Pocketpedia vs Useless Ideas
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocketpedia
Manage your entire media collection on the go. Sync data from Mac Pedia programs, search a vast database, or add entries manually. Organize, search, and track your movies, books, albums, and games with this universal app.
- Sync data from Mac Pedia apps
- Search Doghouse database
- Manually add entries
- Edit and search collections
- Assign stars and track status
- Create and organize collections
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The companion app to the Pedia programs on the Mac. Now your movies, books, albums and games are in your pocket wherever you are. Sync your data from DVDpedia, Bookpedia, CDpedia and Gamepedia on the Mac, search Doghouse - the Pedias' own database - to expand your Pocketpedia database or manually add entries to your collections. Edit entries, search your collections, assign stars and mark entries as borrowed, returned or purchased. Create new collections, move entries or sort them by any field. Take your collections with you and access them anywhere with Pocketpedia, the universal app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
Useless Ideas
Generate random, often nonsensical, ideas to spark creativity. This unofficial client provides daily inspiration on the go.
- Generate useless ideas
- Daily inspiration
- Unofficial API client
- On-the-go inspiration
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An unofficial client for the Useless Ideas API (https://q24.io/useless) Generate useless ideas. Get inspired every day, everywhere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pocketpedia at 58% against Useless Ideas's 0%. Pocketpedia also leads on rating (3.8 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 12 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Pocketpedia holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocketpedia has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Pocketpedia's written reviews are positive against 0% of Useless Ideas's.
Pocketpedia ships an update every 3 months, Useless Ideas every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pocketpedia | Useless Ideas |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (24 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 11.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Bruji | 俊 林 |
Customer experience
Pocketpedia
Useless Ideas
In-app purchases
Pocketpedia
No in-app purchases
Useless Ideas
No in-app purchases
