Totem vs sideeye
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Totem
This social media app allows users to share temporary stories with a select group of close friends. It focuses on ephemeral content for a more intimate sharing experience.
- Ephemeral status updates
- Share stories with close friends
- Intimate social sharing
- Temporary content
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Totem is an ephemeral social media app where you share stories with a few close friends.
sideeye
This social networking app lets your friends build your profile by posting moments about you. Share real moments privately within your circles, with posts that gradually reveal over time. Capture and share instantly to create a collaborative story of your friendships.
- Friend-curated profiles
- Private walls for circles
- Posts reveal over time
- Capture real moments fast
- Chat, react, and share privately
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Your friends build your profile. Not you. sideeye flips social — your profile is created by the people who know you best. You post on your friends’ profiles, they post on yours. No posing. No curating. Just real moments shared between real friends. Why you’ll love sideeye • Friend-curated profiles - Your wall is made of moments your friends post about you — and you add to theirs. • Private walls for your circles - Create invite-only spaces for friends, classes, teams, or clubs. • Posts reveal over time - Every post starts blurred and reveals piece by piece. Peek early before it’s gone. • Capture real moments fast - Shoot or upload and instantly post to a friend’s profile or group. • Chat, react, and share inside your circles - Keep everything in one place — private, real, and close-knit. How it works - Create your profile - Invite your people - Let your friends build the story of you - Post moments to their profiles too - Start sharing differently Download sideeye and let your circle tell your story.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: sideeye at every 2 weeks against Totem's every 2 months. Totem's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Totem against 5.0 for sideeye. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Totem has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Totem ships an update every 2 months, sideeye every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Totem | sideeye |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (18 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tyler Droll | Altmart IS |
Customer experience
Totem
sideeye
In-app purchases
Totem
No in-app purchases
sideeye
No in-app purchases
