Circle and Seasons

What is the circle in Zenith?

Your circle is a small, private group of friends inside Zenith: Level Up in 21 Days. You add people yourself, everyone has an original avatar, and you compare your week using scorecards. That's it. No public feed, no strangers, no public ranking.

It's built for the way most people actually keep each other honest: a few friends, a group chat, and "what did you get done this week?"

How do you add friends?

You add friends privately. There's no public directory to browse, and nobody can find you through a feed, because there isn't one.

Each person has an original avatar. The characters and artwork are Zenith's own originals, not borrowed from any anime, manga or game.

How do weekly scorecards work?

A scorecard is a signed summary of your week. You share it with your circle and your friends import it, by hand. The circle then shows a private weekly comparison built only from the scorecards saved on your phone. To update a friend's position, you import a fresh scorecard from them.

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Step	What	Detail
You	Share a signed scorecard	A summary of your week. Challenge photos are never included.
Friend	They import it by hand	Only people you send it to see it. No public feed or ranking.
Circle	Compare the week privately	Built only from scorecards saved on your phone.

Nothing syncs live. That's on purpose:

• You choose what to share and when. A rough week doesn't broadcast itself.
• Comparison is weekly, not hourly. You're not checking a table all day.
• It stays between friends. Only people you send it to ever see it.
• Photos stay private. Challenge photos are never included in shared scorecards.

Does Zenith have a leaderboard?

Not a public one. Zenith has no public rankings, no live leaderboards and no public feed. Your rank is yours, and your scorecard only goes to people you chose.

Public leaderboards can push some people to try harder. They can also reward whoever has the most free time, or push people to quit once they fall behind. A private circle keeps the comparison small: you and the friends who know your life.

What are Seasons?

Seasons are your own weekly progress with tiers to reach, such as Gold and Summit. They sit on top of your daily challenges and give the week a target. Each Season shows its start date, time left, your season score and how far you are from the next tier.

Seasons are personal. You're climbing your own tiers, not racing a table of strangers. Joining a Season is a separate choice you make in the app; it doesn't happen on its own. You can still share your scorecard with your circle.

Circle vs public leaderboards

Here's how Zenith's approach compares with the public, live model some apps use.

Neither model is right for everyone. If you love racing strangers, a public board might suit you better. If you want accountability without an audience, a private circle is the calmer option.

The App Store screens of the circle use demo data. Names and numbers in them are illustrative, not real users.

How to use a circle well

A few ideas that work with how the circle is built:

1. Keep it small. Two to five friends who'll actually share a scorecard every week.
2. Pick a day. Agree on one day to trade scorecards, like Sunday night.
3. Compare effort, not lives. A friend with exams and a friend with a full-time job won't have the same week. Look at whether each of you showed up.
4. Add a shared side quest. Our side quests guide has ideas to do with the boys, and the Side Quest Generator rolls one for you.

If streaks are the hard part, our guide on how to stay consistent covers how to recover after a missed day.

Start with your own climb

The circle works best once your own challenges are rolling. See how XP and ranks work, find your starting rank with the free Starting Rank Test, and pre-order Zenith on the App Store. Apple expects Nov 20, 2026.