Co-op fitness RPG for friends

Fitness is better
with a warband.

Walk and train all week. Your Apple Health activity becomes damage against a boss you share with friends. Miss your goal and the boss heals—with your name in the battle log.

Free on the App StoreRelease pending

See the weekly fight

Under 2 mindaily check-in
Apple Healthsteps + workouts
Private groupsinvite only

The Hound of Harrowmere, an armored weekly boss

The Battle tab showing Ironhide Bulwark, daily orders, a weekly chest, and warband effort

Current threatThe Hound of Harrowmere

One weekly boss

Your real friends

Every miss has a name

No ads. No pay-to-win.

The weekly campaign

Your whole week becomes the fight.

You do not grind inside the app. Move in the real world, then return to see what the warband did with it.

01

Move

Walks, runs, lifts, rides, and any workout logged to Apple Health build daily effort.
02

Strike

Your effort becomes damage. If everyone reaches their goal, the warband earns a team bonus.
03

Answer for the miss

Fall short and your damage still counts—but the boss heals, and the combat log names who missed.
04

Take the week

Slay the boss before the week ends to earn spoils, raise the difficulty, and continue the campaign.

The social pressure engine

The app hands your group chat the receipt.

No public leaderboard. No strangers. Just the people who already know whether you went for that walk.

Friends-only by design. Warbands are private, invite-only groups of up to 10 people.

Wednesday's final results Day 3 of 7

The warband deals 412 damage.
Team bonus ×1.25.

The Toll-Reeve heals 40 HP —
Mike missed today's goal.

The world plays it straight. Your friends can handle the commentary.

The fight in your pocket

Open. Read the field. Act if needed. Close.

Swole & Shield is built for a short daily check—not another screen that asks you to exercise your thumbs.

Victory result against The Toll-Reeve with a warband damage summary — **See the result**Every fight ends with a clear verdict.

Battle screen showing the weekly boss and each soldier's effort — **Know who showed up**Damage, goals, and the next useful action.

Warband camp with soldiers gathered around a fire — **Build the company**Your private camp, campaign, and crew.

More than a step counter

Your soldier grows with the warband.

Each warband is its own RPG campaign. Earn experience, raise Strength and Defense, train abilities, and choose how you will fight when the day settles.

Levels that feel earned

Real activity drives steady progress without turning the weekly boss into an idle game.

Daily combat choices

Pick a focused ability and coordinate a battle plan with the friends in that warband.

Cosmetic spoils

Armor, weapons, banners, and companions show what you earned. None of them buy power.

Built around Apple Health

Your movement counts. Your privacy does too.

No Apple Watch required

iPhone steps work. Any workout written to Apple Health can contribute, including lifting, running, cycling, and classes.

Fair by default

Effort is normalized to your own usual activity and capped daily, so consistency matters more than raw athletic output.

No ads or data sales

Health access is read-only. Your Health data is used for game features—not advertising, tracking, or marketing.

Field notes

Before you enlist the group chat.

What is Swole & Shield?

Swole & Shield is a co-op fitness RPG for iPhone. You and a private group of friends turn real activity from Apple Health into damage against one shared weekly boss.

How does exercise become boss damage?

Steps and workouts from Apple Health build daily effort against your own usual activity. When the day settles, that effort becomes boss damage alongside your chosen ability and the warband's battle plan.

What is a warband?

A warband is a private, invite-only group of up to 10 friends. Each warband has its own weekly boss, campaign progress, battle choices, and soldier levels.

Do I need an Apple Watch?

No. Your iPhone's Apple Health data is enough. Watch owners may get better automatic workout logging, but no scoring advantage.

Can I play alone?

Technically, yes. The real game is the warband: small friend groups coordinating against one weekly boss.

What if I get sick or travel?

Turn on Furlough in Settings. Covered misses will not heal the boss while you are away.

Is it pay-to-win?

No. Swole & Shield has no ads, and equipment is cosmetic. Purchases cannot change effort, damage, boss healing, stats, or rewards.

App Store release pending

Bring your people.
The boss has already begun.

Free for iPhone. No ads. No strangers. No pay-to-win.

Free on the App StoreComing soon

Fitness is better with a warband.