NYSCSC vs Black Hat Events
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NYSCSC
Enhance your conference experience with the official app. View the agenda, manage your schedule, connect with others, and get real-time updates. Navigate the event easily and provide feedback.
- Conference agenda
- Personalized schedule
- Attendee networking
- Event navigation
- Real-time updates
- Feedback submission
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Official app for the New York State Cybersecurity Conference (NYSCSC). Make the most of your conference experience by using the app to: * View the conference agenda * Access your personalized schedule * Network with attendees, presenters and exhibitors * Navigate the event * Receive the latest updates and notifications * Provide feedback
Black Hat Events
This app connects you to the world's most technical information security conferences and trainings. Discover the latest research, trends, and network with global InfoSec professionals and solution providers.
- Information security conferences
- Technical trainings
- Latest research and trends
- Global InfoSec community networking
- Practitioner and researcher insights
- Solutions provider connections
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Black Hat Events are the most technical and relevant information security conferences and trainings in the world. Providing attendees with the very latest in information security research, development, and trends, Black Hat Events bring the global InfoSec community together to share ideas, learn from experts, and network with peers, practitioners, researchers, and solutions providers from around the globe. The Black Hat Events portfolio includes all Black Hat global events, as well as SecTor, Canada's largest IT security conference and the nation's biggest vendor expo.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Black Hat Events at 4.2 against NYSCSC's 3.0. Black Hat Events also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (144 vs 2). NYSCSC's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Black Hat Events holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Black Hat Events has 144 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
NYSCSC ships an update every 7 months, Black Hat Events weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NYSCSC | Black Hat Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.2 (144 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 23.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 144 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 146 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | The University at Albany Foundation | Informa Tech Holdings, LLC |
Customer experience
NYSCSC
Black Hat Events
In-app purchases
NYSCSC
No in-app purchases
Black Hat Events
No in-app purchases
