Weekend Ideas vs Sidequest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Weekend Ideas
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Turn “What should we do this weekend?” into three spot‑on ideas in seconds. Weekend Ideas matches your energy, weather, time, budget, and company - then explains exactly why each suggestion fits. Why you’ll love it • Personalized picks: Three curated suggestions tuned to your vibe and constraints. • Budget‑aware: Use preset tiers or custom caps/ranges; ideas stay realistic. • Weather‑smart: Sunny, rainy, hot, cold, or snowy - your plans adapt. • Time‑based: Few hours, half day, full day, or the whole weekend. • For any company: Solo resets, couple time, friends, or family outings. • Location‑aware: Auto‑detect your city or choose one manually. • Clear reasoning: “Why this activity?” helps you choose confidently. • Quick Presets: One‑tap setups like Lazy Weekend, Active Adventure, Date Night, Family Time. • Save your wins: History, favorites, completed, and easy copy/share. • Polished design: Clean SwiftUI interface with delightful details and haptics. How it works • Set energy level, weather, budget, time, and company. • Optionally confirm your location for better relevance. • Get three curated ideas with duration and cost estimates - plus a clear “why.” • Save favorites, mark completed, or try again for fresh picks. Make every weekend count - with ideas that actually fit you. Unlock all features. Manage anytime in Settings. Terms of Use - https://pipsapps.com/terms.html Privacy Policy - https://pipsapps.com/privacy.html
Sidequest
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Tired of weeks blending in? Feeling stuck in life? Want to escape the 9-5 repetitive routine? You need to do more sidequests. Try one new thing every week. Experiment. Have fun! Make memories. Sidequest gives you a small quest every Sunday - cold shower, phone-free morning, cook something you can't pronounce, run a 5k.. Do it for 7 days straight and make yourself a memory. Snap a photo along the way. By December you've got 52 little polaroids and a year that didn't blur into the last one. How it works Every Sunday night, four new quests drop. Three picked for you and one shared for everyone. You pick one and only one. You're in for 7 days. Every day you do the thing and take a photo - one tap, no filters, no editing. The photo gets a date and lands in your scrapbook. Miss a day, that day stays empty. The gaps are part of the record. The point isn't to be perfect. The point is to do things! The community quest One of the four quests each week is the shared one - a pick anyone using the app can opt into. Choose it and you're in alongside everyone else who also picked it that week, your friends included if you can talk them into the same one. After your daily check-in you see how the rest of the cohort answered the day's poll - what they cooked, how cold the shower really was, whether they made it past day three. On the days you almost skipped, it helps. What you get back - A scrapbook that fills up over the year without you having to organise it - Quests you'd actually want to tell someone about - A photo a day, 30 seconds, no streak shame, no badges - A year you can flip back through in December and actually recognise Who it's for Anyone whose weeks have started to feel the same. People who watch other people live and want to do a bit of their own. The friend who hasn't got a story this month. People who don't really want a habit tracker or a journal or another productivity app - they just want a reason to do something different on a Tuesday. Not a habit tracker. Not a journal. Not a productivity dashboard. Just a small dare every Sunday, with a photo to show for it. Things worth knowing - No accounts, no email, no follower counts, no ads - Your photos and notes live on your phone (local-first - they're yours) Got a quest idea or a question? hello@side-quest.lol Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://side-quest.lol/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Sidequest at every 6 days against Weekend Ideas's every 11 months. Sidequest also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). 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
Both are free to download. Weekend Ideas sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Sidequest sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Weekend Ideas ships an update every 11 months, Sidequest every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Weekend Ideas | Sidequest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alona Nesterenko | Martin Dimitrov |
In-app purchases
Weekend Ideas
- Monthly Premium$0.991 Month
- Yearly Premium$4.991 Year
Sidequest
- Sidequest Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Sidequest Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Sidequest Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Sidequest Pro Lifetime$24.99









