Comparison

Sidequest vs Disco

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

Head to head
About

Sidequest

Turn everyday outings into exciting real-world games with AI-powered quests and personalized destination suggestions. Explore new places, track your discoveries on a unique map, and share adventures with friends.

Highlights
  • AI-powered random quests
  • Mood-based destination selection
  • Turn-by-turn navigation
  • Exploration map with fog clearing
  • AI-driven place information
  • Personalized discovery feed
  • Friend activity and sharing
Features
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Make every day feel like an adventure. Sidequest turns your city, and everywhere you travel, into a real-world game. Random destinations by mood. Fresh places every day. Watch the map fill in as you walk. ◆ EXPLORE ◆ • Tap the dice for a Random Quest. A real-world adventure • Pick your mood: Nature, Food, Adventure, or Hidden Gems • Set your distance: walking, biking, or driving • Get turn-by-turn directions to a destination you've never been • Don't like it? Re-roll for somewhere new ◆ DISCOVER ◆ • Fresh places near you every day, curated to your taste • Restaurants, cafes, parks, viewpoints, hidden gems • Swipe through your daily picks • Save the ones you love to your Want to Go list • Skip the ones you don't, and the algorithm learns ◆ MAP ◆ • Automatic tile-by-tile fog clears as you walk, drive, or bike • See exactly how much of your city, country, and world you've explored • Drill into any continent, country, state, city, or neighborhood • Widgets put your stats and maps right on your home screen ◆ SAVE ◆ • Three rating tiers: Must Go, Would Go, Meh • Add photos, notes, and tags • Auto-organize into Food, Nature, Adventure collections • Always know which spots were great ◆ SHARE ◆ • Add friends, see their saved spots and exploration stats • Share beautiful cards of your spots, city guides, and stats • Discover places through the people you trust ◆ FOR EXPLORERS WHO LOVE A REAL-WORLD ADVENTURE ◆ If you love treasure hunts, scavenger hunts, or geocaching, Sidequest scratches the same itch with a different twist: there are no hidden boxes to find. The destination IS the discovery. A hidden coffee shop. A viewpoint you've never seen. A trail nobody told you about. It's GPS-guided real-world exploration, minus the cache maintenance. Questions or ideas? Reach out at support@knowaspot.app Subscriptions are managed via your iTunes account and renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Unused trial time is forfeited upon upgrade. Privacy Policy: https://knowaspot.app/privacy Terms of Service: https://knowaspot.app/terms EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Disco

Features
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What if every walk revealed a little more of the world? Disco turns streets, trails, and everyday detours into a living atlas that grows with every step. WATCH YOUR WORLD APPEAR Take Disco outside and watch the fog lift as you move. Every new place becomes part of your private atlas. A compass points you toward somewhere nearby you have not explored yet. MAKE A PLACE YOUR NEXT QUEST Give yourself a destination: finish a park, uncover a neighborhood, or take on a whole city over time. Your map fills in as you go. FIND SOMETHING LEFT BEHIND Some places hold a Field Note from another explorer. Reach the spot to discover it, or leave one for whoever arrives next. REVEAL THE WORLD TOGETHER — IF YOU WANT TO Your discoveries start private. If you choose, the places you reveal can also lift the fog from the shared atlas. Others see revealed places — never your name, detailed route, or when you were there. YOUR ATLAS STARTS PRIVATE • Start exploring without signing in • Sharing stays off until you turn it on • Your detailed trail stays on your device • Protected places keep home, work, and other sensitive spots off the shared atlas • No ads or third-party trackers Take the unfamiliar turn. Your atlas is waiting.

Screenshots

Sidequest4 screens
Disco4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Disco at none against Sidequest's 10. Disco also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. Sidequest sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Disco asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sidequest ships an update every 2 weeks, Disco every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sidequest versus Disco: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSidequestDisco
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (214 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews17.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings214 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size167 MB17 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperRiley PalattaoMarvin Marz

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Sidequest

Subscriptions10
  • Sidequest Pro$4.997 Days
  • Sidequest Pro$5.997 Days
  • Sidequest Pro$6.997 Days
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  • Sidequest Pro$7.997 Days
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Sidequest Annual$17.991 Year
  • Sidequest Pro$19.991 Year
  • Annual$29.991 Year
  • Sidequest Annual3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Sidequest Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

Disco

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sidequest free?
Sidequest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Disco free?
Disco is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sidequest or Disco have ads?
Neither Sidequest nor Disco shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sidequest or Disco?
Sidequest ships an update every 2 weeks, and Disco every 4 days. Most recently, Sidequest was updated on October 24, 2026 and Disco on October 25, 2026.

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