Comparison

Navi vs SideQuest

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

Head to head
About

Navi

Transform vague ideas into actionable plans for outings and activities. Discover hidden gems and receive personalized recommendations based on your preferences. Effortlessly coordinate with friends for shared experiences.

Highlights
  • AI-powered plan generation
  • Personalized local recommendations
  • Real-time information (weather, Wi-Fi)
  • Collaborative planning with friends
  • Learns user taste over time
  • Optimized timing and budget suggestions
Features
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Turn any idea into a plan worth doing. Share a half-formed idea, "something outside tonight with a stellar wine list and a playground nearby," "an hour to kill in Midtown," "it's pouring so I need to switch gears," and Navi finds the spots you may never have found on your own, which order to hit them in, and a plan for the moments in between the plans. CHAT One quick plan from a messy thought. NAVI KNOWS Knows the city like a local with taste: the dive bar with the best playlists, the iykyk parking hack, what's definitely open now. PLAN Your day, handled. The spot, the timing, the budget, the right order. One plan, not fourteen tabs. PLACE CARDS Answers you can trust: weather, wifi and workspace, the things a pin can't tell you. MEMORY Learns your taste. The more you use it, the more every pick feels like you. SHARE LINK Plan with friends. Share a link and everyone gets the plan. Less scrolling, more getting out and doing.

About

SideQuest

Discover playful real-world quests that transform ordinary days into memorable adventures. Explore your city, engage in creative challenges, or connect with others through unique, bite-sized activities. Keep track of your journeys and level up in real life.

Highlights
  • Playful real-world quests
  • Themed quest packs
  • City-specific quests
  • Solo or group adventures
  • Journal for memories
  • XP, levels, and badges
  • Quest cost and time upfront
Features
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Give your day a side quest. SideQuest sends you on small, playful real-world quests that turn an ordinary day into a story worth telling. Go solo or bring a friend. Pick a quest, go do it, keep the memory. Write a dramatic museum label for a random object. Board the next bus, ride four stops, and explore wherever it drops you. Have the best outing you can on five dollars. Present one distinguished pebble to a stranger for an official rating. No big plans required. Most quests take under an hour. 100+ ORIGINAL QUESTS, IN PACKS THAT FIT YOUR MOOD Each pack is a themed set of hand-written quests with its own art, voice and badge. • City After Dark: turn one evening into a tiny movie • Make It Weird: creative dares with just enough absurdity • Main Character Energy: act like your life has a plot • Talk to Humans: tiny social moves that leave you a little less afraid of everyone • Soft Reset: quiet rituals for slowing down and looking up • Local Legend: know your city like it's been waiting for you • Curious Forever: odd questions, tiny lessons, real conversations • Taste of Somewhere: let appetite pick the route • Plus a pack of brave, respectful asks where a "no" still completes the quest CITY EDITIONS IN 160+ CITIES See your own city with new eyes. City Editions are quests written for real places, from New York and San Francisco to London, Paris, Tokyo and Mexico City. Crack optional riddles, collect small details, make something, and find the spots worth pausing in. Do them in any order, at your own pace. SOLO OR TOGETHER Take yourself on a little adventure, or finally give your group chat a plan. Invite a friend into a quest and they join free, no purchase needed. Bring two new friends in and you'll unlock Better Together, ten missions made for doing side by side. KEEP THE STORY Add a photo or a note when you finish. Your Journal keeps every adventure in one place, so you can look back on all the times you said yes. LEVEL UP IN REAL LIFE Earn XP, climb levels and collect badges like Certified Oddball, Night Cartographer and Plot Armor. KNOW BEFORE YOU GO Every quest shows its time, cost and challenge level up front, so you can pick what fits today and skip what doesn't. PACKS YOU KEEP. Unlock with one-time purchases: a single pack, a whole city, or all ten core Originals with the Originals Vault. Once it's yours, it's yours. Less scrolling. More adventure. Pick a quest and go. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://tinysidequest.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Navi4 screens
SideQuest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Navi at none against SideQuest's 10. Navi also leads on ads (none vs shown). SideQuest's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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 10 one-off in-app purchases. Navi asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SideQuest holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 9 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Navi ships an update weekly, SideQuest every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Navi versus SideQuest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNaviSideQuest
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (11 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better9
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB162 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNavi Technologies, Inc.OMG Career

Customer experience

Navi

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SideQuest

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Navi

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

SideQuest

One-time10
  • UC San Diego$9.99
  • Tulane University$9.99
  • University of Pennsylvania$9.99
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  • University of Georgia$9.99
  • University of Texas at Austin$9.99
  • NJIT$9.99
  • One SideQuest Pack Key$9.99
  • Tucson City Edition$14.99
  • 1 City Edition$14.99
  • Originals + 2 Cities$34.99

Questions

Is Navi free?
Navi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SideQuest free?
SideQuest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Navi or SideQuest?
SideQuest is rated higher. Navi averages 4.6 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while SideQuest averages 5.0 from 9 ratings.
Do Navi or SideQuest have ads?
SideQuest shows ads; Navi does not.
Which is updated more often, Navi or SideQuest?
Navi ships an update weekly, and SideQuest every 3 days. Most recently, Navi was updated on November 5, 2026 and SideQuest on November 5, 2026.

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