Gen Con vs The CherryPicks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gen Con
Navigate and enhance your convention experience with this official guide. Discover events, manage your schedule, connect with friends, and utilize an interactive map to explore the venue. Event hosts can also use it for electronic badge scanning.
- Event browsing and searching
- Ticket purchasing
- Personal event schedule
- Friend messaging
- Interactive convention map
- Electronic badge scanning
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Make the most of your Gen Con experience with the Official Gen Con Mobile App: your handy electronic guide to The Best Four Days in Gaming. Browse and search for events, purchase tickets, view your event schedule, message with your friends, find your way with the interactive convention map, learn about what's happening at the convention, and more! Event hosts will also use this tool to scan badges for events using electronic ticketing. We're releasing new versions with added features and fixes often, so please keep your app up to date! Report issues or give us feedback through our Technical Support forum at gencon.com/forums
The CherryPicks
This app offers a community-driven platform for discussing TV and films, with a focus on female-driven storytelling. Discover curated recommendations, engage in meaningful conversations, and track your viewing history. Unlock exclusive opportunities by becoming a fan.
- Female-driven storytelling spotlight
- Original editorial and interviews
- Proprietary CherryScore rating system
- User-driven app experience
- Personalized content discovery
- Curated watchlists
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CherryPicks sits at the intersection of content, community, and culture. We spotlight female-driven storytelling through original editorial, interviews, events, video and digital content. Our trusted recommendations and meaningful conversation around entertainment are guided through a female lens. At the heart of our ecosystem is the CherryScore, our proprietary rating system that aggregates reviews exclusively from female critics, what we like to call CherryPickers! We're excited to expand our offerings into new formats and features with the launch of our user-driven app experience that brings our content and community together in a more dynamic and personalized way. Download the Cherry Picks™ app and become a CherryFan to unlock exciting opportunities! Discover, create, and connect with like-minded cinephiles just like you! Forget writing down TV and movie recommendations in your notes pad, never to be found again, and instead, become a fan where you can keep a curated list of what you want to watch, what you've watched, and discover new recs curated with your POV in mind! Terms of use :- https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: The CherryPicks at 100% against Gen Con's 30%. The CherryPicks also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0). Gen Con's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On price, 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. The CherryPicks sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Gen Con asks for nothing beyond the download.
The CherryPicks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gen Con has 41 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Gen Con's written reviews are positive against 100% of The CherryPicks's.
Gen Con ships an update fortnightly, The CherryPicks every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gen Con | The CherryPicks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (41 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gen Con, LLC. | CherryPicks LLC |
Customer experience
Gen Con
The CherryPicks
In-app purchases
Gen Con
No in-app purchases
The CherryPicks
- CherryFans Basic Monthly$0.991 Month
- CherryFans Plus Monthly$2.991 Month
- CherryFans VIP Monthly$4.991 Month
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- CherryFans Basic Annual$11.491 Year
- CherryFans Plus Annual$33.001 Year
- CherryFans VIP Annual$53.901 Year
Questions
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