Applaz vs sideeye
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Applaz
A social media platform for writers to publish their stories and connect with others. Users can create and share notebooks, follow friends and influencers, and discover content based on their interests. The app facilitates daily updates and private messaging.
- Publish notebooks with writing and photos
- Create private notebooks
- Live messaging in private chats
- Follow content creators
- Search community for interests
- Daily updates and entries
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Share today's stories. Applaz is a social media app for writers that enables notebooks to be published. Update your notebooks daily by creating new entries. Read what others are up to, connect with friends, and follow influencer's journeys. Applaz is the place for when inspiration strikes. DISCOVER • Applaz opens right to the newsfeed — find out what your friends are writing about • Create your notebooks with writing and photos and publish on your profile! • Keep some notebooks to yourself, and have private notebooks only you can see CONNECT • Keep up with friends and content you love with live messaging in private chats • Follow content creators you love and share in their journey SHARE • Document your journey multiple times per day in different notebooks • Search the Applaz community for notebooks about your interests • Be the first to see what your friends are up to
sideeye
This social networking app lets your friends build your profile by posting moments about you. Share real moments privately within your circles, with posts that gradually reveal over time. Capture and share instantly to create a collaborative story of your friendships.
- Friend-curated profiles
- Private walls for circles
- Posts reveal over time
- Capture real moments fast
- Chat, react, and share privately
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Your friends build your profile. Not you. sideeye flips social — your profile is created by the people who know you best. You post on your friends’ profiles, they post on yours. No posing. No curating. Just real moments shared between real friends. Why you’ll love sideeye • Friend-curated profiles - Your wall is made of moments your friends post about you — and you add to theirs. • Private walls for your circles - Create invite-only spaces for friends, classes, teams, or clubs. • Posts reveal over time - Every post starts blurred and reveals piece by piece. Peek early before it’s gone. • Capture real moments fast - Shoot or upload and instantly post to a friend’s profile or group. • Chat, react, and share inside your circles - Keep everything in one place — private, real, and close-knit. How it works - Create your profile - Invite your people - Let your friends build the story of you - Post moments to their profiles too - Start sharing differently Download sideeye and let your circle tell your story.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Applaz at every 3 days against sideeye's every 2 weeks. Applaz also leads on iOS requirement (15 vs 17.1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Applaz against 5.0 for sideeye. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Applaz ships an update every 3 days, sideeye every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Applaz | sideeye |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 17.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Whirlpost | Altmart IS |
Customer experience
Applaz
sideeye
In-app purchases
Applaz
No in-app purchases
sideeye
No in-app purchases
