Comparison

deskpop vs slideby

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

Head to head
About

deskpop

This app serves as a daily challenge and community platform for fingerboard enthusiasts. Users can post video clips of their tricks, vote on submissions, and engage with a community of skaters. It offers a space to share content, build profiles, and stay inspired within the fingerboarding world.

Highlights
  • Daily fingerboard challenges
  • Post and vote on trick clips
  • Community feed for sharing
  • Follow other skaters
  • Build user profile and streaks
  • View winners and top placements
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deskpop is where fingerboarding lives. one trick a day, a feed full of clips, and now a marketplace to buy, sell, and trade gear. every day there's a new challenge. film your make, post it, and the community decides who takes the top spots. the best clip gets printed on the front page. come back tomorrow and run it again. in deskpop you can: post your clip for the daily challenge vote on tricks and help pick tomorrow's challenge see who got printed and browse past top placements buy, sell, and trade decks, tuning, ramps, and gear in the marketplace dm other skaters to talk shop or lock in a trade share clips, photos, polls, and text posts in the community feed comment, reply, like, and follow other skaters build your stash — streaks, badges, and every clip you've filed whether you're learning the basics, filming bangers at your desk, or just lurking for inspiration, deskpop makes fingerboarding feel like a scene instead of a solo thing.

About

slideby

Features
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slideby lets you jump into anything on campus. someone drops a slide: friley pregame, study session at parks, food run at 11pm. it shows up for people at your school, they join, and everyone walks over together. real plans, real people. that's it. no left on read, no viewing your story and leaving you disappointed. just real stuff. how it works drop a slide. say what you're doing, where its at, and that's it. people slide in. you see who's coming before you decide to go. walk over together. slideby shows who's on their way and marks you there when you arrive. drop a flick. one photo says you actually showed up. that's what wraps the night. we mesh everything into a fun recap everyone sees at the end of the night. every campus in the world, one slide at a time. everything is scoped to your school. you sign in with your student email and only ever see people from your campus. nobody outside it sees your plans, and the exact spot stays hidden until you're in. keeping it clean report anything, block anyone. blocking runs both ways: their slides leave your feed and yours leave theirs. a real person reviews every report, and there is no tolerance for harassment. you can delete your account and everything in it from the in-app settings with one button. that's it. slideby is completely free. built by iowa state students.

Screenshots

deskpop4 screens
slideby4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: slideby at daily against deskpop's every 11 days. slideby also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

deskpop ships an update every 11 days, slideby daily. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
deskpop versus slideby: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterdeskpopslideby
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (28 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings28 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB46 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperAdam DelaneyCOLIN NICHOLAS HUMINSKY

In-app purchases

None

deskpop

No in-app purchases

None

slideby

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is deskpop free?
deskpop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is slideby free?
slideby is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do deskpop or slideby have ads?
Neither deskpop nor slideby shows ads.
Which is updated more often, deskpop or slideby?
deskpop ships an update every 11 days, and slideby daily. Most recently, deskpop was updated on October 20, 2026 and slideby on October 13, 2026.

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