Formula SAE vs SWE Events
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Formula SAE
This app provides essential information for the Formula SAE community, including competition news, schedules, maps, and team details. Stay updated with real-time scoring, results, and important announcements, even without data service.
- Competition news and updates
- Interactive maps and schedules
- Team scoring notifications
- Event results and leaderboards
- Paddock team locator
- Push notifications for announcements
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The Formula SAE app was custom built for the Formula SAE community: competitors, volunteers, spectators, and sponsors. Using the app, you’ll have access to competition news, maps, schedules, paddock list, team list, and more. • Team Scoring Notifications - Follow your favorite teams’ results, achievements, and penalties as they compete during competition. • Event Results – Easily access leaderboards, static results, live dynamic results, and submit problem reports for your team. • Push Notifications & Announcements - Be automatically notified about important competition announcements as well as of weather-related impacts while on-site. • Maps & Schedules - Access the most up to date maps, schedules, and competition guides--available in the app even if you don’t have data service coverage at the competition site. • Paddock List – Use the Team Paddock List to locate your favorite teams in the paddocks while on site at competition.
SWE Events
Access conference schedules, speaker details, and exhibitor information. Enhance your learning by taking notes and drawing directly on presentation slides. Connect with attendees and colleagues through in-app messaging.
- View conference schedules
- Access speaker and exhibitor details
- Take notes on presentations
- Draw directly on slides
- In-app messaging with attendees
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This mobile application allows you to view the schedule, presentations, exhibitors, and speaker details from select conferences and/or meetings. Users can take notes on adjacent presentations when they are available for each presentation as well as draw directly onto the slides themselves, all from within the app. Additionally, users can share information with attendees and colleagues with the in-app messaging features.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SWE Events at 4.5 against Formula SAE's 3.3. SWE Events also leads on ratings volume (114 vs 10) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). Formula SAE's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.5). 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.
SWE Events holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SWE Events has 114 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Formula SAE ships an update every 5 months, SWE Events every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Formula SAE | SWE Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (10 ratings) | 4.5 (114 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 114 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | SAE | Society of Women Engineers |
Customer experience
Formula SAE
SWE Events
In-app purchases
Formula SAE
No in-app purchases
SWE Events
No in-app purchases
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