Couchside

Advanced · optional

Add all-time-low prices.

Couchside already shows the Steam deals and wishlist games that are on sale. Add a free IsThereAnyDeal API key and it goes one step further: it marks which of those are at their lowest price ever — so a “−40%” you’ve seen cheaper before doesn’t look like a steal. It is off until you add a key, and the key is stored only on your box. This is a separate option from the Steam key; you can use either, both, or neither.

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Get a free IsThereAnyDeal key

Sign in at IsThereAnyDeal, open your apps page, and register an app to generate a key:

isthereanydeal.com/apps/my/ →

Create a new app (any name is fine — it is just a label for your own key), and IsThereAnyDeal shows you an API key. Copy it. The key is yours; keep it private, and you can revoke or regenerate it on that same page any time.

It is free, and you only need the API key — Couchside does not use the sign-in (OAuth) part.

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Add it in the app

In Couchside on your phone, go to Setup → Prefs → Price history (IsThereAnyDeal) (marked Advanced). Paste your key and tap Connect. The box checks it and, once it’s good, shows Connected. Your deals and wishlist rows then pick up an all-time low line, and a LOWEST EVER tag when a sale matches the record.

Don’t see the option? Update the box (its agent needs to be recent) and your app, then re-open Setup → Prefs.

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What it does — and doesn’t — with your key

Couchside is LAN-only and account-free by design, so this feature is deliberately narrow:

  • Your key is stored only on your box, readable only by your own user account, and never leaves it except in the requests it makes to IsThereAnyDeal.
  • The app never shows your full key back — only the last four characters, so you can tell which key is set.
  • To look up an all-time low, the box sends IsThereAnyDeal the game IDs you’re already viewing (the deals and wishlist games on screen) and nothing about you or your box.
  • IsThereAnyDeal is a separate company with its own privacy policy; using their API means those price lookups go to them.
  • Disconnect any time — one tap wipes the key off the box.

More on the whole model on the security page → · Price data by IsThereAnyDeal.