# AGU Events — user reviews

> 42 indexed App Store user reviews of AGU Events by American Geophysical Union (AGU), rated 4.30/5 from 346 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/agu-events/id1303525553/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/agu-events/id1303525553.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 247 · 4★ 38 · 3★ 20 · 2★ 11 · 1★ 30

## What do users think of AGU Events?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 👍 App exists and is useful
- 👍 Map feature appreciated
- 👍 Reminders helpful
- 👍 Ability to add own entries
- 👍 Easy to separate and find sessions/talks
- 👍 Good layout and structure

**Cons**

- 🐛 Passwords always bugged
- 🐛 App doesn't open
- 🐛 Cannot sync schedule
- 🐛 Slow and painful performance
- 🐛 Too many interruptions
- 🐛 Laggy and slow
- 🐛 Makes planning impossible
- 🐛 Cannot open program
- 🐛 Web portal worse
- 🐛 Missing high-level features
- 🐛 App doesn't remember last position
- 🐛 Cannot log in
- 🐛 Horrible, slow, takes too much memory
- 🐛 Stuck in past event
- 🐛 Unable to load conferences
- 🐛 Still does nothing
- 🐛 Impossibly frustrating to use
- 🐛 App doesn't work on new iPhones
- 🐛 Does not download event data
- 🐛 Huge app size
- 🐛 Unusable on older phones
- 🐛 Takes up too much storage
- 🐛 Frustrating, slow, unstable
- 🐛 Content too slow to load, crashes easily
- 🐛 Too big, not easy to navigate
- 🐛 Locks up scrolling
- 🐛 Last year's site
- 🐛 Extremely poor performance
- 🐛 Continual updating of data
- 🐛 Takes up 25% of phone space
- 🐛 Deleted schedules during sync
- 🐛 Requires 2 GB of space

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Passwords bugged
- App won't open
- Sync issues
- App stuck in past event
- Unable to load conferences
- App doesn't work on newer iPhones
- Event data download fails
- App crashes easily
- Login issues
- App freezes when scrolling
- Sync deletes schedules
- App requires excessive storage space

**Most requested features**

- Option for lighter app (session/talk listing only)
- User-determined updates
- Import outlook calendar entries
- Option to download more data to phone
- Presenter name visible in session listing

## Newest reviews (12 of 42)

### 2/5 — Not available on ios16.7.1

*2024-12-10, version 5.8*

Doesnt work

### 2/5 — Too many interruptions

*2024-12-10, version 5.8*

Not a terrible app, but constantly interrupting me with things AGU thinks I should care about rather than letting me get on with my meeting.

### 2/5 — Essential high level features missing

*2024-12-09, version 5.8*

I can’t find where agu meetings are that aren’t on the science track and they are not integrated with the session calendar
The app does not remember where you were the last time you picked it up

### 1/5 — Wish I could give it 0 stars

*2022-12-09, version 3.9*

I updated the OS on my device to use this app, and it still does nothing. The most recent event shows up but I cannot open it.

### 1/5 — Still bad

*2021-12-19, version 3.5*

Much improved over previous versions, but still impossibly frustrating to use. Navigating from schedule to session to try and see the presenters name/title is obnoxious. App doesn’t work well on even the newest iPhones. For $500 million each conference, the app should be better

### 1/5 — Does Not Download Fall AGU 2021 Event

*2021-12-04, version 3.5*

Attempting to connect to and download the Fall AGU 2021 event data results in a process that never finishes.

### 1/5 — Great potential, 1 main issue: space

*2018-12-14, version 2.3*

This app (when working) appears to be the best so far compared to previous meetings. The way to find exhibitors in map, list, category is great. The way to separate and find oral/poster/workshops was also really easy to use and edit as needed. The main issue (which trickled down to accessibility at times) is the space it required and constant updating. Perhaps some sections can be “opt in” at the time of download? Perhaps the updating (when it happens) can be user-determined? Otherwise, great work. I look forward to the next iteration!

Rocío

### 1/5 — Please fix for next year.

*2018-12-14, version 2.3*

Gsa app works fine during its meeting. This one is totally unusable on my 6s.

### 1/5 — Monster app

*2018-12-13*

What kind of App takes 5G of storage?

### 1/5 — Agu100 app

*2018-12-13, version 2.3*

Myself and many I spoke to ended up having to delete the app due to freezing, often related to gigabyte size of memory required to use it.

### 1/5 — Impossibly slow

*2018-12-13, version 2.3*

Continual updating of data makes this app nearly unusable. Load session information, start to scroll through the talk titles, and the app goes off and tries to load data for 15-30 seconds. This makes it aggravating to quickly browse and select talks to see. I spend the sessions with my head down trying to negotiate the app rather than listening fully to talks. 
The layout and structure of the app is great. It’s just too slow, even with WiFi enabled.

### 1/5 — It took me almost 4gb space and I have to delete it.

*2018-12-12, version 2.3*

It’s crazy that it takes 4gb storage space and my phone is only 16gb.
Good bye:)

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — technical issued

*2026-02-23, version 6.0*

passwords always bugged

### 1/5 — Got disappointed every year

*2025-12-15*

I used this app since 2017, every year it updated, but none of these versions satisfy me!

**Developer response:** What changes would you like to see? Please reach out to us via support@ativsoftware.com with details that we can share with the conference organizers.

### 1/5 — Won’t open when click open

*2025-12-14, version 6.0*

Doesn’t open when I click open

### 1/5 — Laggy

*2024-12-10, version 5.8*

And slow

### 1/5 — Useless

*2024-12-10, version 5.8*

Makes it impossible to plan and visualize a proper itinerary

### 1/5 — Every year it does not work!

*2024-12-10, version 5.8*

I don’t what I am doing wrong but cannot open the program on my phone. 😭 
Their web portal is somehow worse! 
agu= monopoly of science 🫤

### 1/5 — Can’t even login

*2024-12-09, version 5.8*

. Title says it all

### 1/5 — Horrible

*2024-12-09, version 5.8*

Slow and take up way too much memory

### 1/5 — AGU events - don’t like it

*2024-11-13, version 5.6*

Right now it is stuck in a past event and won’t load new events.

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work

*2024-04-13, version 5.4*

Unable to load conferences .. for 2 years in row 👎

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Principal Geophysicist

*2025-12-16, version 6.0*

A great convention!

### 5/5 — app is wonderful

*2025-12-15, version 6.0*

see above

### 5/5 — Where is 2019 Calendar Scheduler?

*2019-11-07, version 2.4*

Is ther a scheduler?

### 5/5 — Not bad at all

*2017-12-11, version 1.4*

This app is certainly an improvement over past years. I like the map feature, the reminders, ability to add your own entries etc. it maybe because I don't know the convention center as well as I do old old, beloved place. But using the app on the first day, I am impressed. I did not miss even one session/talk that I wanted to attend. 

Having said that, I have two concrete suggestions:
1. It is a HUGE app. Must we include the abstracts? I would have appreciated an option to get a lighter, session and talk listing-only app, and another with full abstracts. 
2. Can it import outlook calendar entries in the app? That would be cool... then it becomes one stop shop.

Two thumbs up from me..

### 4/5 — Pretty good, works

*2025-12-07, version 6.0*

Glad it exists, not yet euphoric about its performance.

### 4/5 — Senior science advisor

*2024-12-02, version 5.8*

G

### 3/5 — occasionally locks

*2018-12-12, version 2.3*

Occasionally locks - presumably a network issue. Could more of it be downloaded onto phone to avoid this? Otherwise very good

### 3/5 — Nice

*2018-12-06, version 2.3*

Probably the best app for this years meeting.

### 2/5 — No sync

*2025-12-09, version 6.0*

Cannot sync my schedule like last year and the year before. What’s the point of an app, then?

### 2/5 — AGU app is slow

*2024-12-13, version 5.8*

It’s slow and painful and tosses up modal dialog boxes to get in the way. Info is mostly there but it really isn’t good

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