Comparison

Cacophony Sidekick vs Catalyst

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

Head to head
About

Cacophony Sidekick

This application allows users to remotely monitor and protect wildlife by connecting to thermal and IR cameras in remote locations. It enables configuration of devices, playback of audio, and network connections. Users can view and tag captured videos on a website, receiving real-time data and alerts for conservation efforts.

Highlights
  • Remote camera connection
  • Wildlife monitoring
  • Device configuration
  • Real-time data and alerts
  • Video tagging
  • Open-source
Features
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Cacophony Project's iOS app connects to thermal and IR cameras in remote locations, allowing users to gather events and recordings to monitor and protect wildlife. The app is used to remotely configure and manage the devices, including location, playing audio, and connecting to networks. Videos captured by the devices are uploaded to a website where users can view and tag the footage. The app is open-source and designed to be user-friendly, providing real-time data and alerts to ensure effective conservation efforts.

About

Catalyst

This app serves as an offline guide for a specific event, offering details on all activities, camps, and art installations. Users can easily search, filter, and save their preferred events, and access interactive maps of the event grounds and art locations.

Highlights
  • Offline event access
  • View events, theme camps, and art
  • Filter, browse, and search events
  • Save favorite events
  • View site and art maps
Features
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Catalyst is the official guide to Kiwiburn, New Zealand's regional Burning Man event. Everything you need to know, in one place: before the gates open and out on the paddock. SEE WHAT'S ON • Browse the full events programme day by day, with a line marking what's happening right now • Switch between timed events, all-day events and the ones you've saved • Search the programme, or filter by category to find workshops, music, performances and more • Kid-friendly and 18+ events are clearly marked GUIDE YOUR BURN • Save the events you don't want to miss, and see today's saved events on the home screen • Add your own events, like a volunteer shift or a camp dinner, alongside the programme • Count down to the burn EXPLORE THEME CAMPS • Browse every registered theme camp • Camp pages show what each camp is about, its highlights, and everything on there DISCOVER THE ART • Find registered art pieces and the stories behind them FIND YOUR WAY • An interactive map of the paddock: camps, art, toilets and services • Search the map, filter by type and tap anything for details • See where you are on site THE THEME AND THE PRINCIPLES • Read this year's theme and see the festival poster • Remember what's guiding us with the Ten Principles Built for the paddock: once it's loaded, the guide and map are saved on your phone and keep working without a signal. More of the guide opens as the festival gets closer.

Screenshots

Cacophony Sidekick4 screens
Catalyst4 screens

Verdict

The call

Cacophony Sidekick and Catalyst are too close to call on the numbers: across 7 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cacophony Sidekick ships an update every 2 months, Catalyst every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Cacophony Sidekick versus Catalyst: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCacophony SidekickCatalyst
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB74 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTHE CACOPHONY PROJECT LIMITEDKIWIBURN INCORPORATED

In-app purchases

None

Cacophony Sidekick

No in-app purchases

None

Catalyst

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cacophony Sidekick free?
Cacophony Sidekick is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Catalyst free?
Catalyst is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cacophony Sidekick or Catalyst have ads?
Neither Cacophony Sidekick nor Catalyst shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cacophony Sidekick or Catalyst?
Cacophony Sidekick ships an update every 2 months, and Catalyst every 4 weeks. Most recently, Cacophony Sidekick was updated on October 24, 2026 and Catalyst on October 30, 2026.

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