SideGuide vs BrightId
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SideGuide
Get advice on what to say in any social, romantic, or professional situation. Ask questions and receive anonymous ratings on your messages before sending them. Search a community-driven repository for guidance on common dilemmas.
- Crowdsourced advice platform
- Anonymous message rating (1-5 scale)
- Searchable message repository
- Guidance for social dilemmas
- Help with romantic quandaries
- Professional advice assistance
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SideGuide is you’re crowdsourcing solution for what to say in any situation. Whether you have a romantic conundrum, professional quandary, or a social dilemma SideGuide can help you figure out what to say. Use our question and answer platform to have your social situation questions answered! Ask anything! Want to know if what you are saying is good? Have your message judged with total anonymity before you send them. The community will rate your potential messages on a scale from 1 to 5. That way, you can be sure what you are about to say is great. Don’t even know where to get started? Search the repo to find what other people have said in your situation. You can search by what you are trying to accomplish, or by text similar to what you are thinking of sending. The repo has the answers about what is good to say in any situation.
BrightId
This app provides a unique, self-issued personal identifier to prove human uniqueness for rights and benefits. Verification is achieved by connecting with known individuals, ensuring privacy as personal data is not shared centrally. It allows users to prove they are a unique person without revealing sensitive government information.
- Self-issued personal identifier
- Prove human uniqueness
- Verified by connections
- Privacy-focused data handling
- Access rights and benefits
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A BrightID is a personal identifier that allows you to receive rights and benefits based on your ability to prove that you're a unique person.* Unlike a government identifier such as a Social Security Number, a BrightID is self-issued and verified by close friends or relatives. Personal data is not shared with a central organization. To become verified and receive a BrightID score, make connections with the people you already know well. *To see which organizations are participating in BrightID benefits, visit the BrightID website at https://www.brightid.org PRIVACY The name and photo you enter in BrightID are only shared with people in your personal connections list. Your name and photo are not stored or used by BrightID outside of your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SideGuide at 90% against BrightId's 20%. SideGuide also leads on rating (4.1 vs 3.6) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SideGuide holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of SideGuide's written reviews are positive against 20% of BrightId's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | SideGuide | BrightId |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (16 ratings) — better | 3.6 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.7% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dito Technologies LLC | Christopher Stallard |
Customer experience
SideGuide
BrightId
In-app purchases
SideGuide
No in-app purchases
BrightId
No in-app purchases
