C2E2 vs Lumpen
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.
Lumpen
Listen to a community radio station broadcasting from Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood. Tune in to a diverse range of music and ideas curated by volunteers. Accessible via FM radio or online streaming.
- Live radio streaming
- Community-curated content
- Music and ideas
- Volunteer-operated
- Website access
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Stream Lumpen Radio! We are a non-profit, community radio station located in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago. You can hear our radio signal throughout Chicago at 105.5FM and tune-in anywhere from our website. WLPN-LP is operated by a community of volunteers: we are DJs, curators, producers, writers and organizers who work to connect you with the music and ideas we think you will love. Built by the community of the future, for the community of the future. Love to code? Send us a PR! https://github.com/lumpenradio/lumpenradio-ios ©Public Media Institute* * - for real this time
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lumpen at 5.0 against C2E2's 2.6. Lumpen also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and device support (3 vs 1). C2E2's advantage is ratings volume (66 vs 9). On price, update cadence, 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.
Lumpen holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: C2E2 has 66 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two.
C2E2 ships an update every 7 months, Lumpen every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | C2E2 | Lumpen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (66 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 3.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 66 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Reed Elsevier Inc. | Logan Bay |
Customer experience
C2E2
Lumpen
In-app purchases
C2E2
No in-app purchases
Lumpen
No in-app purchases
