Comparison

SideQuest vs SideQuest

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

Head to head
About

SideQuest

Discover playful real-world quests that transform ordinary days into memorable adventures. Explore your city, engage in creative challenges, or connect with others through unique, bite-sized activities. Keep track of your journeys and level up in real life.

Highlights
  • Playful real-world quests
  • Themed quest packs
  • City-specific quests
  • Solo or group adventures
  • Journal for memories
  • XP, levels, and badges
  • Quest cost and time upfront
Features
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Give your day a side quest. SideQuest sends you on small, playful real-world quests that turn an ordinary day into a story worth telling. Go solo or bring a friend. Pick a quest, go do it, keep the memory. Write a dramatic museum label for a random object. Board the next bus, ride four stops, and explore wherever it drops you. Have the best outing you can on five dollars. Present one distinguished pebble to a stranger for an official rating. No big plans required. Most quests take under an hour. 100+ ORIGINAL QUESTS, IN PACKS THAT FIT YOUR MOOD Each pack is a themed set of hand-written quests with its own art, voice and badge. • City After Dark: turn one evening into a tiny movie • Make It Weird: creative dares with just enough absurdity • Main Character Energy: act like your life has a plot • Talk to Humans: tiny social moves that leave you a little less afraid of everyone • Soft Reset: quiet rituals for slowing down and looking up • Local Legend: know your city like it's been waiting for you • Curious Forever: odd questions, tiny lessons, real conversations • Taste of Somewhere: let appetite pick the route • Plus a pack of brave, respectful asks where a "no" still completes the quest CITY EDITIONS IN 160+ CITIES See your own city with new eyes. City Editions are quests written for real places, from New York and San Francisco to London, Paris, Tokyo and Mexico City. Crack optional riddles, collect small details, make something, and find the spots worth pausing in. Do them in any order, at your own pace. SOLO OR TOGETHER Take yourself on a little adventure, or finally give your group chat a plan. Invite a friend into a quest and they join free, no purchase needed. Bring two new friends in and you'll unlock Better Together, ten missions made for doing side by side. KEEP THE STORY Add a photo or a note when you finish. Your Journal keeps every adventure in one place, so you can look back on all the times you said yes. LEVEL UP IN REAL LIFE Earn XP, climb levels and collect badges like Certified Oddball, Night Cartographer and Plot Armor. KNOW BEFORE YOU GO Every quest shows its time, cost and challenge level up front, so you can pick what fits today and skip what doesn't. PACKS YOU KEEP. Unlock with one-time purchases: a single pack, a whole city, or all ten core Originals with the Originals Vault. Once it's yours, it's yours. Less scrolling. More adventure. Pick a quest and go. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://tinysidequest.com/privacy/

About

SideQuest

Discover local events, specials, and hidden gems in your community. This social platform connects users with nearby businesses and happenings, making it easy to support local establishments and find unique experiences.

Highlights
  • Discover local events
  • Find hidden gems
  • Connect with local businesses
  • See daily happenings
  • Support community establishments
Features
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Life doesn’t happen only on the weekends, and neither do the best moments. SideQuest is a social media platform built to bring local businesses and their communities together, all in one easy-to-find place. From live music pop-ups to trivia nights, and hidden local gems, SideQuest makes it simple to discover what’s happening around you-and to show up for the businesses that make your community unique. No more paying for individual ads or boosted posts, SideQuest puts your events, specials, and happenings in front of users ready to make the most of their days. Every day holds a SideQuest. Let’s share yours.

Screenshots

SideQuest4 screens
SideQuest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SideQuest at none against SideQuest's 10. SideQuest also leads on ads (none vs shown). SideQuest's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. SideQuest sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. SideQuest 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 SideQuest against 5.0 for SideQuest. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 10 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SideQuest ships an update every 3 days, SideQuest every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SideQuest versus SideQuest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSideQuestSideQuest
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings)5.0 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings910 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size162 MB50 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperOMG CareerJake Lane LLC

Customer experience

SideQuest

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SideQuest

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

SideQuest

One-time10
  • UC San Diego$9.99
  • Tulane University$9.99
  • University of Pennsylvania$9.99
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  • University of Georgia$9.99
  • University of Texas at Austin$9.99
  • NJIT$9.99
  • One SideQuest Pack Key$9.99
  • Tucson City Edition$14.99
  • 1 City Edition$14.99
  • Originals + 2 Cities$34.99
None

SideQuest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SideQuest free?
SideQuest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SideQuest free?
SideQuest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SideQuest or SideQuest?
SideQuest and SideQuest are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 9 and 10 ratings respectively.
Do SideQuest or SideQuest have ads?
SideQuest shows ads; SideQuest does not.
Which is updated more often, SideQuest or SideQuest?
SideQuest ships an update every 3 days, and SideQuest every 4 weeks. Most recently, SideQuest was updated on November 5, 2026 and SideQuest on October 31, 2026.

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