Comparison

ThingsBook vs Sidequest Everyday

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

Head to head
About

ThingsBook

Capture your life's moments through long-form writing and organized collections. This platform allows you to create a lasting personal archive of your thoughts, memories, and interests, with options to share privately or publicly.

Highlights
  • Long-form writing
  • Structured collections
  • Personal archive
  • Customizable sharing
  • Life documentation
  • Writing prompts
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Your life deserves more than disappearing posts and scattered notes. ThingsBook is a new kind of personal platform built for people who love to write, reflect, and collect the moments that make up their lives. It’s where long-form storytelling meets beautiful organization, giving you a space to capture what you did, how you felt, and what you care about in lasting detail. Whether you are journaling about your day, writing thoughtful reflections, or collecting the books you love, the meals you cooked, the trips you took, or the ideas that moved you, ThingsBook helps you turn everyday life into something meaningful and permanent. Write freely At its core, ThingsBook is about writing. Real writing. Long-form, text-centric storytelling that lets you express yourself without character limits or performance pressure. Capture your thoughts, routines, memories, and observations in a way that feels natural, personal, and deeply yours. Collect what matters Organize everything you write into beautiful, structured collections. Your books, travels, meals, fashion finds, hobbies, goals, and ideas all live together in one place. Think of it as your personal digital shelf, always there when you want to revisit your life. Build your archive ThingsBook is not about fleeting trends or posts that disappear. Your writing and collections become a lasting personal archive, a living record of who you are and what you love. Over time, your ThingsBook becomes your story. Share on your terms Share publicly, with friends, or keep things private. Post whenever inspiration hits. Take breaks whenever you need. Your space never goes stale, and there is no pressure to perform. Designed for everyday life You do not need special skills, perfect photos, or big moments. ThingsBook is built for real life. Write about your morning coffee, the song you cannot stop playing, the trip that changed you, the book that stayed with you, the place that always feels like home. Smart tools that support your writing Helpful prompts, thoughtful organization, search, and location features make it easier to document your life as it happens, without turning your thoughts into work. Your corner of the internet ThingsBook is where your interests, ideas, and experiences come together. Not a feed to chase. A space to build. Write your life. Collect your world. Remember what matters.

About

Sidequest Everyday

Receive a single, simple daily challenge to break routine and add a touch of novelty to your day. These achievable tasks encourage exploration and connection without overwhelming you with endless content or complex planning.

Highlights
  • One daily challenge
  • Simple, unusual tasks
  • Encourages exploration
  • Promotes connection
  • Breaks autopilot
  • No endless feeds
Features
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Sidequest Everyday gives you one tiny daily challenge designed to nudge you out of autopilot. Each day you’ll get a single sidequest. Something simple, a little unusual, and totally doable. Talk to a stranger. Try a new micro-habit. Explore a street you’ve never walked. Send a message you’ve been postponing. No endless feeds, no complicated plans. Just one sidequest that makes your day slightly more interesting.

Screenshots

ThingsBook4 screens
Sidequest Everyday4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sidequest Everyday at 5.0 against ThingsBook's 4.5. Sidequest Everyday also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 72%) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). ThingsBook's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.7K vs 3). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sidequest Everyday holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ThingsBook has 1.7K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of ThingsBook's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sidequest Everyday's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ThingsBook ships an update fortnightly, Sidequest Everyday weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
ThingsBook versus Sidequest Everyday: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThingsBookSidequest Everyday
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.7K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.7K — better3
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#51 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size128 MB5 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperNaver U.Hub Inc.JAKUB SEJKORA

Customer experience

ThingsBook

All ratings1,687 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral3.9%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews264 reviews
Positive71.6%
Neutral7.6%
Negative20.8%

Sidequest Everyday

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ThingsBook

No in-app purchases

None

Sidequest Everyday

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ThingsBook free?
ThingsBook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sidequest Everyday free?
Sidequest Everyday is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ThingsBook or Sidequest Everyday?
Sidequest Everyday is rated higher. ThingsBook averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.7K ratings, while Sidequest Everyday averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do ThingsBook or Sidequest Everyday have ads?
Sidequest Everyday shows ads; ThingsBook does not.
Which is updated more often, ThingsBook or Sidequest Everyday?
ThingsBook ships an update fortnightly, and Sidequest Everyday weekly. Most recently, ThingsBook was updated on October 18, 2026 and Sidequest Everyday on September 28, 2026.

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