Comparison

Carrot. vs Sidequest

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

Head to head
About

Carrot.

Connect with friends authentically and earn digital currency for your engagement. Answer daily questions or pose your own, rewarding friends with earned coins. Experience real value for social interaction.

Highlights
  • Connect with friends authentically
  • Earn digital currency (Carrot Coin)
  • Answer daily questions
  • Post and send questions with rewards
  • Reward friends with coins
  • Transfer coins to external wallet
Features
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Tired of social media? Dig deeper. Carrot allows you to connect with friends authentically, at any time, and earn digital currency while you do it! Answer a new question each day and earn EVERY time. Entice friends to answer your clever questions and reward them with coins you’ve earned. Carrot is a social messaging app that allows users to post & send questions with digital currency attached. The Daily Dig® is a question sent to all Carrot app users for a daily opportunity to earn. Digital currency are Carrot Coin tokens minted on the Polygon blockchain and can be used in-app as rewards, or transferred out of the app to an external wallet. You and your friends get REAL VALUE for app engagement! So what’s the hold-up? Start Digging today! Terms of service: https://www.digcarrot.com/terms-of-service/

About

Sidequest

Easily create spontaneous plans with friends. Post an activity with details, and notify your entire friend group. Friends can quickly confirm their attendance, and all upcoming plans are visible in a single feed.

Highlights
  • Create last-minute plans
  • Post plan details (name, time, place)
  • Notify entire friend group
  • One-tap RSVP
  • Unified plan feed
Features
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Sidequest is an app for making last-minute plans with friends. Post a plan with a name, a time, and a place. Everyone you're friends with gets a notification. They tap once to say they're in. All of your friends' upcoming plans show up in one feed.

Screenshots

Carrot.4 screens
Sidequest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sidequest at none against Carrot.'s 13. Carrot.'s advantage is ratings volume (341 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Carrot. sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Sidequest asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sidequest holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Carrot. has 341 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Carrot. versus Sidequest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCarrot.Sidequest
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (341 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews94.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings341 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB56 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperCarrot Group IncROHAN JAIMIN SHETH

Customer experience

Carrot.

All ratings338 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral0.6%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews98 reviews
Positive94.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.1%

Sidequest

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Carrot.

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Account deletion difficulties
  • Harassment incidents

Requested features

5 requests
  • Better explanation of app features
  • More frequent image posting/sharing
  • Ability to post more digs per day
  • Dislike button
  • Dark mode option

Sidequest

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Carrot.

Subscriptions4
  • Creator Plus - Monthly14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Enterprise Plus - Monthly14 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Creator Plus - Annual2 Months trial$19.991 Year
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  • Enterprise Plus - Annual2 Months trial$199.991 Year
One-time9
  • Buy Coins - $0.99$0.99
  • Purchase 10,000 Coins$0.99
  • Buy Coins - $4.99$4.99
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  • Buy Coins - $9.99$9.99
  • Purchase 100,000 Coins$9.99
  • Buy Coins - $19.99$19.99
  • Buy Coins - $49.99$49.99
  • Buy Coins - $99.99$99.99
  • Purchase 1,000,000 Coins$99.99
None

Sidequest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Carrot. free?
Carrot. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sidequest free?
Sidequest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Carrot. or Sidequest?
Sidequest is rated higher. Carrot. averages 4.8 out of 5 from 341 ratings, while Sidequest averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Carrot. or Sidequest have ads?
Neither Carrot. nor Sidequest shows ads.

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