Cvent LeadCapture vs eShow Events
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cvent LeadCapture
Capture attendee leads at events using your device. Scan badges, manually enter information, rate leads, and send documents or weblinks directly. Take notes to manage your contacts effectively.
- Scan attendee badges
- Manual lead entry
- Lead rating (1-5)
- Send documents/weblinks
- Take lead notes
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Cvent LeadCapture works with Cvent’s OnSite Solutions platform to scan attendee leads onsite using your own device. To get started, download Cvent LeadCapture on your lead-scanning device. Enter the access code you received earlier, and that's it! You're ready to scan. With Cvent LeadCapture, you can: - Scan attendee leads onsite - Enter leads in manually if they don’t have a badge - Rate leads on a scale of 1 to 5 - Send documents and weblinks directly to your leads - Take notes on your leads
eShow Events
This app serves as a central hub for conferences and events, offering features like agenda setting, interactive maps, and social networking. Stay updated with real-time event information and sync your account across devices for a comprehensive event experience.
- Agenda setting
- Interactive event maps
- Social networking
- Real-time event updates
- Cross-device account sync
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The central hub for all your conferences and events. Find and access your events, utilizing our many great features including: agenda setting, interactive event maps, social networking, and up-to-the-minute event updates sent directly to your device. Sync your account across all of your devices and get the most out of what your events have to offer with the eShow Events app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cvent LeadCapture at 4.5 against eShow Events's 3.1. Cvent LeadCapture also leads on review sentiment (63% vs 33%) and ratings volume (401 vs 18). eShow Events's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Cvent LeadCapture holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cvent LeadCapture has 401 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Cvent LeadCapture's written reviews are positive against 33% of eShow Events's.
Cvent LeadCapture ships an update every 3 months, eShow Events weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cvent LeadCapture | eShow Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (401 ratings) — better | 3.1 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.3% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 401 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cvent | Netronix Corporation |
Customer experience
Cvent LeadCapture
eShow Events
Bugs and requests
Cvent LeadCapture
Reported bugs
19 issues- Does not allow for manual entry
- Requires manual clicks after scanning
- Clunky user experience with 'DONE' button
- Slow to open and sluggish performance
- Codes scan sometimes and not others
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- Cannot add a lead without the barcode scanner
- Scans do not come up with all information
- Only half the leads scan
- Not giving email information
- Cumbersome to grab more than one lead at a time
- App did not work during trade show, scanned zero attendees
- Contact information was not captured for leads
- No way to export leads to excel
- Not saving email addresses when scanning codes
- Will not send access code
- Customer service doesn't respond or help
- Fails to capture QR code half the time
- App is slow to load
- Will not confirm via email
Requested features
12 requests- Allow manual entry of leads
- Provide a faster way to scan without manual clicks
- Allow scanning multiple badges at a time and saving for later
- Ability to put notes in prior to matching
- Allow editing notes after lead creation
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- Option to 'save and scan new' for faster workflow
- Add categories for lead qualification
- Enable exporting leads to Excel
- Fix issue with not saving email addresses
- Improve scanning consistency
- Ensure all necessary information is captured in scans
- Streamline the process after scanning a badge
eShow Events
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cvent LeadCapture
No in-app purchases
eShow Events
No in-app purchases
Questions
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