SMD Symposium App vs SEMICON West
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SMD Symposium App
This event app helps attendees stay informed and plan their visit to a leading space and missile defense community symposium. It provides access to event details for professionals and leaders from around the world.
- Event information access
- Visit planning tools
- Professional development
- Networking opportunities
- Stay updated on symposium details
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The SMD Symposium is the leading educational, professional development and networking event in the space and missile defense community. The symposium is widely attended by leaders and professionals from the United States and our allies around the world. Keep up to date and plan your visit to the symposium with our easy to use event app. To learn more about SMD Symposium visit our website at www.smdsymposium.org.
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 rating: SEMICON West at 3.6 against SMD Symposium App's 1.0. SEMICON West also leads on update cadence (every 6 months vs every 36 months) and ratings volume (118 vs 1). SMD Symposium App's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 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.
SEMICON West holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SEMICON West has 118 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SMD Symposium App ships an update every 36 months, SEMICON West every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SMD Symposium App | SEMICON West |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.6 (118 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 118 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 36 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 120 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mobile Town Guide | SEMI |
In-app purchases
SMD Symposium App
No in-app purchases
SEMICON West
No in-app purchases
