ALA Mobile Conference vs Amplifier AR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ALA Mobile Conference
Access presentations, exhibitors, and posters for American Library Association conferences. Connect with other attendees, take notes on slides, and draw directly on them within the event apps.
- Access conference presentations
- View exhibitor information
- Browse posters
- Connect with attendees
- Take notes on slides
- Draw on presentation slides
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**FOR ATTENDEES ONLY** The ALA Mobile Conference mobile application allows you to access the American Library Association's various annual conferences. Within the underlying event apps, users can access presentations, exhibitors, posters, and connect with other attendees. Users can also take notes adjacent available presentation slides and draw directly on slides inside the event apps.
Amplifier AR
Experience art that comes to life with augmented reality. This app transforms static posters and murals into dynamic calls to action, delivering messages from movement leaders. Explore deeper conversations and engage with important social issues through interactive art.
- Augmented reality art experiences
- Transforms 2D posters into 3D art
- Delivers calls to action from movement leaders
- Interactive art for social issues
- Explores deeper conversations
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Amplifier is a nonprofit design lab that builds art and media experiments to amplify the most important movements of our times. Our AR app helps transform the analog 2-D posters, stickers, and murals we are known for, into art that literally comes to life to deliver a call to action. Hearing messages straight from movement leaders exposes the heart of these issues we are working on, and reveals the deeper conversations that have always been just beneath the surface of our work.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ALA Mobile Conference at 4.2 against Amplifier AR's 3.2. ALA Mobile Conference also leads on ratings volume (632 vs 19). Amplifier AR's advantage is review sentiment (63% vs 40%) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). 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.
ALA Mobile Conference holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ALA Mobile Conference has 632 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of ALA Mobile Conference's written reviews are positive against 63% of Amplifier AR's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ALA Mobile Conference ships an update every 5 months, Amplifier AR every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ALA Mobile Conference | Amplifier AR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (632 ratings) — better | 3.2 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 39.6% of reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 632 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | American Library Association | Amplifier Foundation |
Customer experience
ALA Mobile Conference
Amplifier AR
Bugs and requests
ALA Mobile Conference
Reported bugs
5 issues- Unable to access presentation slides
- Notes feature losing data
- Schedule information disappearing
- Messaging feature not working as expected
- Incompatible with older devices
Requested features
5 requests- Floor plan of exhibit area
- Stay logged in for longer periods
- Better search and filtering options
- Ability to distinguish between scheduled events and presentation slides
- Universal search by time slot
Amplifier AR
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ALA Mobile Conference
No in-app purchases
Amplifier AR
No in-app purchases
Questions
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