Comparison

Quest vs elsehear

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

Head to head
About

Quest

Features
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Most AI assistants open with "What can I do for you?" and leave you stuck. Quest flips it. It gets to know you first, and studies you like a profiler. Connect your life, let Quest digest it for 20 to 30 minutes, then get a scary good reveal: - A breakdown of what it knows about you - Your greatest strengths and weaknesses - Your professional and celebrity personas - Your short- and long-term life goals Quest is for believers only. It asks for radical transparency: access to your life, so it can write your Memory. Give it a shot, and you unlock a personal advisor who is always in your corner, helping you find and start your quests. QUEST IS BUILT DIFFERENT - MEMORY FROM DAY ONE: Quest writes 100+ wiki files about you, and maps all your relationships. Your Memory updates every day, so you never have to explain yourself again. - ITS OWN PHONE: Quest has its own always-on phone, and can use messaging apps like WhatsApp, Instagram or TikTok on your behalf. - MINI-APPS MADE FOR YOU: Quest builds tailor-made mini-apps around each of your quests. - MANAGES YOUR OTHER AI ASSISTANTS: Quest can brief and manage your other AI assistants for you, sharing only what they need to know. - PROACTIVE, AND GETS BETTER: Quest can react to anything, not just your email. It learns from your feedback and its own mistakes. HOW OUR FOUNDER USES QUEST Quest wrote 156 files about him, his projects, his interests and his personality, and mapped 358 relationships. - English quest: After each call, Quest reads his meeting notes, finds his mistakes and makes a quiz to practice. - Social media quest: Quest keeps a bank of post ideas, based on what he actually said in meetings. - Becoming-a-great-dad quest: Quest reads his neighborhood dads' WhatsApp group, where they swap free stuff. It gives things away for him, and tells him when something fits his 2-year-old. - History nerd quest: Quest wrote a full brief for another AI assistant, then went back and forth with it nine times to build him a podcast playlist. - Travel side quests: Quest knows his saved places and his taste. On trips, it nudges him through the day with things he should try. WHY WE BUILT QUEST Our quests are what we love, what we dream of, what we care enough about to spend time and energy on. They make us different. Growing up in rural France, our founder fell in love with Kickstarter. Watching founders turn strange ideas into real products made building tech his quest. Most people never get that moment. Their hobby gets dropped. Their project stays in a notes app. The friend they mean to call waits another month. We built Quest to notice those things, and to encourage you to find, start and achieve your quests. Always in your corner. Terms of Use: https://new.quest/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://new.quest/privacy/

About

elsehear

Explore live soundscapes from real places globally. Discover locations, save favorites, and enjoy immersive audio experiences. Features include Lock Screen Live Activities and Apple Watch integration.

Highlights
  • Live global soundscapes
  • Location discovery
  • Save favorite places
  • Lock Screen Live Activities
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Listen to real places around the world, live. Browse places around the world and tune into their live soundscapes. Discover the coordinates and stories behind the sounds you hear. Tap "Take me somewhere" and let Elsehear choose your next destination. Save your favorite places and return to them whenever you like. Favorites sync across your iPhones when you sign in with the same Apple account. See your current place and playback status on the Lock Screen with Live Activities. Browse places and control playback on your paired iPhone with the Apple Watch companion. Available in English, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, French, and German. Elsehear is an art project for sharing the sounds of the world. With thanks to Locus Sonus and the contributors who keep these open microphones listening. Sign in with Apple and an internet connection are required. Audio comes from live sources, so sounds and stream availability vary. Be here, hear elsewhere.

Screenshots

Quest3 screens
elsehear4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Quest at none against elsehear's 1. Quest also leads on ratings volume (16 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. elsehear sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Quest asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Quest against 5.0 for elsehear. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quest has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Quest versus elsehear: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuestelsehear
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (16 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB40 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperNew Quest AI Inc.dohyun ahn

Customer experience

Quest

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

elsehear

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Quest

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

elsehear

One-time1
  • support elsehear$6.99

Questions

Is Quest free?
Quest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is elsehear free?
elsehear is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Quest or elsehear?
Quest and elsehear are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 16 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Quest or elsehear have ads?
Neither Quest nor elsehear shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quest or elsehear?
Quest ships an update every 3 days, and elsehear every 3 days. Most recently, Quest was updated on November 13, 2026 and elsehear on November 13, 2026.

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