SideMission: Screen Time Quest
DR DAVE INC. Lifestyle iPhoneiPadiPod touch
SideMission: Screen Time Quest is a free Lifestyle app for iPhone and iPad by DR DAVE INC. Requires iOS 16.4. Updated October 12, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 39 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 12
- 2026 · v2.0.0
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About SideMission: Screen Time Quest
Swap scrolling for side quests. Bored and doomscrolling again? SideMission is a screen time app that hands you one real thing to do instead: go outside, move, plan a date night, see friends or recharge. Pick the apps you want to block, accept a side quest matched to your mood, time and budget, and those apps stay locked until you finish it and add proof. YOUR FIRST WEEK, PLANNED Answer a few quick questions about your evenings, your screen time and who you do things with. Sid builds a first week of 5 to 7 real missions for you. YOUR STORY WITH SID Missions build chapters. Complete a few different ones, unlock the chapter's finale, play it when you're ready and keep a souvenir in Sid's collection. Progress never resets, and your past missions count toward milestones. MISSION LOCK On a supported iPhone, allow Screen Time and choose the apps or categories you want to block with Apple’s private picker. After setup, Mission Lock is on by default. Accept a mission and your selected apps stay blocked in full until you complete the mission and save its required proof in SideMission. Starting the mission, opening the proof screen or waiting out the timer does not unlock your apps. If a mission expires or you abandon it, complete a replacement mission to unlock. Need access sooner? Turn Mission Lock off in SideMission Settings. This is a voluntary commitment you control. Proof can be a photo, a location check-in or a journal note, as requested by the mission. If camera or location access is unavailable, a journal note can stand in. Proof records what you did; it is not independent verification of the activity. Nothing is blocked before you authorize Screen Time and select apps. Mission Lock blocks the selected apps, not just scrolling or particular feeds inside them. Your selection stays on your iPhone; SideMission does not read your feeds or messages. HOW TO USE SIDEMISSION 1. Answer a few quick questions. Your answers stay on your device. 2. Get your first-week plan. 3. Pick a mood and a time. Three taps for a matched mission, or adjust budget, distance and who's coming. 4. Accept it, or use one of three rerolls. 5. Optionally use Nearby Intel for an Apple Maps place and directions. 6. Capture photo, location or journal proof, and save the card to Photos or share it. 7. Watch your Journal fill up with receipts, places and a monthly recap. 250 MISSIONS Explore, move, connect, recharge, plan a date, or take a small social risk. Missions range from 15-minute resets to half-day micro-adventures. YOUR JOURNAL, PLACES AND SAVED IDEAS Your receipts come first, with the places you've been and a monthly recap card to share. Track estimated time reclaimed, active days and streaks in Life stats. Share a link to SideMission to keep it in Saved, then turn that idea into a mission. Every catalog mission is illustrated with a photograph. PRIVATE BY DESIGN - No account or sign-up - No feed, ads, leaderboards, or guilt loops - Profile, proof photos, and journal stay on your device unless you share - Nearby place lookups use Apple Maps on-device; SideMission has no location server SIDEMISSION+ SUBSCRIPTION SideMission+ offers monthly subscriptions or a one-time lifetime purchase in Canada. Other storefronts offer monthly or annual subscriptions, with introductory offers where available. The paywall shows your Apple Account storefront’s localized price and terms. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled in Apple Subscriptions. Lifetime access is a single purchase with no renewal. Your journal and settings remain accessible without active paid access. Terms: https://trysidemission.com/terms Privacy: https://trysidemission.com/privacy Cancellation: https://trysidemission.com/subscription Get off the phone. Do one real thing.
What’s new
Version 2.0.0 · Updated October 12, 2026
SideMission 2.0 is rebuilt from the ground up for iPhone, with a fresh look and a new way to keep going: • Your story with Sid: your missions now build chapters. Finish one, play its finale when you want, and keep a souvenir. • Sid's collection: keepsakes and milestone stamps on one shelf. Your past missions already count. • A new design: bolder, faster and more alive, with Sid moving through the app. • Your journal, photos, plan and subscription carry over. Go do one real thing today.
App privacy
The developer, DR DAVE INC., reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Identifiers: User ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Diagnostics: Other Diagnostic Data
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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