MIT Alumni Association Events vs Convergence '24
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MIT Alumni Association Events
Stay informed about all major Alumni Association events, including Tech Reunions and Family Weekend. Access schedules, ask questions, and receive important updates to customize your event planning.
- Event information access
- Schedule details
- Event-specific Q&A
- Important update notifications
- Customizable event planning
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The MIT Alumni Association Events app brings you information about all major Alumni Association events. Get the details for Tech Reunions, Alumni Leadership Conference, Family Weekend, and Pi Reunion. Access schedules, receive important updates, and customize your planning.
Convergence '24
This event app helps attendees discover talks, plan their schedule, and find answers to common questions. It facilitates engagement with event content and activities.
- Discover talks and activities
- Build personal agenda
- Access FAQs
- Event information
- Connection activities
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Use the official Convergence app to learn more about talks and connection activities, build your personal agenda, and get answers to frequently asked questions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Convergence '24 at every 2 days against MIT Alumni Association Events's every 2 months. Convergence '24 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). MIT Alumni Association Events's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 1). 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.
Convergence '24 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MIT Alumni Association Events has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
MIT Alumni Association Events ships an update every 2 months, Convergence '24 every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MIT Alumni Association Events | Convergence '24 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | BigMarker.com, LLC |
Customer experience
MIT Alumni Association Events
Convergence '24
In-app purchases
MIT Alumni Association Events
No in-app purchases
Convergence '24
No in-app purchases
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