# HackerTracker — Security Conference Planner

> Security conference planner for saving and viewing event schedules. (iPhone/iPad app by Seth Law.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hackertracker/id1021141595 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Seth Law](https://appshunter.io/developer/1021140574)
- Category: Utilities, Entertainment
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.20/5 from 47 App Store ratings · 33 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 20 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2015-07-27
- Data updated: 2026-08-12
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hackertracker/id1021141595/reviews.md

## What is HackerTracker?

Plan your visit to any number of information security conferences. HackerTracker features an on-device schedule for viewing and saving your preferred talks and events from different events, including DEF CON, local BSides events, OWASP global conferences, and others. The schedule for talks, contests, and events are included and HackerTracker updates automatically for other conferences as data becomes available.

## Key features

- On-device schedule management
- Save preferred talks and events
- Supports multiple conferences
- Automatic schedule updates
- View talks, contests, and events

## Recent user reviews (10 of 33)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hackertracker/id1021141595/reviews.md

### 3/5 — Overwhelming, underwhelming

*2026-08-07*

Another year, another year that when you open the app, it jumps to the start of the current event, rather than either where you left off, or Right Now in the schedule. (Underwhelming.)

It would be really helpful to be able to create multiple views to quickly swipe between. For example, I could create
“everything”, a selection of everything I’m into;
“Just talks”, like it says on the tin;
“Contests”, again;
“Parties & greetz”, parties and village events. (Overwhelming)

### 5/5 — Helpful & Highly Recommended

*2025-08-09*

Mapping out the whole conference is so easy with this app. The reminders are awesome. It has progressively improved every year. Grateful. Thanks!

### 1/5 — Great app, buggy update?

*2025-08-07*

I love this app. I love that it’s free and that it catalogues so many events for us in such fine detail. The big hang up I’m experiencing right now is unusable performance changing filters or interacting with the menu at the top left (set local time/hide past events/etc.) Despite having the latest iPhone this causes the app to chug hard, heating up my phone. Seems like there’s a major bug in the latest release. Hoping to use this for Defcon and that it’ll get fixed quickly—will update my rating once fixed.

### 5/5 — Simple

*2025-08-07, version 5.7*

Easy to use app to track DEF CON

### 3/5 — Buggy UI

*2024-08-20*

This is my second year using and there are many filter options that just cause the app to crash. Please push an fix!

UPDATE 4 DEV: Schedule filters I used were to choose events for the day and the hamburger menu at the top right to filter events by village/speaker/etc. I would have the app open during the day and when I would return to it, it sometimes would just crash by just pressing anything in the app.

**Developer response:** Good to know. Please share specific filter options that caused the crash, if you can remember. We had a small percentage of devices experiencing this issue and are working on a resolution to improve things for future events. Thanks for using the app!

### 3/5 — Buggy UI

*2024-08-12*

This is my second year using and there are many filter options that just cause the app to crash. Please push an fix!

**Developer response:** Good to know. Please share specific filter options that caused the crash, if you can remember. We had a small percentage of devices experiencing this issue and are working on a resolution to improve things for future events. Thanks for using the app!

### 1/5 — Random crashes

*2024-07-17, version 5.0.12*

Excellent app except I can hardly use it because it always crashes after only about 60-120 seconds of use

### 3/5 — HopeXV many duplicates

*2024-07-12, version 5.0.12*

Bug or bad data entry?

items that appear once in the HopeXV schedule appear multiple times in HackerTracker!

regardless, i think HackerTracker is awesome for a large conference like HopeXV.

### 2/5 — Nice interface but the Save To Calendar function is broken.

*2023-08-07*

I was able to add  -one- event to calendar. After that, every event brings up a blank calendar event - no content, no buttons, not title, nothing. Guess I have to manually add events to my calendar to track the schedule.

**Developer response:** Thanks for using the app and sorry to hear about the limitation. The issue has been noted and we will look to improve for the next instance.

### 3/5 — Buggy user interface

*2022-08-11*

This experience is SO, SO frustrating, I have to walk away from it. Using an iPhone. Going thru the schedule to highlight things of interest. At the overview, sometimes hitting the star selects it, sometimes it goes into the event detailed description. In the detailed description, if I hit the star, when I go back to the overview all the events are duplicated. Also, it does not consistently go back to the current event in the overview - sometimes it goes up to the top of the list, and sometimes it goes down to the bottom of the list. Makes it VERY frustrating to go thru and highlight events of interest on the schedule.

**Developer response:** Sorry to hear of your experience with the previous version. Let us know if the update works better for you or we need to keep working through usability problems.

## Frequently asked questions about HackerTracker

### What does HackerTracker do?

HackerTracker helps you plan your visit to information security conferences. It allows you to view and save your preferred talks and events from various conferences, all within an on-device schedule.

### What are the key features of HackerTracker?

Key features include an on-device schedule for viewing and saving talks and events, support for multiple conferences like DEF CON and BSides, and automatic updates for conference schedules as data becomes available.

### Is HackerTracker free to use?

Yes, HackerTracker is a free application. There are no in-app purchases or advertisements mentioned, indicating it is completely free for users.

### What kind of conferences does HackerTracker support?

The app supports a wide range of information security conferences. This includes major events like DEF CON, local BSides events, and OWASP global conferences, among others.

### How does HackerTracker keep schedules up to date?

HackerTracker automatically updates the schedules for conferences as new data becomes available. This ensures you have the most current information regarding talks, contests, and events.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 6.3 — 2026-08-09

Bug fixes for DEF CON 34.
Feedback forms.
UI changes to better show dates/times on various screens.

### 6.2 — 2026-07-22

Images for conferences, theme consistent across all screens.
Bug fixes and performance/sorting improvements across various screens.
iPadOS fixes for scrolling issues in versions 17.x and 18.x
Age gating for relevant locations.

### 6.1 — 2026-06-30

Build Provenance via About Screen and Source Repository.
Maintain UI look and feel across all screens.
Speaker List improvements, including display of talk titles and event type, searching includes talk titles, filters per event, organizer, or subject matter. 
Introducing themes - Customize the look of HackerTracker based on individual preferences.
Bug Fixes.

### 6.0 — 2026-06-20

User Interface improvements and updates for 2026.
Optional Apple AI Summaries for talks.
Attach personal notes to any event.
Creation of Custom/Personal Events, including sharing of these events via QR code.
iPadOS updates, split screen.
Bug fixes.

### 5.9 — 2025-10-11

Bug fixes for date errors in iOS 26+
Usability and performance improvements

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