Comparison

LearnFwd Events vs AASA NCE

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

LearnFwd Events

This app provides education leaders with resources and tools for professional learning events. It allows users to build personal schedules, receive event alerts, access speaker information, and provide session feedback.

Highlights
  • Personalized event schedule builder
  • Real-time event alerts
  • Speaker biographies and session details
  • Event maps and handouts
  • Session evaluations
  • Social media integration
Features
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Learning Forward offers education leaders the connections, tools, learning opportunities, and resources they need to implement effective professional learning in their schools. Use this app for our conferences, institutes, and other special events. Depending on the event, you can use this app to build your personal conference schedule; receive alerts about special events, session changes, and conference activities; get speaker bios, session descriptions, event maps, handouts, and session evaluations; follow the event via social media; and more. Learning Forward is the only professional association devoted exclusively to those who work in educator professional development. We help our members leverage the power of professional learning to affect positive and lasting change. For more information about Learning Forward and our work, please visit www.learningforward.org.

About

AASA NCE

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AASA’s The National Conference on Education meets annually bringing together superintendent and school administrators from across the country for hundreds of education sessions, networking, thriving exhibit hall and general sessions.

Screenshots

LearnFwd Events4 screens
AASA NCE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: LearnFwd Events at none against AASA NCE's shown. AASA NCE's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LearnFwd Events ships an update every 5 months, AASA NCE every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
LearnFwd Events versus AASA NCE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLearnFwd EventsAASA NCE
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.610.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB54 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperLearning ForwardAmerican Association of School Administrators, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

LearnFwd Events

No in-app purchases

None

AASA NCE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LearnFwd Events free?
LearnFwd Events is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AASA NCE free?
AASA NCE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LearnFwd Events or AASA NCE have ads?
AASA NCE shows ads; LearnFwd Events does not.
Which is updated more often, LearnFwd Events or AASA NCE?
LearnFwd Events ships an update every 5 months, and AASA NCE every 2 months. Most recently, LearnFwd Events was updated on November 2, 2026 and AASA NCE on October 27, 2026.

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