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The best apps to level up your real life like an RPG in 2026
The best apps to level up your real life like an RPG in 2026 are Levla if you want your habits and to-dos to power a real game character, Habitica for a classic RPG with parties, and LifeUp if you want to design your own skills and rewards on Android. For the Solo Leveling "System" feel, Dual (iPhone) levels your skills with real focus time and Arise turns workouts into daily quests. Skilltree, Skillion and Habit Slayer are good lighter options.
Levla is our app. We've tried to describe every app here fairly, including where Levla isn't the best fit.
| App | Best for | Platforms | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Levla | Leveling up a game character with your real habits | iPhone and Android, plus a web app for habits and to-dos | Free; membership $5.99 a month, $49.99 a year or $99.99 lifetime |
| Habitica | A classic RPG with parties and stakes | Web, iPhone, Android and Wear OS | Free; optional subscription $4.99 a month or $47.99 a year |
| LifeUp | Designing your own skills, rewards and achievements | Android (the same team makes ulives for iPhone) | $4.99 one-time |
| Dual | A Solo Leveling-style System for your goals, on iPhone | iPhone and Mac | Free download; subscription $6.99 a month or $24.99 a year |
| Arise | Solo Leveling-style workout quests | iPhone and Android | Subscription required for workout plans and quests |
| Skilltree | A guided skill tree for self-improvement | iPhone and Android | Free; optional Premium |
| Skillion | XP bars for skills you define yourself | iPhone and Android | Free for 3 skills; Premium $6.99 a month, $39.99 a year or $59.99 lifetime |
| Habit Slayer | Fighting monsters with your habits, solo | iPhone and Android | Free; optional Premium |
Three ways apps level you up
Every app here uses XP and levels. The difference is what the progress bar belongs to:
- A game character. Real habits power a character with skills, gear and a world to explore: Levla, Habitica, Habit Slayer.
- You. The app is a character sheet for your real life, with skills and stats you define: Dual, Skillion, Skilltree, LifeUp.
- Your workouts. Exercise becomes daily quests and ranks: Arise.
If you're looking for a real-life version of the System from Solo Leveling, the anime and web novel where the hero is handed daily quests and levels up, Dual and Arise are the closest in spirit. Levla takes a different route: your real routine powers a character in an idle RPG.
1. LevlaOur app
Best for: Leveling up a game character with your real habits
- Platforms
- iPhone and Android, plus a web app for habits and to-dos
- Price
- Free; membership $5.99 a month, $49.99 a year or $99.99 lifetime
Levla is a habit tracker and to-do app where everything you complete earns Stamina, XP and Coins for your character. Your character spends them on idle adventures of 1 to 8 hours, leveling 18 RuneScape-style skills, fighting monsters, clearing dungeons and trading with other players. Link a habit to a skill and your real routine trains that skill in the game.
Strengths
- A real game world, not just a progress bar
- A full habit and to-do tracker, with daily reflections
- Free, with unlimited habits and to-dos and no ads
Trade-offs
- Your stats belong to a game character rather than describing you
- The game itself is phone-only (the web app covers habits and to-dos)
- Members-only regions and quests need a membership
2. Habitica
Best for: A classic RPG with parties and stakes
- Platforms
- Web, iPhone, Android and Wear OS
- Price
- Free; optional subscription $4.99 a month or $47.99 a year
Habitica turns your habits, Dailies and to-dos into a pixel-art RPG. Completing tasks earns XP, gold and pets; missed Dailies cost health. At level 10 you choose a class, and you can join a party to fight bosses with friends.
Strengths
- Free, with a huge community
- Parties, boss quests and challenges
Trade-offs
- Missed Dailies damage your character
- Retro pixel art isn't for everyone
3. LifeUp
Best for: Designing your own skills, rewards and achievements
- Platforms
- Android (the same team makes ulives for iPhone)
- Price
- $4.99 one-time
LifeUp is one of the most popular ways to gamify your life on Android. You define your own skills and attributes, and tasks earn XP toward them plus coins for a shop you stock with real-life rewards, loot boxes and crafting recipes. On iPhone, the same team sells a separate app called ulives; see LifeUp alternatives for iPhone.
Strengths
- Almost everything is customizable
- One-time price, with no ads
Trade-offs
- Android only
- Takes time to set up
- No character or game world
4. Dual
Best for: A Solo Leveling-style System for your goals, on iPhone
- Platforms
- iPhone and Mac
- Price
- Free download; subscription $6.99 a month or $24.99 a year
Dual is a customizable "real-life RPG" built around Journeys, Milestones and Quests. Quests raise the attributes you link them to, and time on its built-in focus timer turns into skill XP, with level 100 representing about 10,000 hours. You spend coins and gems in a reward shop you fill yourself.
Strengths
- Skills that level with real focus hours
- A reward shop you define
- Journeys and milestones for bigger goals
Trade-offs
- iPhone and Mac only
- Takes some setup
- English only
5. Arise
Best for: Solo Leveling-style workout quests
- Platforms
- iPhone and Android
- Price
- Subscription required for workout plans and quests
Arise is the most popular Solo Leveling-style app, with over a million downloads on Android. It builds a personalized workout plan, then turns it into anime-styled daily quests that earn XP as you rank up. It's for fitness only, not general habits or tasks.
Strengths
- Daily quests and ranks in the Solo Leveling style
- Personalized workout plans
- Very popular and regularly updated
Trade-offs
- Needs a subscription for its core features
- Workouts only
6. Skilltree
Best for: A guided skill tree for self-improvement
- Platforms
- iPhone and Android
- Price
- Free; optional Premium
Skilltree presents self-improvement as a video-game skill tree. Areas like meditation, journaling, reading, fitness, sleep and screen time are nodes you level up through small guided tasks, starting at about a minute a day, and finishing one unlocks the next.
Strengths
- Ready-made paths, so there's little to set up
- A choice of gamified or minimalist modes
- Leaderboards with friends
Trade-offs
- Some 2026 reviews report tasks failing to load after finishing a skill
- English only on iPhone
7. Skillion
Best for: XP bars for skills you define yourself
- Platforms
- iPhone and Android
- Price
- Free for 3 skills; Premium $6.99 a month, $39.99 a year or $59.99 lifetime
Skillion is a gamified to-do and habit app where you create your own skills, like coding or charisma, and split each task's XP between them. Each skill has its own level bar, and days are planned with time blocks and a daily energy budget.
Strengths
- An XP bar for any skill you care about
- Time blocking built in
- Very frequent updates
Trade-offs
- The free plan is limited to 3 skills
- No game world or character
8. Habit Slayer
Best for: Fighting monsters with your habits, solo
- Platforms
- iPhone and Android
- Price
- Free; optional Premium
In Habit Slayer, each completed habit damages the monster in front of you as you work through dungeons toward a final dragon. Every habit also levels one of six attributes, like Strength or Intelligence, which unlock perks, and coins buy gear with real combat stats.
Strengths
- A satisfying monster-fighting loop
- Six attributes tied to your habits
- Works without an account
Trade-offs
- Missed habits cost some HP and XP
- Single-player only
- A small community
Which one should you pick?
- Want your habits to power a real game? Levla or Habitica.
- Want a character sheet for your real life? Dual on iPhone, Skillion, or LifeUp on Android.
- Want guided self-improvement? Skilltree.
- Want Solo Leveling-style workout quests? Arise.
- Want to fight monsters with your habits? Habit Slayer.
How we chose
We included apps that turn real-life progress into XP and levels, that are actively maintained in 2026, and that we could verify on the App Store or Google Play. We left out apps that haven't been updated in over a year, and checked platforms and prices in September 2026. Levla is ours, so it's listed first.
Common questions
FAQ
What is the best app to gamify your life?
It depends on what you want to level up. Levla turns your habits and to-dos into progress for a character in an idle RPG, and Habitica is the classic RPG option with parties. LifeUp on Android and Dual on iPhone let you build your own system of skills and rewards.
Is there an app like the System from Solo Leveling?
Several apps borrow the idea. Dual turns your goals into quests and levels your skills with real focus time, and Arise turns workouts into daily quests with ranks. If you'd rather your real habits power a game character, Levla does that with an idle RPG and 18 skills.
How can I level up in real life like an RPG character?
Choose one app that gives you XP for things you already want to do, and start small: a few daily habits linked to skills. Apps like Levla, Habitica and Skillion reward every completion immediately, so your progress is visible from day one.
Are there free apps to gamify your life?
Yes. Levla and Habitica are free to use with optional upgrades, and Skillion, Skilltree and Habit Slayer have free plans. LifeUp is a one-time $4.99 purchase on Android.
Is there a gamify-your-life app for iPhone?
Yes. Levla, Habitica, Dual, Skilltree, Skillion and Habit Slayer are all on iPhone. LifeUp itself is Android-only, but its developers make a separate iPhone app called ulives.
