APPA Training Institutes vs Conferences by NACM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
APPA Training Institutes
This app provides access to workshops, networking opportunities, and information about community corrections. It serves as a mobile companion for a national training institute, offering details on programs, projects, and current issues.
- Workshop access
- Networking opportunities
- Information on community corrections issues
- Exhibit hall details
- Special session schedules
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APPA’s Training Institutes are the largest national training institute for community corrections and takes place twice each year. The training institute includes multiple workshops covering the latest programs, projects, and issues faced in community corrections, an exhibit hall, special sessions, and the ability to network with colleagues from across the United States. The official mobile app of APPA’s Training Institutes puts everything in the palm of your hand.
Conferences by NACM
Enhance your conference experience with real-time agenda updates, speaker details, and an activity wall. Engage with fellow attendees and exhibitors directly through the app.
- Real-time agenda
- Speaker information
- Activity wall
- Attendee engagement
- Exhibitor interaction
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The NACM Conference App is designed to enhance your conference experience. Useful for all conference attendees, speakers, and exhibitors. This app provides a real-time agenda, speaker information, an activity wall, and the opportunity to engage with other attendees and exhibitors.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: APPA Training Institutes at 100% against Conferences by NACM's 50%. Conferences by NACM's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (256 vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Conferences by NACM holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Conferences by NACM has 256 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of APPA Training Institutes's written reviews are positive against 50% of Conferences by NACM's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
APPA Training Institutes ships an update every 3 months, Conferences by NACM every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | APPA Training Institutes | Conferences by NACM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 4.9 (256 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 256 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | AMERICAN PROBATION AND PAROLE ASSOCIATION, INC. | National Association for Court Management |
Customer experience
APPA Training Institutes
Conferences by NACM
In-app purchases
APPA Training Institutes
No in-app purchases
Conferences by NACM
No in-app purchases
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