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ἀρετή · Greek — excellence, a life fully realized

The life RPG for adults.

You are the protagonist. Your life has a character sheet — six stats, daily quests that verify themselves, and a radar that grows as you do.

iPhone · English & Türkçe · Free, with Arete Pro

The Arete home screen: a level, a six-sided radar chart, and today's quests
The six sides of a life

One radar, honestly earned.

The chart doesn't measure who you say you are. It counts what you've done — and given enough days, those become the same thing.

  • BodyMove, lift, sleep.
  • VitalityEat, hydrate, recover.
  • MindRead, learn, focus.
  • SpiritReflect, rest, be grateful.
  • PresenceShow up for people.
  • DisciplineDo the hard thing anyway.
The core loop

Simple enough to keep. Deep enough to matter.

Pick your quests

A few practices per stat — or adopt a ready-made routine.

Do them

Tap to complete, or let Apple Health complete them for you.

Earn XP

Level up, keep a streak, feel the momentum build.

Watch it grow

Your radar fills out. The character on the sheet is you.

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Quests that verify themselves

Your walk completes the quest. Arete reads Apple Health, checks it off, and discards the sample — no health data ever leaves your phone.

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Seasons & the Campfire

Ten-week seasons with a Main Quest and a weekly Boss. Sunday's Campfire is a quiet review — the highest-leverage habit in the app.

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Mercy, not guilt

Streaks that repair. A gentle Return after time away. You'll never see the words missed or failed — because a bad week isn't a bad person.

The weekly Campfire review screen with a warm ink fire
The weekly ritual

A fire you tend once a week.

The Campfire shows the week you actually had — how many days you showed up, what moved — and gives you one line to write. It reads back later, so the practice accumulates into a story you can revisit.

The resilience layer
One swallow doesn't make a spring. One missed day doesn't end one, either.
Private by design

Yours. On your device.

No account to create. Your quests, journal, and health checks live on your iPhone. HealthKit samples are read, evaluated, and thrown away. There is no cross-app tracking — and never a prompt asking to follow you around.

The Journey timeline — your days as a story
A look inside

Made to be looked at.

ἀρετή

The level cap was never a number.

It's a promise about time — a practice kept, in your own words, on your own device.