NPD IDEA vs USDA AHS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NPD IDEA
This event app provides attendees with a personalized agenda, session and speaker details, and networking opportunities. Enhance your experience at The NPD Group's IDEA 2018 with convenient access to event information.
- Personalized agenda
- Session descriptions
- Speaker details
- Networking opportunities
- Event information access
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The official event attendee app for The NPD Group’s IDEA 2018. To enhance your IDEA 2018 experience, download the IDEA mobile app. It will enable you to conveniently find your personalized agenda, session and speaker descriptions, networking opportunities, and more!
USDA AHS
This app allows accredited veterinarians and animal health officials to search for animal premises and their contacts. Information can be saved for offline use, requiring a specific government account for access.
- Search animal premises and contacts
- Save information for offline reference
- Accredited veterinarian tool
- State and Federal animal health official tool
- Requires eAuthentication Level 2 or Login.gov account
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The USDA APHIS Veterinary Services Animal Health Services (AHS) mobile application is a tool to allow Accredited Veterinarians, State and Federal Animal Health Officials to search for animal premises and their contacts via various search criteria and save that information to their app for off-line reference. An eAuthentication level 2 account or Login.gov account is required to utilize the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NPD IDEA at 5.0 against USDA AHS's 3.5. NPD IDEA also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
NPD IDEA holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
NPD IDEA ships an update every 6 days, USDA AHS monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NPD IDEA | USDA AHS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — 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 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 607 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The NPD Group, Inc. | USDA MRPBS IT |
Customer experience
NPD IDEA
USDA AHS
In-app purchases
NPD IDEA
No in-app purchases
USDA AHS
No in-app purchases
