Tyket vs Sidebop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tyket
A social media platform designed for entertainment professionals and fans to connect, discover events, and grow their careers. Users can find local events, collaborate with producers, and engage with talent, with future features including gamification and secure ticketing.
- Interactive event map
- Connect with producers
- Follow talent and producers
- Friend event discovery
- Real-time group chat
- Gamification for rewards
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Tyket is where discovering live experiences meets creator community. Find concerts, performances, pop-up events, festivals, sporting events, and unexpected moments happening around you—all on an interactive map. Follow the creators you love, discover new talent before everyone else, and experience what’s happening right now. Whether you’re a fan, creator, or business, Tyket adapts to how you participate in live experiences. For Fans • Discover events and live experiences near you with an interactive map. • Find hidden gems—from local performances to major events. • Share live discoveries with the community when you spot something others shouldn’t miss. • Follow your favorite creators and never miss their next event. • Plan experiences with friends. For Creators Upgrade to a Creator Profile to grow your audience and career. • Build a professional portfolio with photos, videos, and updates. • Publish exclusive subscriber content for your biggest supporters. • Promote events and reach nearby fans organically. • See where your audience is located to help plan future performances and tours. Whether you’re a musician, comedian, athlete, photographer, artist, speaker, or performer, Tyket helps turn followers into real-world audiences. For Businesses & Venues Businesses and venues can promote live experiences and bring more people through their doors. • Publish free public events. • Promote recurring entertainment like live music, trivia, comedy, watch parties, and community events. • Sell tickets with Tyket’s professional event tools through a paid organizer subscription. Why Tyket? Most social apps help you discover content. Tyket helps you discover experiences. Download Tyket and see what’s happening around you.
Sidebop
Discover events in Los Angeles, from movies to live music and markets. Get personalized recommendations based on your preferences and save your favorites. The app helps you find activities tailored to your mood, timing, and location.
- Live event board
- Personalized recommendations
- Filter by mood, timing, neighborhood, price
- Save favorite events
- Local reminders
- AI-powered event suggestions
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LA has a lot going on. Find something you can actually get to. A show nearby. A movie across town. A happy hour after work. sidebop puts Los Angeles events on a map, so you can spend less time figuring out where to go and more time being there. START WHERE YOU ARE. OR WHERE YOU'LL BE. Choose a starting point, a travel mode and how much time you want to spend getting there. Your ring shows what's in range. Starting somewhere else? Search for a place or move your pin. SEE MORE OF YOUR CITY Explore LA takes you beyond your ring to browse across the city. Go back to your ring whenever you want. Filter by day and category, or tell sidebop what you're looking for using Voice. KNOW BEFORE YOU GO See the venue map, address, event time and available price and entry details. Open the source listing for more information or get directions when you're ready to head out. KEEP YOUR MAYBES Bookmark an event and find it again in Saved. See listed updates to your saved events and new listings from venues you follow. When an event has a ticket link, Check tickets opens its ticket page so you can see what's available. Browse without creating an account. Use your location if you want, or choose an address instead. Built for Los Angeles. For the little gap in your afternoon, the spontaneous detour and the night you haven't figured out yet.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tyket at 60% against Sidebop's 0%. Tyket also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (23 vs 1). Sidebop's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 5 days). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Tyket holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tyket has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Tyket's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sidebop's.
Tyket ships an update every 5 days, Sidebop daily. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tyket | Sidebop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (23 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 201 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | StageWood Consortium, Inc | Kevin Showkat |
Customer experience
Tyket
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In-app purchases
Tyket
No in-app purchases
Sidebop
No in-app purchases









