ShutterFest vs Emerald Experiences
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShutterFest
This event app allows attendees to customize their conference experience. Manage your schedule, register for classes, receive important updates, and learn about vendors and speakers. It's designed to be a flexible and engaging event platform.
- Personalized schedule management
- Class registration
- Event notifications
- Vendor and speaker information
- Customizable conference experience
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ShutterFest is the UN-Conference! ShutterFest is not meant to structure your entire life by sitting in conference room after conference room. Say goodbye to death by PowerPoint. This is YOUR conference! Make it what you want. Make it about you. Shoot. Learn. Party. This app is home to your schedule and where you will register for classes, where notifications will be sent out about important event updates, where you can read all about our vendors and speakers, and so much more.
Emerald Experiences
This app enhances your experience at business-to-business trade shows and conferences. It allows you to search exhibitors, explore sessions, build your itinerary, and discover event details like dining and schedules.
- Search exhibitors by name, category, or location
- Explore education sessions and on-floor experiences
- Personalized itinerary planner
- Event discovery (dining, schedules)
- Push notifications for updates
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Emerald is the leading operator of business-to-business trade shows and conferences in the United States. We designed this app to help you get the most out of each event that you attend with us. With this app you can: - Search exhibitors by name, category, or location - Explore education sessions and on-floor experiences - Stay connected with push notifications - Build your itinerary and plan your trip using your personalized app planner - Discover events, dining options, shuttle schedules and more to help you get the most out of your trip Download and start planning today! Upcoming Events: impressions expo Atlantic City | March 21 - 23 Atlantic City Convention Center | Atlantic City, NJ Modern Day Marine | April 30 - May 2 Walter E. Washington Convention Center | Washington D.C.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ShutterFest at 80% against Emerald Experiences's 14%. ShutterFest also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.5) and ratings volume (17 vs 2). Emerald Experiences's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). 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.
ShutterFest holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShutterFest has 17 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of ShutterFest's written reviews are positive against 14% of Emerald Experiences's.
ShutterFest ships an update every 5 months, Emerald Experiences every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 25, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShutterFest | Emerald Experiences |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (17 ratings) — better | 2.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 14.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Behind the Shutter.com, LLC | Emerald Expositions, Inc |
Customer experience
ShutterFest
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In-app purchases
ShutterFest
No in-app purchases
Emerald Experiences
No in-app purchases
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