Comparison

Main Line Today vs SideQuest

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

Head to head
About

Main Line Today

Access a sophisticated monthly lifestyle publication focused on the Main Line and western Philadelphia suburbs. Enjoy exclusive content on local personalities, events, and issues through engaging writing and stunning visuals, delivered digitally to your device.

Highlights
  • Digital magazine access
  • Searchable content
  • Bookmark articles
  • Exclusive local coverage
  • Stylish photography
  • In-depth profiles
Features
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Main Line Today, in print and online, is a sophisticated monthly lifestyle publication providing its affluent readership with the most exclusive information on living on the Main Line. Each highly anticipated issue is an exceptional combination of lively writing and lavish images. With top-notch writing, cutting-edge design and stylish photography, Main Line Today Magazine specializes in covering the personalities, issues and events that define Philadelphia’s stunning Main Line and western suburbs. Every month, the magazine delivers a compelling mix of useful service packages, in-depth profiles and more. The Main Line Today Magazine app brings you the Main Line Today digitally in an easy to consume manner. It enables users to read the publication to their device, and to search and bookmark it. Magazine subscription or individual issues are available for purchase inside this app. Subscription is automatically renewed until cancelled. Annual subscription for $14.99 (12 Issues) Single issue for $4.99(non-subscription) Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your iTunes account will automatically be charged at the same price for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period unless you change your subscription preferences in your account settings. You can manage your subscriptions through your account settings after purchase on your device. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA) apply https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/.

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/

Screenshots

Main Line Today1 screens
SideQuest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SideQuest at 100% against Main Line Today's 0%. SideQuest also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). Main Line Today's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.1). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. Main Line Today sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year and SideQuest sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SideQuest holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SideQuest has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Main Line Today's written reviews are positive against 100% of SideQuest's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Main Line Today ships an update every 3 months, SideQuest every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Main Line Today versus SideQuest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMain Line TodaySideQuest
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB162 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMartinelli Holdings LLCOMG Career

Customer experience

Main Line Today

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

SideQuest

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

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Main Line Today

Subscriptions1
  • Main Line Today Subscription$14.991 Year
One-time8
  • Main Line Today Magazine2 variants$4.99
  • Main Line Today January 2020$4.99
  • MLT Ultimate Guide 2019$4.99
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  • Main Line Today November 2019$4.99
  • Main Line Today October 2019$4.99
  • Main Line Today September 2019$4.99
  • Main Line Today August 2019$4.99
  • Main Line Today July 2019$4.99
10 purchases

SideQuest

One-time10
  • UC San Diego$9.99
  • Tulane University$9.99
  • University of Pennsylvania$9.99
Show 7 more
  • 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

Questions

Is Main Line Today free?
Main Line Today is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SideQuest free?
SideQuest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Main Line Today or SideQuest?
SideQuest is rated higher. Main Line Today averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while SideQuest averages 5.0 from 9 ratings.
Do Main Line Today or SideQuest have ads?
SideQuest shows ads; Main Line Today does not.
Which is updated more often, Main Line Today or SideQuest?
Main Line Today ships an update every 3 months, and SideQuest every 3 days. Most recently, Main Line Today was updated on November 11, 2026 and SideQuest on November 5, 2026.

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