SSSP Events vs ECHOcommunity
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SSSP Events
Access detailed conference agendas for current and past annual meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Explore diverse topics and gain insights for research and activism.
- Access conference agendas
- View current and past meetings
- Explore diverse social problem topics
- Support research and activism
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The Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) is an interdisciplinary community of scholars, practitioners, advocates, and students interested in the application of critical, scientific, and humanistic perspectives to the study of vital social problems. Every year, SSSP hosts an annual meeting providing an excellent opportunity for exploring vast and diverse topics in current social problems. The annual meetings provide a wealth of information to participants as they return to the universities and private sectors to continue the mission of creating social justice through research and activism. Please use this app to access full conference agendas for current and past SSSP Annual Meetings.
ECHOcommunity
Access a vast library of agricultural and community development resources, with a focus on small-scale farming in tropical and subtropical regions. Download materials for offline access and use the Plant Records feature to track crop lifecycle events and trial progress.
- Thousands of print and video resources
- Offline storage and sharing
- Plant Records for crop lifecycle tracking
- Record planting, weather, and interventions
- Ask questions of the global community
- Multi-language support
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Through ECHOcommunity you can discover ideas, research, and training on a wide variety of subject matter pertaining to agriculture and community development. ECHO's resources focus on small-scale agriculture in the tropics and sub-tropics and come from ECHO staff, network members, and development partners around the globe. Navigation within the app is available in English, Spanish, French, Swahili, Thai, Haitian Creole, Khmer, Burmese, Vietnamese, Indonesian, and Chinese. This app is designed to allow you to efficiently discover relevant resources and download them on your mobile device. Resources added to your library remain available when there is no internet connection and can be shared with others. The app Plant Records feature records crop lifecycle events from receipt through harvest. Plant Records can be used for any type of planting, whether a trial or production planting, whether an annual or perennial. Users who acquire seeds from the ECHO seed banks can track and report the progress of seed trials seamlessly using this app. The app allows you to record relevant data such as what and when you plant, weather events, interventions such as mulching, cultivation, pruning, and harvest. Along with each entry pictures and notes can be stored for future reference. The data is retained in the cloud, so you will be able to look back at the seeds you have tried and how the trials worked for you. Features - Access to thousands of print and video resources - Offline storage and sharing of downloaded materials - The ability to ask questions of the global ECHO community
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ECHOcommunity at every 4 weeks against SSSP Events's every 6 months. ECHOcommunity also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). SSSP Events's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.4). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SSSP Events against 5.0 for ECHOcommunity. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively.
SSSP Events ships an update every 6 months, ECHOcommunity every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SSSP Events | ECHOcommunity |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Society for the Study of Social Problems | Divine Digital Agency |
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SSSP Events
ECHOcommunity
In-app purchases
SSSP Events
No in-app purchases
ECHOcommunity
No in-app purchases






