Comparison

Hobby Quests vs Syde

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

Head to head
About

Hobby Quests

This app helps you track and discover personal hobbies. Log your practice sessions, view progress over time, and explore new interests with curated suggestions and guides. It's designed for private use with no account or cloud sync required.

Highlights
  • Track hobby sessions with duration and notes
  • Visualize practice progress over weeks and months
  • Discover new hobbies across various categories
  • Get curated hobby suggestions
  • Access Quick Start guides for new hobbies
  • Review yearly progress with total sessions and hours
  • Private by design with no account or cloud sync
Features
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Some things in your life aren't goals. They're just good. The guitar you pick up on Sunday mornings. The bread you've been baking for three years. The trail you run when work gets heavy. These are your side quests — and they're worth keeping track of. Hobby Quests is a personal hobby journal built around one idea: the things you love enough to keep doing are proof of a life well lived. TRACK YOUR QUESTS Add any hobby as a quest. Log sessions when you do it — how long, how it felt, a quick note. Watch your practice build up over weeks and months into something you can actually see. DISCOVER NEW ONES Browse a curated library of hobbies across creative, outdoor, culinary, craft, and wellness categories. Get handpicked suggestions based on what you're already into. Every hobby comes with a Quick Start guide so you know exactly how to begin. LOOK BACK ON YOUR PROGRESS A Look Back screen shows your year at a glance — total sessions, hours invested, streaks, and a full timeline of every entry you've made. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything lives on your device. No account required. No cloud sync. No ads. Your hobbies are yours.

About

Syde

Features
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Syde brings small adventures back into your life. Every morning you get one "Side Quest" — visit a museum, step into a shop you always walk past, just sit on a park bench. Not required, but the kind of small thing that makes a day a little richer. Take on the quest, then capture it as a short video in the app. Watch others who tried the same quest, and cheer each other on with comments and likes. Following people you admire turns into little discoveries — "you can live like that too." Who it's for • Anyone whose days feel like a loop of "work (or school) and home" • People who want to try things but lack the nudge to start • Anyone who wants to step back from the noise of social media and add more real-world time What makes Syde different from typical social apps • The goal isn't time spent in the app — it's the number of real things you actually do. • No infinite scroll designed to melt your time away. • No leaderboards ranking people by followers or likes, and no shaming the days you skip. It's okay to have an off day. How it works 1. Pick a quest from the one that arrives each morning 2. Film a short video in the app 3. Post it and cheer on others who took the same quest 4. Look forward to "what will tomorrow's quest be?" Do one thing today you'll be glad you did. —— Syde is open to everyone — sign up with just your email. Got an invite code from a friend? Enter it to connect. Terms: https://syde.today/terms Privacy: https://syde.today/privacy Contact: syde.contact@miraistudio.co.jp

Screenshots

Hobby Quests4 screens
Syde4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Syde at none against Hobby Quests's 1. On price, ads, device support 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. Hobby Quests sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Syde asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Hobby Quests versus Syde: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHobby QuestsSyde
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDEVIKA BHARDWAJMirai Studio, Inc.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Hobby Quests

One-time1
  • Hobby Quests Premium$4.99
None

Syde

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hobby Quests free?
Hobby Quests is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Syde free?
Syde is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hobby Quests or Syde have ads?
Neither Hobby Quests nor Syde shows ads.

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