups, parties, clubs, universities, social groups, or supervised children. We currently have one game available: Zombies (tactical, fast, tense) is a large-scale infectious outdoor tag game! Evade zombies, pick up health packs, become the final survivor! If you're caught, you turn into a zombie and join the hunt! Key features: Offline capable: You don’t need a connection to play. Once the game organiser has registered, you can set up and run games while completely offline. Having a connection enables extra features, but it isn’t required 100% free, with zero advertising: We believe play is for everyone, and we’re working to create the best possible experience Totally private: We don’t collect any identifiable information from you. Organisers submit an email address, but it’s encrypted (we never see it) and is only used for relinking your account. We don't snoop on your personal data. We do store your current location, but this is not associated with any identifiable info Human-first: We have a firm policy on AI (read it at playculture.com/humanmade). Everything you see has been designed and created by real people, and we will never sell you data for AI training (it’s impossible, because we never store your data!) Questions? Drop us a line! We'll be very happy to hear from you: app@playculture.com Want to use this app for your business? That's something we encourage! Please get in touch to let us know what you're doing and we might be able to help you out: info@playculture.com Before using this app please read our full terms of service (playculture.com/terms) and privacy policy (playculture.com/privacy). By using the PlayCulture App you are agreeing to our terms. All content copyright © PlayCulture Ltd. The PlayCulture name and logos are registered trademarks.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PlayCulture at none against SelfQuest's 16. PlayCulture also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (81% vs 70%). SelfQuest's advantage is ratings volume (490 vs 17). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. SelfQuest sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. PlayCulture asks for nothing beyond the download.
PlayCulture holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SelfQuest has 490 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of SelfQuest's written reviews are positive against 81% of PlayCulture's.
SelfQuest ships an update every 4 days, PlayCulture weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SelfQuest | PlayCulture |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (490 ratings) | 4.4 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.8% of reviews | 81.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 490 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 152 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | james kirkham | PlayCulture Ltd |
Customer experience
SelfQuest
PlayCulture
Bugs and requests
SelfQuest
Reported bugs
5 issues- Daily quest resets not working
- Strava connection limit reached
- Ads not working as intended
- Inability to edit username
- Gear and progress loss issues
Requested features
7 requests- Add more free quests and content
- Improve the combat system
- Make quests more visually engaging
- Add worldwide leaderboard and competition
- Integrate with more fitness trackers
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- Allow more customization of avatar
- Add rest days and recovery mechanics
PlayCulture
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SelfQuest
- Monarch Month7 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Monarch Year Offer$19.991 Year
- Monarch Year7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Bundle E$0.99
- Bundle D$1.99
- Bundle C$2.99
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- 50 Keys$2.99
- 50 keys$2.99
- Bundle B$4.99
- Bundle A$5.99
- 125 Keys$5.99
- 125 keys$5.99
- S Bundle$9.99
- Bundle S$9.99
- 200 Keys$9.99
- 200 keys$9.99
PlayCulture
No in-app purchases








