Runbit vs Fantasy Hike
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Runbit
Transform your surroundings into an interactive game. Explore your city by collecting stars, escaping monsters, and chasing animals. Challenge friends and share your progress, all while integrating with your favorite fitness trackers.
- Collect stars in your environment
- Escape from virtual monsters
- Chase and collect virtual animals
- Challenge friends and share progress
- Integrates with other exercise apps
- Adjustable monster speed modes
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• Collect stars Collect stars on walkways near you! Explore your surroundings. Can be used by anyone, anywhere. Move at your own pace, or use a bicycle. Bring your kids on a treasure hunt that changes every time! • Escape monsters Decide quickly as you try to avoid monsters! Get your blood pumping from being hunted. The monsters' speed is adjusted to you with three different modes. How long can you survive?! • Chase animals Catch animals on walkways! Find the shortest way as they constantly move just a little ahead of you. Forget about the time and distance as you instead try to take as many animals as you can! • Challenge friends Challenge your friends and family! Motivate your friends and family by sharing your progress. Runbit makes pictures of what you've done so you can share them on Facebook, Instagram and other social apps. • Combine with other apps Runbit works with other exercise apps. For instance you can use your favorite pedometer app and at the same time let Runbit entertain you. Just start both app and run! Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
Fantasy Hike
This app gamifies your daily walks, turning every step into progress through a fantasy adventure. Compete with friends, track your distance, and stay motivated towards a healthier lifestyle. Explore a magical world from your doorstep.
- Fantasy adventure quest
- Friend progress tracking
- Multiple character avatars
- Daily statistics charts
- Low battery consumption
- Apple Health integration
- Background activity tracking
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Get motivated to walk! Be the first to Mount Fire! Fantasy Hike is a beautiful walking tracker for Fantasy nerds and everyone who loves adventure. Start your quest today. Every step you take will let you progress through a beautiful fantasy adventure, from your comfy halfling hole all the way to Mount Fire. Compete with your friends and see their progress in the fantasy world and on the map. Fantasy Hike lets you appreciate your complete walking distance. Walk your dog, take a morning jog, or “run” between meeting rooms. No matter what you are doing Fantasy Hike supports and motivates you to a healthy lifestyle. Share the adventure with your friends to encourage you even further. Who will be the first to complete their Quest? FEATURES • A complete Fantasy Quest • Share progress with your friends • Several fantasy characters to compete with • Choose between several character avatars • Charts with daily stats • Very little battery drain • Apple Health Integration • Sync data from your Apple Watch • Tracks activity when closed or in the background • Share your achievements on social media • Metric and Imperial units For detailed information regarding FITBIT and GARMIN support please check our support page. Full terms and conditions at: https://forge7.net/fantasyhike/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fantasy Hike at 4.8 against Runbit's 4.0. Fantasy Hike also leads on ratings volume (15K vs 3). Runbit's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and review sentiment (100% vs 76%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Runbit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Fantasy Hike sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Fantasy Hike holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fantasy Hike has 15K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Runbit's written reviews are positive against 76% of Fantasy Hike's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Runbit ships an update every 5 days, Fantasy Hike monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Runbit | Fantasy Hike |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) | 4.8 (15K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 75.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 15K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| 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 — better | 15.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | QuidBit AB | Forge7 AB |
Customer experience
Runbit
Fantasy Hike
Bugs and requests
Runbit
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Fantasy Hike
Reported bugs
2 issues- App resets user progress unexpectedly
- Syncing issues with third-party fitness trackers
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to manually enter distance for activities beyond just walking
- Implement more customizable difficulty settings for challenger characters
- Introduce social features to allow users to compete against friends
- Expand the app to include more fantasy-themed journeys beyond just Lord of the Rings
In-app purchases
Runbit
- Runbit Full version$2.99
Fantasy Hike
- Premium7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Premium Family7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Premium Hero7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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- Premium7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Premium Family7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Premium Hero7 Days trial$89.991 Year
