# Aspen Ideas — user reviews > 16 indexed App Store user reviews of Aspen Ideas by The Aspen Institute, Inc., rated 4.87/5 from 650 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/aspen-ideas/id657847412/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/aspen-ideas/id657847412.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 592 · 4★ 44 · 3★ 8 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 6 ## What do users think of Aspen Ideas? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 User-friendly and intuitive - 👍 Great for staying organized and on time - 👍 Easy to navigate and find relevant info - 👍 Helpful for planning and picking sessions - 👍 Good for accessing conference information - 👍 App has improved over the years - 👍 Good redesign and easy to save info - 👍 Works nicely and smoothly - 👍 Comprehensive source for conference details **Cons** - 😞 Lost features from previous versions - 😞 Difficult to find videos - 😞 Confusing and unfriendly interface - 😞 Video search is poor - 😞 Duplicate entries in agenda - 😞 Unnecessary Facebook permission requests **Commonly reported bugs** - Duplicate entries in agenda when adding/deleting events - Agenda sync issues between 'Upcoming' and 'My Events' - App requests unnecessary Facebook permissions **Most requested features** - Add agenda items to calendar app - Synchronize schedule between devices - Notify when video is available - Allow attendees to be listed and find each other (with opt-out) - More audience participation/contrarian questions - Categorize and filter videos - Improve video search functionality ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Aspen ideas *2016-08-08, version 6.0* Very confusing and unfriendly😂 ### 1/5 — Horrible app with no thought on real UX *2013-07-05, version 5.0.1* Forgot this app if you wanted any useful way to way to watch video. Events do not link to videos of the seasons. You cannot find videos from the speak profiles either. There is one section of the app called videos but there no categories or filters and everything mashed up in an endless list of small bite size videos making it impossible to find full sessions or particular clips. You only get 3 lame sort options which don't help much at all. You'd think that after this many years of doing this they'd have it figured out by now. ### 1/5 — Mobile Roadie? *2013-06-25, version 5.0.0* What does allowing Mobile Roadie access to my friends list on Facebook have absolutely anything to do with going to the Aspen Ideas Festival. Load of crap ### 3/5 — Prior versions were better than 2025’s *2025-06-28, version 19.0.0 (19.0.0.4)* Several years ago the app had the following capabilities that have since disappeared: 1) one could add agenda items to one’s calendar app. 2) one could sign in such that one’s schedule could synchronize between devices. Additional features that would be valuable would be to set the app to notify me when the video is available. Most conferences allow the attendees to be listed and find each other. That should allow people to opt out (i.e. one would be included by default, but opt in for contact info to be included). ### 4/5 — Stop the squealing Fiats. *2024-03-11, version 17.0.1* That is all. ### 4/5 — Comments *2023-07-11, version 15.0.0* Have not been since before Covid so it was a treat to be back with another smorgasbord of ideas, people and opinions with stunning weather to keep the juices, energies and ideas ideas flowing. Most of the speakers were very articulate, knowledgeable and thoughtful if not always thought provoking. You may want to experiment with having a few more of the audience prepared to to challenge or provide contrarian or amplified questions and/ or perspectives beyond some of the interviewers who generally tended to pose predictable questions. ### 4/5 — Duplicate Entries: Agenda *2015-06-20, version 5.4.4* After adding and deleting an event, the app still lists you as an attendee. If you add back an event, you are listed as an attendee twice. So, when you select the Agenda link, the “Going” tab under “Upcoming” does not sync with your schedule (if you change it) under “My Events." ### 5/5 — THE conference reference! *2019-07-17, version 10.0* The app is the most up to date and comprehensive source for the Aspen Security Conference. Really like the features to keep me organized and on-time! ### 5/5 — SO USER FRIENDLY ❣️ *2019-06-25, version 10.0* This app is very intuitive and extremely helpful. I love having the speakers’ bios linked with the session description. The app has been getting better every year and I think it’s just about perfect! It has really increased my enjoyment of the festival. ### 5/5 — Easy access, birds eye view! *2019-06-21, version 10.0* At first exploration, I have found this app, very easy to know where to go next! ## Most praised reviews (6 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Pre-conference 2019 *2019-06-16, version 10.0* So far so good. We’ll see how it does during the conference. ### 5/5 — Impressed *2018-07-10, version 8.0* Don’t normally leave reviews but was pleasantly surprised with the App this year. One of the best event based apps I’ve interacted with recently. ### 5/5 — Great App *2017-06-27, version 7.0* Very helpful when picking out what to go too next! ### 5/5 — Great update *2017-06-24, version 7.0* The redesign of the app is great. Thank you. Easy to navigate and identify and save relevant info. ### 5/5 — Very good app *2016-06-29, version 6.0* I used this app both before, during and after the Health session. Easy to find everything I needed and wanted. ### 5/5 — Nifty App *2016-06-23, version 6.0* Works nicely and smoothly! Makes me excited for the festival :) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-07-23.*