Olive vs Sidebop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Olive
Discover curated, digestible stories on topics you're curious about, from science to design to business. Become more informed and interesting with daily content tailored to your interests.
- Curated story selection
- Interest-based content
- Digestible story format
- Daily content updates
- Accuracy focus
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The best ideas on the web, gathered for you. Olive is a feed for your curiosity. Tell it what you're into - anything from relativity to why Herman Miller chairs became iconic to early startup stories. Each card is synthesized from sources across the web, and you can always click into a source to dig deeper and learn more.
Sidebop
Discover events in Los Angeles, from movies to live music and markets. Get personalized recommendations based on your preferences and save your favorites. The app helps you find activities tailored to your mood, timing, and location.
- Live event board
- Personalized recommendations
- Filter by mood, timing, neighborhood, price
- Save favorite events
- Local reminders
- AI-powered event suggestions
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LA has a lot going on. Find something you can actually get to. A show nearby. A movie across town. A happy hour after work. sidebop puts Los Angeles events on a map, so you can spend less time figuring out where to go and more time being there. START WHERE YOU ARE. OR WHERE YOU'LL BE. Choose a starting point, a travel mode and how much time you want to spend getting there. Your ring shows what's in range. Starting somewhere else? Search for a place or move your pin. LOOK AHEAD Open Find to choose when, pick a category, or type an event, venue or what you're looking for. Browse upcoming days across Los Angeles, then use From where? to compare travel from a starting point. Return to Now to see what's within reach. KNOW BEFORE YOU GO See a map of the venue, its address, event time and available price and entry details. Open the source listing for more information or get directions when you're ready to head out. KEEP YOUR MAYBES Bookmark an event and find it again in Saved. See listed updates to your saved events and new listings from venues you follow. When an event has a ticket link, Check tickets opens its ticket page so you can see what's available. Browse without creating an account. Use your location if you want, or choose an address instead. Built for Los Angeles. For the little gap in your afternoon, the spontaneous detour and the night you haven't figured out yet.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Olive at 100% against Sidebop's 0%. Sidebop's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Olive ships an update every 3 days, Sidebop every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Olive | Sidebop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (14 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Olive Platform | Kevin Showkat |
Customer experience
Olive
Sidebop
In-app purchases
Olive
No in-app purchases
Sidebop
No in-app purchases









