TextTeddy vs MySideKick
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TextTeddy
Easily track TV shows, movies, books, and podcasts. Send messages to this assistant to save titles and notes, ensuring you never forget what you want to consume. It helps organize your media interests and recall streaming service information.
- Track TV shows, movies, books, podcasts
- Save titles and notes via text
- Recall media and streaming services
- Share recommendations with friends
- Organize media consumption
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Simplify your TV, movie, book and podcast tracking and consuming experience. Teddy is who you text what would otherwise be forgotten, buried in your phone notes, or a screenshot you’ll never find again. TextTeddy on the fly to keep track of the book, TV, movie and podcast titles you want to remember, and any notes about them you don’t want to forget. Everything texted to Teddy is saved in your app. - You can reference the app or TextTeddy to recall what you wanted to watch or read - Know what service a show or movie is streaming on - Drop media recommendations to friends and family directly from one Teddy to another Download TextTeddy today and meet your new Multimedia Manager!
MySideKick
This app combines social networking and navigation features to create a community safety network. It allows users to see friends' locations in real-time and receive alerts about unsafe situations, with customizable privacy controls.
- Real-time friend and teammate location tracking
- Unsafe situation alerts
- Anonymously report safety concerns
- Customizable privacy controls
- Automated arrival alerts
- Emergency information access
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MySideKick Team USA: The Social Safety App Powered By Community MySideKick is like combining the best features of your two favorite apps: the one where you "snap and chat with friends" the one that provides "realtime driving directions, live traffic & road conditions updates," but for your safety. See where your friends and teammates are in real-time, like where you snap and chat with friends, and get alerts about unsafe situations, like your driving app does for traffic. Customize what you see and control your visibility for privacy. It’s perfect for keeping you and your teammates safe and connected during the Paris Olympics. MySideKick is personalized for you, customized for the 2024 Paris Games SafetyPin always know what is going on around you anonymously drop 25 safety related map pins—spot creeps, unsafe situations & more Roll Call never lose track of your teammates! pre-populated team groups + create unlimited, customizable private groups to stay connected, visually locating everyone on a map need privacy? easily toggle group visibility to control who knows your location automated arrival alerts—bye “text me when you get home,” we got you Spiked emergency info on tap—your safety, customized to you and your location
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: TextTeddy at 40 against MySideKick's 1. MySideKick's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 8 days). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
MySideKick holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TextTeddy has 40 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
TextTeddy ships an update every 8 days, MySideKick every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TextTeddy | MySideKick |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (40 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 96.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | TextTeddy, Inc. | Every Two Minutes, Inc. |
Customer experience
TextTeddy
MySideKick
In-app purchases
TextTeddy
No in-app purchases
MySideKick
No in-app purchases
