Ekka 2026 User Reviews

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Basic features fails to work

Add to my Day doesn’t work which was the key feature of this App, as a user.

Seems ok but…

Why does the app even need a username and password? This is just unnecessary tracking of PII.

Not as good as the Ekka website.

If you try and save something to ‘My Ekka’, it doesn’t work and doesn’t not appear. Also searching for an activity or show bag works better on the website than the app, which brings different and irrelevant results to what you are trying to search for.

MyDay doesn’t work

MyDay won’t let you add individual timed events, only the ones that go all day. Just be an error?

Still buggy?

Immediately right away the event finder & “add to my day” function isn’t working or using the “+” button next to for example a ride, a showbag or an item to add it to your Ekka. It loads, then displays right back to the same symbol (+ remains a +) and doesn’t add to your day / itinerary. Still such a poorly done, bug riddled, average app that honestly has all the potential in the world to be a really good app. Disappointed for another year. Maybe less effort on AR/AI for kids and more on actual native FRs that the majority of the app user group will be looking to utilise.
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Response from developer

Hi there, thanks for taking the time to leave a review and we're really sorry to hear you're having trouble. We’ve run extensive testing across a wide range of devices and haven't been able to reproduce the issue with the “Add to My Day” or Event Finder features. Everything appears to be working as expected, so it’s possible there was a temporary glitch, connectivity issue, or something device-specific at play. We’re continuing to monitor closely and always welcome more detail if you're willing to share. You can reach out to our support team who would love to help resolve this for you. We’re always working to improve the app and appreciate your feedback.

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Great app.
Love the features . The Goldie sheep part of it is malfunctioning. When I am home, suddenly I'll receive a message that GOLdie is near by! If only Goldie was nearby at the ekka so I could have a chance of winning a showbag!

Response from developer

Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a review! Glad you love the features. We will most certainly look into what is happening with Goldie and her pesky notification for next years Ekka!

Serviceable but missing some key features

The app is fine for people that know what day they are going and want to see what’s on, but there is no way to see what days things are on other than going into each day and searching. It would be better to have an option to search for events across all days. For example, what days are sheep dog trials on?3 or what day should I go if I want to see showjumping?
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Response from developer

Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. You've highlighted an important area for improvement regarding how events are searched and displayed in the app. We understand the convenience of being able to search for events across all days and see how this feature would significantly enhance planning your visit. Your suggestion for a more flexible event search feature is excellent, and we'll definitely consider implementing this in future updates. We're always looking to make the app more user-friendly and valuable to our attendees. Thanks again for your insightful review!

Fine but clunkier than necessary…

After getting past the fact the app doesn’t accept automatic password input or even pasting, which is frustrating when many of us now use modern password managers with complicated passwords, it was definitely a nicer interface than expected. Unfortunately, there are some needlessly clunky features that make simple additions to plans take a few steps more than they should. Most notably, these relate to having to choose a date and time to add things like showbags, rides and food, when you’d expect those and other all day, anytime wish list items to be added to a simple, uncommitted list of things to do. Then, when you do add something, the acknowledgment says it’s “already” added, implying the attempt was a double up. Events also default to the first date offered, rather than acknowledging the date for which we have tickets. It is what it is but it could be so much better. Here’s hoping things can be streamlined next year and follow a more logical UI.
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Response from developer

We truly appreciate your insights, which are invaluable as we aim to enhance the app's usability each year. Your comments regarding the password input and adding items to the itinerary have been noted. We're sorry for any frustration this has caused and are actively looking into ways to streamline these processes, especially for adding showbags, rides, and food to an uncommitted list of activities. Thanks again for your feedback. We hope to deliver a smoother experience in future updates and wish you a fantastic day at Ekka 2024!

Seems like a good tool for Ekka

I've been able to schedule my day easily. It should be super helpful if everything functions as planned on the day. The kids are already enjoying taking photos with the sheep, and we're looking forward to finding the rest of them at the event.

What update??

The map function is terrible and pretty much useless. Not sure how it’s been updated.

Response from developer

Thank you for your feedback. We're sorry to hear the map function hasn’t met your expectations. We’ve enhanced it this year to let you tap ‘View on Map,’ then ‘Directions’ and ‘Start’ to guide you directly. The full functionality will be ready by the start of Ekka, accommodating last-minute vendor updates. We appreciate your patience and value your input to improve the Ekka experience.

Clunky interface - not useful

I’ve just spent half hour trying to find out what’s on and schedule my day but the interface is like something from the 80s - far too clunky. I’m deleting the Ekka app.
The developers should look at the app for Woodford Folk Festival, which has functional search features and lets you easily schedule each day at an event that has many more venues and events on the program.
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Need planner organized by times

Good map, but app is let down by not being able to add or sort/organize events and activities by time. Not actually helpful for planning your day.

Useless

Cannot filter what’s on by kids events. Cannot sort by performance time. Cannot link directly to location on map. Cannot search “main stage” on map. Absolutely useless

Unusable

Doesn’t allow pasting of usernames/password. Unusable for anyone with a password manager (which should be you, dear reader).

Can’t filter by location of event.

No visual difference between events running on multiple days and not. We have to try to tap on each day to see if the event is running on that day.

Too much effort spent on VR rubbish. Insufficient spent on actually helping people plan their day.
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Cannot Login

There is no ability to login with the password. You have to manually type this in this is unacceptable. Takes no account for blind users. He is the auto fill click feature. I’ll be reporting this app to Apple to see if it violates Apple’s terms of service with accessibility

No way to find anything based on time

Map is great but no way to find out what is coming up at what time on the day you are here without searching for an event and then clicking through all the results to find the one on your day. This app is pretty useless for actually finding out what’s on when you need to.

The EKKA (Exhibition)

Had a great day out at the EKKA (Exhibition). Milo is such a good dog, i just couldn’t stop laughing (I know I’m a softy :P).
One thing I think would be a cool feature was a system to create your dog avatar with customisable ears and awesome tails and whatnot. Maybe even romance Milo? Great app, had a super time 👍
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Wasted opportunity for a good app

Search function on the map doesn’t identify the obvious listed events / locations that make up the what’s on schedule (such as venomous snake show).

When you click view map from an event, it doesn’t always highlight where you need to go.

Not all locations are listed on the map (and as the search doesn’t work well, it was challenging to use this effectively).

Other similar theme park apps automatically drop your saved events in timeline order or suggest an “ideal” order of the day based on your selections. This saves having to click into each event to see the times - even just having the next time something is on showing on the search / saved list could be better.

Live updates to time delays could also be useful, given the first night EKKAnites was more than an hour late and the individual times noted didn’t match up or seem to allow for the opening ceremony - which wasn’t listed at all!

Clearly a lot of dev went into the app to get it to the point it is, there is a lot of opportunity to make it more effective.
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Barely works

Unfortunately the My Ekka function just lists the saved activities, events and shows should be shown in chronological order

Major locations such as the Main Stage weren’t even on the map

Great for Tech Savy peeps

Honestly, it’s a relatively good app for a 1+ week event. Unless you’re not tech savy, it’s pretty handy.

I wish there’s a more user-friendly timetabling to organize the activities. Would be so much better to see the whole schedule of a particular date in a timeline chart.