Comparison

BootsOn40 vs Sidequest

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

Head to head
About

BootsOn40

Features
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Austin Parents Club is the official companion app for families, alumni, and visitors connected to the University of Texas. The app brings everything you need for your Austin trips into one easy platform: Hotel Discounts – Enjoy 15% off the Best Available Rate at Hampton Inn & Home2 Suites Austin East 5th Street, the closest Hilton dual-brand hotel to campus. Local Events & Things to Do – Stay up to date with curated calendars featuring Austin attractions, festivals, and UT game day activities. Exclusive Member Offers – Unlock deals at local restaurants, shops, and entertainment spots. Trip Planning Tools – Browse hotel details, check availability, view galleries, and organize your stay in minutes. Direct Support – Get quick assistance and local recommendations right inside the app. Whether you’re cheering from the stands, visiting with your student, or reliving your college traditions, Austin Parents Club keeps you connected to the UT community and gives you a place to belong.

About

Sidequest

Discover and log real-life experiences beyond the screen. This app offers a curated list of activities across various categories, allowing you to track your completed adventures, share them with friends, and discover new possibilities for intentional living.

Highlights
  • Browse 500+ real-life quests
  • Log and rate completed experiences
  • Add photos to your journal
  • Track friends' activities
  • Daily mini quests for everyday moments
  • Log custom experiences
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Looking for something fun to do? SideQuest helps you discover fun experiences, interesting activities, and things to do around you — alone, with friends, or with new people. Find a SideQuest. Make a plan. Go do it. From hidden gems and food spots to adventures, sports, creative projects, local experiences, weekend plans and random ideas, SideQuest gives you inspiration for what to do next. Less scrolling. More doing. DISCOVER FUN THINGS TO DO Never run out of ideas. Explore things to do in your city and around the world. Discover unique experiences, local activities, hidden gems, food spots, nature, sports, nightlife, culture, creative activities, games and learning experiences. Browse Trending, New and Top-rated SideQuests to discover what other people are doing and find ideas you might never have thought of yourself. Looking for things to do near you? Something fun this weekend? A new activity to try? A spontaneous plan tonight? There's always another SideQuest. FIND PEOPLE TO DO THEM WITH Found something you want to do but don't want to do it alone? Find people interested in the same experiences and activities. Join a public plan, invite your friends, or create your own SideQuest and open it to people nearby. Meet new people through something you already have in common: the experience itself. No awkward "hey, wanna be friends?" You already have something fun to do together. MAKE PLANS & GO DO IT Turn an idea into a real-world plan. Pick a date and time, invite your friends or open your plan to the SideQuest community, and create a group chat with everyone who's going. Chat, coordinate the details, and show up. Grab food. Go for a hike. Play a sport. Watch a sunset. Explore somewhere new. Go to an event. Try something completely random. Turn "we should do that sometime" into an actual plan. DO IT ALONE. DO IT TOGETHER. SideQuest isn't just for meeting people. Discover things you want to do by yourself, find activities to do with friends, or meet new people through shared experiences. You decide the adventure. TRAVEL & EXPLORE Traveling somewhere new? Discover interesting things to do in a new city, find local experiences, uncover hidden gems, and meet people who want to explore too. Travel solo, explore with friends, or find travelers, locals, expats and digital nomads looking for something fun to do. Whether you're visiting for a few days, living somewhere new, or simply looking for something different at home, SideQuest helps you experience more. SAVE YOUR BUCKET LIST Found something you want to try someday? Save it. Build your personal collection of SideQuests, experiences and things you want to do. Keep track of places you want to visit, activities to try, food to taste, skills to learn and experiences to have. Your bucket list shouldn't just be a list. Go complete it. LOG YOUR EXPERIENCES Once you've completed a SideQuest, log it. Add photos, rate the experience, write a review and share what you discovered. Your profile becomes a record of places explored, activities completed, skills learned, people met and memories made. BUILD YOUR LORE Your SideQuest profile isn't just a list of interests. It's your Lore. Build a real-world profile from the experiences you've lived. Show the places you've explored, things you've tried, skills you've learned, achievements, favourite experiences, photos and memories you've collected. Instead of telling people what you say you're interested in, show them what you've actually done. STOP SCROLLING. START DOING. Find something. Make a plan. Meet people. Go do it. Remember it. Escape the ordinary. Your next SideQuest is out there. Terms of Use (EULA): https://thesidequest.world/terms Privacy Policy: https://thesidequest.world/privacy

Screenshots

BootsOn404 screens
Sidequest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BootsOn40 at none against Sidequest's 6. On price, ads, 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. Sidequest sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. BootsOn40 asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
BootsOn40 versus Sidequest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBootsOn40Sidequest
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—19 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB18 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSunshine Internet Marketing LLCAdhish Paranjothi

In-app purchases

None

BootsOn40

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Sidequest

Subscriptions2
  • SideQuest Pro3 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • SideQuest Pro (Annual)3 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time4
  • Room - 10 Members$4.99
  • Room - 20 Members$9.99
  • Room - 40 Members$49.99
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  • Room - 80 Members$99.99

Questions

Is BootsOn40 free?
BootsOn40 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sidequest free?
Sidequest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BootsOn40 or Sidequest have ads?
Neither BootsOn40 nor Sidequest shows ads.

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