BNI Connect® Timer vs SBE Events
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BNI Connect® Timer
This application helps users accurately track time for presentations and other timed events. It supports various durations, ensuring participants stay within their allotted speaking slots.
- Time tracking for presentations
- Supports 60-second presentations
- Tracks 10-minute showcases
- Customizable time lapse tracking
- Official BNI Connect app
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The official BNI Connect® Timer App is here! BNI Connect® Timer is an application that aims at helping with time tracking for your 60 second presentation, 10 minute showcases, or any other time lapse that you would like to track.
SBE Events
This app provides attendees of a major business trade show with essential tools to navigate the event. Access interactive maps, view the full schedule, and connect with other attendees. It also includes features for scanning leads and participating in games for prizes.
- Interactive show floor maps
- Full event schedule
- Lead scanner
- Social feed
- Games and prizes
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Welcome to the Official Small Business Expo Event App! Small Business Expo is America's Largest Business to Business Trade Show, Conference, Educational & Networking Event for Small Business Owners, Entrepreneurs & Start-Ups hosted in major cities around the Country. Passionate Small Business Owners attend Small Business Expo to learn from Industry Experts, and meet with best-in-class vendors and suppliers to help them grow their businesses and network to build important new business relationships. This is the official Small Business Expo Event App with access to: interactive maps of the show floor, games to win points and prizes, the full schedule for the day, a lead scanner to scan people you network with at the Show, a social feed to stay connected, and many more tools. Register today for an event near you at TheSmallBusinessExpo.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SBE Events at 4.8 against BNI Connect® Timer's 3.2. SBE Events also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 38%) and ratings volume (1.9K vs 10). BNI Connect® Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). 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.
SBE Events holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SBE Events has 1.9K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of BNI Connect® Timer's written reviews are positive against 78% of SBE Events's.
BNI Connect® Timer ships an update every 4 weeks, SBE Events monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BNI Connect® Timer | SBE Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (10 ratings) | 4.8 (1.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.5% of reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 1.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BNI Mobile | Small Business Expo LLC |
Customer experience
BNI Connect® Timer
SBE Events
Bugs and requests
BNI Connect® Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
SBE Events
Reported bugs
2 issues- Freezing screen when trying to update profile
- Incompatibility with older devices
Requested features
2 requests- Include more information about upcoming events
- Add a way to go back when updating profile
In-app purchases
BNI Connect® Timer
No in-app purchases
SBE Events
No in-app purchases
