Comparison

Questify vs SideQuest

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

Head to head
About

Questify

Transform your to-do list into an epic role-playing adventure. Complete real-life tasks to earn experience, level up your character, and battle virtual bosses across diverse fantasy worlds. AI helps organize your day, making productivity fun and rewarding.

Highlights
  • RPG task completion with XP and character progression
  • 4 immersive genre worlds (Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Superhero, Zombie)
  • AI-generated character evolution across 20 stages
  • Boss battles tied to task completion
  • Voice-powered task input and organization
  • Visual adventure map and progress tracking
  • Daily streaks and momentum building
Features
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Turn everyday tasks into quests you actually want to finish. Questify is a gamified task planner built to make planning feel more engaging—including for people with ADHD, easily distracted minds, or anyone who struggles to stick with ordinary to-do lists. Add a real-life task, complete it, earn XP, damage bosses, and watch your character evolve. MAKE PROGRESS VISIBLE Turn vague goals into clear daily quests. Choose a difficulty, collect immediate rewards, build streaks, and see every completed task move your adventure forward. PLAN YOUR NEXT MOVE WITH AI Speak your tasks out loud or type them. Questify can organize your day and suggest practical next steps based on your main quest and the daily tasks you have recently completed. Reroll whenever you want a fresh direction. AI planning is optional and works on supported iPhones after you opt in. When enabled, the text you are planning with is securely sent through Questify's server to OpenAI's gpt-4o-mini model. Voice entry uses Apple's speech recognition, and Questify does not save the raw microphone recording. You can turn AI planning off at any time in Settings. CHOOSE YOUR WORLD Pick from Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Superhero, or Zombie. Each world has its own visual atmosphere, avatar progression, and boss encounters, all backed by Questify's Heavenly theme. LEVEL UP YOUR CHARACTER Every quest earns XP. Progress through 20 character stages, unlock new forms, and prestige into a new world when you reach the top. BATTLE BOSSES Every completed task deals damage. Defeat bosses to unlock ranks, loot, and the satisfaction of seeing real work create a visible win. BUILT FOR MOMENTUM - Short, actionable daily quests - Voice-powered task capture - AI-powered Next Moves - Difficulty levels and XP rewards - Daily streaks and combo multipliers - Boss battles tied to real productivity - Four themed worlds with Questify's Heavenly music - 20 character forms in each genre - Adventure map and prestige progression Questify is a productivity and entertainment tool, not medical advice or a substitute for professional care. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

SideQuest

Transform your to-do list into an engaging adventure. Organize tasks by urgency and difficulty, earn experience points for completion, and tackle large goals as boss battles. Unlock rewards and track your progress with detailed statistics.

Highlights
  • Task Matrix for organizing tasks
  • XP and leveling system
  • Daily streaks and Momentum bonuses
  • Boss Battles for large goals
  • Unlockable rewards and animations
  • Statistics dashboard
Features
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Turn your to-do list into an adventure. SideQuest turns everyday tasks into a game you actually want to play. Instead of a flat list, your tasks live on the Task Matrix — a simple 2×2 board that sorts what you have to do by urgency and difficulty: • QUICK WIN — urgent and easy. Knock these out first. • HERO MOMENT — urgent and hard. This is where you rise to the occasion. • IF TIME — flexible and easy. Nice to get to. • PLAN IT — flexible and hard. Important work that deserves real time. Every task you finish earns XP. Level up, build daily streaks, and stack Momentum by clearing multiple tasks in a day for bonus XP — the more you get done, the faster you grow. BOSS BATTLES Break a big goal — a launch, a move, a deadline — into a Boss Battle. Every linked task chips away at the boss's HP. Finish them all, and watch the boss go down in a genuinely satisfying defeat celebration. Big goals stop feeling abstract and start feeling beatable. REWARDS & STATS Unlock new sticky-note colors and completion animations as you level up. Track your progress with a Statistics dashboard covering your streak, task breakdown, and XP trends over time. SIDEQUEST PREMIUM Go further with a Premium subscription: - Boss Battles - Every board theme, present and future - Exclusive achievements - Premium rewards and animations - Advanced analytics and deeper history - No ads Premium is an auto-renewing subscription: - Monthly: $4.99/month - Yearly: $39.99/year Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Stop staring at a to-do list. Start leveling up. Terms of Use: Apple Standard EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Questify4 screens
SideQuest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SideQuest at 5.0 against Questify's 4.4. SideQuest also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). Questify's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ratings volume, 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. Questify sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and SideQuest sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SideQuest holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Questify's written reviews are positive against 100% of SideQuest's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Questify ships an update every 5 days, SideQuest every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Questify versus SideQuest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuestifySideQuest
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (5 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings55
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB28 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTaylor ReillyThirty Six Pixels

Customer experience

Questify

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

SideQuest

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Questify

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Avatar Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Premium Avatar Annual$29.991 Year
2 purchases

SideQuest

Subscriptions2
  • Premium (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Questify free?
Questify is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SideQuest free?
SideQuest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Questify or SideQuest?
SideQuest is rated higher. Questify averages 4.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while SideQuest averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Questify or SideQuest have ads?
SideQuest shows ads; Questify does not.
Which is updated more often, Questify or SideQuest?
Questify ships an update every 5 days, and SideQuest every 2 days. Most recently, Questify was updated on October 28, 2026 and SideQuest on October 29, 2026.

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