C2E2 vs LightBox Expo
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.
LightBox Expo
This app connects artists in the entertainment industry, offering a mobile guide to events, exhibitors, and programming. Plan your weekend, navigate the venue with maps, and discover your favorite creators. It aims to inspire and elevate artistic careers.
- Exhibitor and Artist Alley list
- Schedule planning for panels and demos
- Favorite programming and events
- Venue navigation with maps
- Event discovery and planning tool
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LightBox Expo (LBX) is the Annie Award-winning gathering of artists who work in the entertainment industry bringing your favorite films, animation, games, TV shows and illustrations to life. At LBX, we aim to ignite your passion, fuel your imagination, and propel you to new artistic heights! LBX provides a vibrant space for artists to congregate, meet and celebrate their craft with fellow creatives. It’s a place for artists to share their work with the public, further their skills in their respective industries, and make meaningful connections that will help artists thrive in the entertainment industry. The LBX mobile app provides you with the Exhibitor and Artist Alley list, allows you to start planning your weekend by adding Panels, Demos and Programming to your schedule (and favorite everything you want to see), you can use the maps to navigate around the show, and much more! LightBox Expo takes place every October at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LightBox Expo at 4.4 against C2E2's 2.6. LightBox Expo also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
LightBox Expo holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 67 and 25 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 3% of C2E2's written reviews are positive against 0% of LightBox Expo's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
C2E2 ships an update every 7 months, LightBox Expo every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | C2E2 | LightBox Expo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (67 ratings) | 4.4 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 3.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Reed Elsevier Inc. | LightBox Expo LLC |
Customer experience
C2E2
LightBox Expo
In-app purchases
C2E2
No in-app purchases
LightBox Expo
No in-app purchases
