Webex Events App (Socio) vs POLYTECH Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Webex Events App (Socio)
Enhance your event experience with a digital portal for networking, event guides, and content. Connect with attendees, manage your schedule, and access live streams and interactive features.
- Digital networking portal
- Event guide and content hub
- Attendee list and connection chat
- Personal agenda management
- Live stream access
- Interactive polls and games
- Shake to Connect technology
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Webex Events, formerly Socio, takes your event experience to the next level. The Webex Events App (formerly Socio) serves as your digital networking portal, event guide, and content hub, giving you easy access to all of the information surrounding the events you attend! Browse the attendee list and add connections to chat and network, add sessions to your personal agenda, and watch live streams from your preferred device. Based on how the organizer has set up the event, you may even be able to take polls, play games, and participate in many other ways. You’ll be networking in two shakes of a smartphone with our Shake to Connect technology. Simply link your email, phone number and social media accounts to a single profile, and connect with others by shaking your phone. Magic! Want to learn more? Visit us at www.socio.events.
POLYTECH Connect
Stay informed about professional education events and programs. Register, manage your participation, and receive live updates for virtual or on-site events. Access workshops, training programs, and facility tours.
- Event updates
- Program information
- Registration management
- Live event updates
- Workshop access
- Training program details
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The POLYTECH Connect app is a centralised hub enabling you to keep updated on all of our professional education events and programmes. Whether virtually or on-site, the POLYTECH Connect app allows you to register and manage your participation, as well as receive live updates from the specific events you attend. Professional education is one of the core values of POLYTECH. We offer professional education Workshops and Excellence Training Programmes for surgeons, as well as our Excellence Tours, where surgeons have the opportunity to visit the POLYTECH facilities and see how quality becomes reality. With a global footprint in over 80 countries, POLYTECH Health & Aesthetics GmbH is an international leader in Breast Aesthetics specialising in the development and production of silicone implants. All products are developed exclusively at the company headquarters in Germany.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Webex Events App (Socio) at 8.3K against POLYTECH Connect's 4. On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Webex Events App (Socio) against 4.8 for POLYTECH Connect. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Webex Events App (Socio) has 8.3K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Webex Events App (Socio) ships an update every 2 months, POLYTECH Connect every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Webex Events App (Socio) | POLYTECH Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (8.3K ratings) — better | 4.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8.3K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 16 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Socio Labs Inc. | Polytech Health & Aesthetics GmbH |
Customer experience
Webex Events App (Socio)
POLYTECH Connect
Bugs and requests
Webex Events App (Socio)
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes during virtual conferences
- Issues with registering accounts due to name formatting
- Displays duplicate events
- Becomes unresponsive when scrolling through agenda
Requested features
6 requests- Add search function within events
- Allow hiding of past events
- Improve picture/video viewing capabilities
- Add option to disable disruptive shake-to-connect feature
- Provide iPad support
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- Allow more customization of user profiles
POLYTECH Connect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Webex Events App (Socio)
No in-app purchases
POLYTECH Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Webex Events App (Socio) free?
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