Comparison

Improv Comedy Trainer vs Sidequest

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

Head to head
About

Improv Comedy Trainer

Features
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Walk into any scene ready to play. Improv Trainer is a practice companion for comedians, actors, and anyone who wants sharper quick-thinking. Generate fresh prompts on demand, run structured drills, and use built-in timers so you can rehearse solo, with a partner, or with your whole teamβ€”without scrambling for suggestions. INSTANT PROMPT GENERATION: Tap to generate locations, objects, occupations, emotions, and more. Lock a category, fuse two ideas together, and keep the ideas flowing. Thousands of combinations mean you rarely see the same prompt twice. TARGETED PRACTICE MODES: Train specific improv skills with structured drillsβ€”including Connections, Reframe, Character, Genre, and more. Each mode includes clear rules, so you know exactly what to practice. SCENE & INTERVAL TIMERS Use countdown presets for scene work or a count-up stopwatch for open scenes. Pro unlocks hands-free interval pacing that automatically advances prompts while you stay in character. BUILT-IN DICTIONARY Long-press any word in a prompt to look up its definition without leaving the appβ€”so you can justify your choices confidently on stage. TEXT-TO-SPEECH & ACCENTS Hear prompts read aloud in American, British, or Australian accents. Pro adds auto-speak so new prompts are announced automatically during practice. FREE TO START β€’ PRO WHEN YOU’RE READY The free app includes core prompt categories, Connections practice, scene timers, dictionary lookup, and session history. Improv Trainer Pro is a one-time lifetime unlock (no subscription) that adds: β€’ 2Γ— the vocabulary β€” double the words and prompts across categories β€’ All 8 practice drills β€’ Automated interval timer for hands-free sessions β€’ Auto-speak for fully hands-free rehearsal Built for the improv community. Download Improv Trainer and start reacting.

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Sidequest

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Tired of weeks blending in? Feeling stuck in life? Want to escape the 9-5 repetitive routine? You need to do more sidequests. Try one new thing every week. Experiment. Have fun! Make memories. Sidequest gives you a small quest every Sunday - cold shower, phone-free morning, cook something you can't pronounce, run a 5k.. Do it for 7 days straight and make yourself a memory. Snap a photo along the way. By December you've got 52 little polaroids and a year that didn't blur into the last one. How it works Every Sunday night, four new quests drop. Three picked for you and one shared for everyone. You pick one and only one. You're in for 7 days. Every day you do the thing and take a photo - one tap, no filters, no editing. The photo gets a date and lands in your scrapbook. Miss a day, that day stays empty. The gaps are part of the record. The point isn't to be perfect. The point is to do things! The community quest One of the four quests each week is the shared one - a pick anyone using the app can opt into. Choose it and you're in alongside everyone else who also picked it that week, your friends included if you can talk them into the same one. After your daily check-in you see how the rest of the cohort answered the day's poll - what they cooked, how cold the shower really was, whether they made it past day three. On the days you almost skipped, it helps. What you get back - A scrapbook that fills up over the year without you having to organise it - Quests you'd actually want to tell someone about - A photo a day, 30 seconds, no streak shame, no badges - A year you can flip back through in December and actually recognise Who it's for Anyone whose weeks have started to feel the same. People who watch other people live and want to do a bit of their own. The friend who hasn't got a story this month. People who don't really want a habit tracker or a journal or another productivity app - they just want a reason to do something different on a Tuesday. Not a habit tracker. Not a journal. Not a productivity dashboard. Just a small dare every Sunday, with a photo to show for it. Things worth knowing - No accounts, no email, no follower counts, no ads - Your photos and notes live on your phone (local-first - they're yours) Got a quest idea or a question? hello@side-quest.lol Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://side-quest.lol/privacy

Screenshots

Improv Comedy Trainer4 screens
Sidequest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Sidequest at every 6 days against Improv Comedy Trainer's every 4 weeks. Sidequest also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Improv Comedy Trainer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Sidequest sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Improv Comedy Trainer ships an update every 4 weeks, Sidequest every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Improv Comedy Trainer versus Sidequest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterImprov Comedy TrainerSidequest
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 6 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.1 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size32 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGordon DengMartin Dimitrov

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Improv Comedy Trainer

One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro Unlock$8.99
3 purchases

Sidequest

Subscriptions2
  • Sidequest Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Sidequest Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Sidequest Pro Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Improv Comedy Trainer free?
Improv Comedy Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sidequest free?
Sidequest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Improv Comedy Trainer or Sidequest have ads?
Neither Improv Comedy Trainer nor Sidequest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Improv Comedy Trainer or Sidequest?
Improv Comedy Trainer ships an update every 4 weeks, and Sidequest every 6 days. Most recently, Improv Comedy Trainer was updated on November 9, 2026 and Sidequest on October 31, 2026.

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