Behind the app · Mar 31, 2026
2 min read · Trevor Edwards

Your Lore Book: a record worth keeping

Every quest you finish becomes a Lore Card with a photo, a note, and a rating - a gallery of what you actually did, not what you posted.

Social apps reward what you broadcast. The trouble is that performing an experience and having one are different things, and the camera usually wins. I wanted the opposite incentive.

In SideQuest, every completed quest becomes a Lore Card with optional photos, a note, and a one-to-five star rating. Over time it builds into a personal Lore Book: a record of what you actually did, with no audience attached.

Nobody likes it, nobody comments, nobody sees it but you. That is exactly why it stays honest.

Yours alone

There is no account and no cloud sync. Photos, notes, and ratings live locally, and uninstalling takes them with you. The app never sees your location, your photos, or your notes.

It is a private highlight reel of your real life, kept for the only person who was there.