IMS2026 vs SEMICON West
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IMS2026
This app serves as a pocket guide for a major technology conference, offering access to event schedules, technical papers, and exhibition navigation. It provides recommendations for activities and points of interest within the host city.
- Conference schedule access
- Technical paper library
- Exhibition navigation
- City activity recommendations
- Event organization details
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Updated for IMS 2026, our app enables you to carry the conference in your pocket. Check the schedule of events, access hundreds of technical papers, navigate the exhibition, and get advice on what to see and do in Boston. Organized by the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S), the IEEE International MTT Symposia (IMS) conference is the premier annual global meeting of technologists involved in microwave theory and practice. It consists of technical paper presentations, workshops, competitions, an exhibition with 600+ vendors, and a wide range of social gatherings.
SEMICON West
This event app provides attendees with access to presentations, exhibitor information, and networking opportunities. Users can take notes and draw directly on presentation slides within the app.
- Access presentations
- View exhibitor information
- Connect with attendees
- Take notes on slides
- Draw on presentation slides
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**FOR ATTENDEES ONLY** The SEMICON West mobile application allows you to access the various events for SEMICON. Within the underlying event apps, users can access presentations, exhibitors, and connect with other attendees. Users can also take notes adjacent available presentation slides and draw directly on slides inside the event apps.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: SEMICON West at none against IMS2026's shown. SEMICON West also leads on rating (3.6 vs 3.2) and ratings volume (118 vs 5). IMS2026's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
SEMICON West holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SEMICON West has 118 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
IMS2026 ships an update fortnightly, SEMICON West every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IMS2026 | SEMICON West |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (5 ratings) | 3.6 (118 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 118 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 120 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Timothy Lee | SEMI |
Customer experience
IMS2026
SEMICON West
In-app purchases
IMS2026
No in-app purchases
SEMICON West
No in-app purchases
