Comparison

World Uncovered vs Sidequest

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

World Uncovered

This app tracks your journeys and visually maps your travels in detail. Discover your visited locations, travel speed, altitude, and revisit frequency. It encourages exploration by rewarding you for uncovering new places and visiting landmarks.

Highlights
  • Record travels with GPS devices
  • Detailed map display modes (speed, height, revisit frequency)
  • Score points and earn achievements
  • Bonus points for visiting landmarks
  • GPX and KML file support
  • Game Center integration for competition
  • Battery efficient design
Features
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World Uncovered tracks your travels for you and maps them in vivid detail. It will show you where you’ve been, how fast and how high you were going, and how often you’ve returned to your favorite places. Can you walk every block in your city? Climb all the mountains in your area? How many countries have you visited? What landmarks have you seen? Find out, with World Uncovered. Features: - Record your travels using your phone or almost any other GPS-enabled device - 4 map display modes show you: where you've been; how fast you got there; how high it was; and how often you've revisited your favourite spots. - Speed map, height map and routes mode all present your travels in vivid colour - Score points and earn achievements: whether you're a beginner or an expert, we'll help you set goals and take your vacation game to the next level. - When you visit some of the world's most famous landmarks, you'll score bonus points, and keep a record of when you were there for posterity. - GPX and KML support: any GPS device using either of these standard formats is compatible with World Uncovered - Compete with your friends with Game Center integration - Fog of World user? You can import your data to World Uncovered and pick up where you left off - Battery efficient: We understand that charging opportunities are few and far between when you're on the go, so we've built our app with the goal of maximizing battery life. World Uncovered is a simple concept with the potential to go far. The world is yours to discover and our app is the perfect tool to help you do it, and make the experience even more fun. Start with a map that’s completely covered, and uncover locations by visiting them. Change up your routine and find ways of going places you’ve never been. Take a different route to work or school. Take a bike ride through the countryside. Travel. What better day to start the journey of a lifetime than today? Travel. Explore. Uncover!   Whether you’re making a trip across town or across the ocean, World Uncovered will lead you to visit places you’ve never seen. The more you travel, the more your map begins to paint a picture of your life. Are you a wanderer or a creature of habit? A jet-setter or a mountain climber? Whatever your style of travel, World Uncovered will push you to reach new horizons and seek out new experiences. Please note: This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.

About

Sidequest

Turn everyday outings into exciting real-world games with AI-powered quests and personalized destination suggestions. Explore new places, track your discoveries on a unique map, and share adventures with friends.

Highlights
  • AI-powered random quests
  • Mood-based destination selection
  • Turn-by-turn navigation
  • Exploration map with fog clearing
  • AI-driven place information
  • Personalized discovery feed
  • Friend activity and sharing
Features
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Make every day feel like an adventure. Sidequest turns your city, and everywhere you travel, into a real-world game. Random destinations by mood. Fresh places every day. Watch the map fill in as you walk. ◆ EXPLORE ◆ • Tap the dice for a Random Quest. A real-world adventure • Pick your mood: Nature, Food, Adventure, or Hidden Gems • Set your distance: walking, biking, or driving • Get turn-by-turn directions to a destination you've never been • Don't like it? Re-roll for somewhere new ◆ DISCOVER ◆ • Fresh places near you every day, curated to your taste • Restaurants, cafes, parks, viewpoints, hidden gems • Swipe through your daily picks • Save the ones you love to your Want to Go list • Skip the ones you don't, and the algorithm learns ◆ MAP ◆ • Automatic tile-by-tile fog clears as you walk, drive, or bike • See exactly how much of your city, country, and world you've explored • Drill into any continent, country, state, city, or neighborhood • Widgets put your stats and maps right on your home screen ◆ SAVE ◆ • Three rating tiers: Must Go, Would Go, Meh • Add photos, notes, and tags • Auto-organize into Food, Nature, Adventure collections • Always know which spots were great ◆ SHARE ◆ • Add friends, see their saved spots and exploration stats • Share beautiful cards of your spots, city guides, and stats • Discover places through the people you trust ◆ FOR EXPLORERS WHO LOVE A REAL-WORLD ADVENTURE ◆ If you love treasure hunts, scavenger hunts, or geocaching, Sidequest scratches the same itch with a different twist: there are no hidden boxes to find. The destination IS the discovery. A hidden coffee shop. A viewpoint you've never seen. A trail nobody told you about. It's GPS-guided real-world exploration, minus the cache maintenance. Questions or ideas? Reach out at support@knowaspot.app Subscriptions are managed via your iTunes account and renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Unused trial time is forfeited upon upgrade. Privacy Policy: https://knowaspot.app/privacy Terms of Service: https://knowaspot.app/terms EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

World Uncovered4 screens
Sidequest4 screens

Verdict

The call

World Uncovered and Sidequest both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 68% of World Uncovered's written reviews are positive against 18% of Sidequest's. World Uncovered also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). Sidequest's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. World Uncovered sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Sidequest sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for World Uncovered against 4.4 for Sidequest. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 126 and 216 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 68% of World Uncovered's written reviews are positive against 18% of Sidequest's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

World Uncovered ships an update every 3 weeks, Sidequest every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
World Uncovered versus Sidequest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorld UncoveredSidequest
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (126 ratings) — better4.4 (216 ratings)
Positive reviews68.1% of reviews — better17.9% of reviews
Number of ratings126216 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB167 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAnawiki GamesRiley Palattao

Customer experience

World Uncovered

All ratings125 ratings
Positive88.8%
Neutral2.4%
Negative8.8%
Written reviews72 reviews
Positive68.1%
Neutral8.3%
Negative23.6%

Sidequest

All ratings176 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral1.7%
Negative11.9%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive17.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative75.0%

Bugs and requests

World Uncovered

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • App crashes permanently
  • App crashes when adding data or reaching a certain amount of data
  • App crashes in the background
  • Recording stops when phone turns off or dies
  • Background refresh is dead
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  • No export feature
  • App stops working in background
  • Regular map view is too dark
  • GPS jumps around and leaves random dots/lines on the map
  • Inaccuracy around international borders
  • App crushes and closes in background on iOS 10.3
  • Full version doesn't link to Dropbox
  • App shuts down with 30% battery
  • Location isn't right and gives false information

Requested features

11 requests
  • Add setting to change fog opacity
  • Add section to see percentage of city explored
  • Add state-level exploration percentage
  • Add more landmarks and achievements
  • Allow users to request landmarks
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  • Implement a time-lapse view of travels
  • Allow users to set custom landmarks
  • Add a picture mode to upload photos to uncovered areas
  • Add ability to tag/categorize tracks and show/hide certain ones
  • Add more POI
  • Make the app develop further

Sidequest

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

World Uncovered

One-time1
  • Full version unlock$3.99
10 purchases

Sidequest

Subscriptions10
  • Sidequest Pro$4.997 Days
  • Sidequest Pro$5.997 Days
  • Sidequest Pro$6.997 Days
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  • Sidequest Pro$7.997 Days
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Sidequest Annual$17.991 Year
  • Sidequest Pro$19.991 Year
  • Annual$29.991 Year
  • Sidequest Annual3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Sidequest Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is World Uncovered free?
World Uncovered is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sidequest free?
Sidequest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, World Uncovered or Sidequest?
World Uncovered is rated higher. World Uncovered averages 4.5 out of 5 from 126 ratings, while Sidequest averages 4.4 from 216 ratings.
Do World Uncovered or Sidequest have ads?
Neither World Uncovered nor Sidequest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, World Uncovered or Sidequest?
World Uncovered ships an update every 3 weeks, and Sidequest every 2 weeks. Most recently, World Uncovered was updated on November 1, 2026 and Sidequest on October 31, 2026.

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