Comparison

Loot8 vs Sidebop

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

Head to head
About

Loot8

Connect with creators and fans through exclusive digital experiences. Discover unique content, interact with personalities, and monetize your passions. Join a community shaping the future of digital engagement.

Highlights
  • Exclusive content discovery
  • Creator-fan interaction
  • Monetize passions
  • Digital experiences
  • Community engagement
Features
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LOOT8: The Ultimate Fan Experience Ecosystem Welcome to LOOT8, where creators and fans unite for unparalleled digital experiences. Discover exclusive content, engage with your favorite personalities, and monetize your passions like never before. Join us and be part of the future of digital engagement!

About

Sidebop

Discover Los Angeles events on a map, tailored to your travel time and starting point. Find shows, movies, and happy hours, and get directions and details before you go. Save events and track updates.

Highlights
  • Event discovery on a map
  • Customizable travel time and mode
  • Event search by date, category, or keyword
  • Venue details and directions
  • Event bookmarking and updates
  • Ticket link integration
Features
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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. LOOK AHEAD Open Find to choose when, pick a category, or type an event, venue or what you're looking for. Browse upcoming days across Los Angeles, then use From where? to compare travel from a starting point. Return to Now to see what's within reach. KNOW BEFORE YOU GO See a map of the venue, its 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.

Screenshots

Loot84 screens
Sidebop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Loot8 at 100% against Sidebop's 0%. Loot8 also leads on ratings volume (19 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). Sidebop's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Loot8 sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Sidebop asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sidebop holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Loot8 has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Loot8's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sidebop's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Loot8 ships an update every 2 weeks, Sidebop every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Loot8 versus Sidebop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoot8Sidebop
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (19 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings19 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB56 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperMarcus DaleyKevin Showkat

Customer experience

Loot8

All ratings19 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.8%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sidebop

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Loot8

One-time8
  • Loot8 Token - Pack of 52 variants$5.00
  • Loot8 Token - Pack of 102 variants$10.00
  • Loot8 Token - Pack of 20$20.00
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  • Loot8 Token - Pack of 50$50.00
  • Loot8 Token - Pack of 100$100.00
  • Loot8 Token - Pack of 250$250.00
  • Loot8 Token - Pack of 500$500.00
  • Loot8 Token - Pack of 1000$1000.00
None

Sidebop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Loot8 free?
Loot8 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sidebop free?
Sidebop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Loot8 or Sidebop?
Sidebop is rated higher. Loot8 averages 4.4 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Sidebop averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Loot8 or Sidebop have ads?
Neither Loot8 nor Sidebop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Loot8 or Sidebop?
Loot8 ships an update every 2 weeks, and Sidebop every 2 days. Most recently, Loot8 was updated on November 3, 2026 and Sidebop on October 31, 2026.

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