Comparison

RideWithACE vs SideQuest

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

Head to head
About

RideWithACE

Stay informed about the latest news and events from a leading ride enthusiast organization. Celebrate personal coaster achievements with official graphics and receive timely event reminders via push notifications. Access digital platforms and social media directly from the app.

Highlights
  • Latest ACE news and event updates
  • Official ACE graphics for coaster milestones
  • Customizable push notifications
  • Quick access to ACE digital platforms
  • Event registration deadline reminders
  • Schedule change notifications
Features
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The official app of American Coaster Enthusiasts (ACE), the world's largest ride enthusiast organization. • Stay up-to-date with the latest news from ACE and its events such as Coaster Con, Preservation Conference and international trips • Celebrate your coaster milestones in style with official ACE graphics • Enable push notifications to receive timely updates including registration deadline reminders in advance of ACE's national events and get notified of schedule changes during them. Opt-in to receive only the types of notifications that are relevant to you. • Quick access to ACE's other digital platforms such as ACEOnline.org and social media

About

SideQuest

Features
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Life is more than work and waiting for the weekend. SideQuest is a small game for doing real things. Tell it what you are craving, what has you restless, and what usually stops you. In about ninety seconds it forges a quest made for you, and a card worth sharing. Two modes, one idea. Side Quests are small adventures that wake up a flat day. A walk somewhere new. A note to an old friend. A thing you have never tried. The Big Quest is the one you keep starting and never finish. SideQuest names it, breaks it down, and gives you the first move, because the map is useless until you walk it. Today's Reflection. Choose a tradition, from the Stoics, the Greeks, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Jungian, or Freudian, and start each day with a real, sourced line and a quest drawn from it. Keep your streak. Save every quest to your log, watch your streak grow, and download a card worth posting when you finish. What you get, free. Passwordless sign-in, unlimited custom quests in both modes, your quest log and streaks, and shareable cards. No password to remember. Your data is yours, locked to your account. Built by a lifelong starter of things, for anyone with a hard drive full of maps and too few of them walked to the edge. Name one quest. Take the first step.

Screenshots

RideWithACE4 screens
SideQuest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SideQuest at 13.0 against RideWithACE's 15.1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
RideWithACE versus SideQuest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRideWithACESideQuest
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmerican Coaster Enthusiasts, LLCJames Smith

In-app purchases

None

RideWithACE

No in-app purchases

None

SideQuest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RideWithACE free?
RideWithACE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SideQuest free?
SideQuest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RideWithACE or SideQuest have ads?
Neither RideWithACE nor SideQuest shows ads.

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