C2E2 vs Gen Con
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
C2E2
Your digital guide to C2E2. Get the latest news, guest and exhibitor lists, and plan your schedule with panels, autograph sessions, and photo ops. Navigate the show floor using integrated maps, all available offline.
- Latest news and guest announcements
- Exhibitor and Artist Alley lists
- Offline access
- Personalized schedule builder
- Interactive show maps
- Autograph and Photo Op planning
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The C2E2 Mobile App is your digital guide to everything C2E2. This app provides you with the latest news, guest announcements, exhibitor list, Artist Alley list, all without needing to access wifi! Start planning your weekend by adding Autograph Sessions, Photo Ops, and Panels to your schedule and use our maps to navigate around the show! Don't go it alone, download the official app today.
Gen Con
Navigate and enhance your convention experience with this official guide. Discover events, manage your schedule, connect with friends, and utilize an interactive map to explore the venue. Event hosts can also use it for electronic badge scanning.
- Event browsing and searching
- Ticket purchasing
- Personal event schedule
- Friend messaging
- Interactive convention map
- Electronic badge scanning
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Make the most of your Gen Con experience with the Official Gen Con Mobile App: your handy electronic guide to The Best Four Days in Gaming. Browse and search for events, purchase tickets, view your event schedule, message with your friends, find your way with the interactive convention map, learn about what's happening at the convention, and more! Event hosts will also use this tool to scan badges for events using electronic ticketing. We're releasing new versions with added features and fixes often, so please keep your app up to date! Report issues or give us feedback through our Technical Support forum at gencon.com/forums
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Gen Con at fortnightly against C2E2's every 7 months. Gen Con also leads on rating (3.0 vs 2.6) and review sentiment (30% vs 3%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Gen Con holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 66 and 41 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 3% of C2E2's written reviews are positive against 30% of Gen Con's.
C2E2 ships an update every 7 months, Gen Con fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on August 16, 2026 and August 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | C2E2 | Gen Con |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (66 ratings) | 3.0 (41 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 3.3% of reviews | 30.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 66 — better | 41 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Reed Elsevier Inc. | Gen Con, LLC. |
Customer experience
C2E2
Gen Con
In-app purchases
C2E2
No in-app purchases
Gen Con
No in-app purchases
