Comparison

Box Events vs OmniFocus 4

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Box Events

Enhance your event experience with real-time updates, networking opportunities, and detailed session information. Connect with other attendees, explore exhibitor details, and personalize your event schedule.

Highlights
  • Real-time updates and interaction
  • Activity feed with trending sessions
  • Detailed event agendas and speaker info
  • Attendee networking and connection
  • Exhibitor exploration
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Explore event agendas, access session information, create personalized schedules, interact with other attendees and expand your network to get the most out of each Box event. Features: * Update: share photos, leave comments and ask questions in real time * Activity feed: view attendee comments, event photos, trending sessions and other topics * Agenda: view full event agendas and related information (session time, room number, speaker information, etc.) * Users: see who’s at the event and connect with them on the app * Exhibitors: explore Box partners in the Partner Pavilion (when applicable)

About

OmniFocus 4

This task management application helps busy professionals organize and prioritize their work. It offers a unified interface across multiple Apple devices, allowing users to create, organize, and focus on tasks efficiently. A free trial is available.

Highlights
  • Unified interface across Apple devices
  • Task creation and organization
  • Perspectives Bar for navigation
  • Focus mode for specific projects
  • Secure, end-to-end encrypted sync
  • Universal cross-platform purchase
Features
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OmniFocus is powerful task management software for busy professionals. With tools to help tame the chaos, you can focus on the right tasks at the right time. Two-week free trial! OmniFocus 4 introduces a modernized, unified interface across Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro. Centered around your task outline, OmniFocus 4 brings a consistent experience, optimized for each device type, to all of your Apple devices. Easily create tasks anytime–from anywhere–and organize them with projects, tags, and dates. Quickly navigate OmniFocus on any device using the Perspectives Bar, Quick Open, and Back and Forward history. With Pro, use Focus to help focus your attention on specific projects or folders, and customize OmniFocus to only display the information most relevant to you. New to OmniFocus? The simple, efficient OmniFocus 4 interface will help you discover and implement a trusted system that works and grows with you. Upgrading from a previous version of OmniFocus? In OmniFocus 4, discover enhanced versions of all the powerful task management features you already rely on, along with new features that will level-up your workflow. Omni offers a free and secure sync service, protected with end-to-end encryption, ensuring only devices you authorize can access your data. And now, for the first time ever, OmniFocus is available as a universal cross-platform purchase: get full access to OmniFocus 4 on your Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro with a single license purchase. Accomplish more every day–anywhere you go–with OmniFocus 4.

Screenshots

Box Events1 screens
OmniFocus 44 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Box Events at 5.0 against OmniFocus 4's 4.0. Box Events also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.2). OmniFocus 4's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (346 vs 5). On price and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. OmniFocus 4 sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Box Events asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Box Events holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OmniFocus 4 has 346 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Box Events ships an update every 5 months, OmniFocus 4 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Box Events versus OmniFocus 4: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBox EventsOmniFocus 4
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better4.0 (346 ratings)
Positive reviews—52.1% of reviews
Number of ratings5346 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB138 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBox, Inc.The Omni Group

Customer experience

Box Events

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

OmniFocus 4

All ratings344 ratings
Positive70.6%
Neutral7.6%
Negative21.8%
Written reviews455 reviews
Positive52.1%
Neutral13.8%
Negative34.1%

Bugs and requests

Box Events

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

OmniFocus 4

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • View options button not working consistently
  • Custom perspectives not persisting in sidebar
  • App crashing on launch
  • Drag and drop functionality issues
  • Incorrect task completion when adding new tasks
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  • Inconsistent behavior when changing due dates

Requested features

6 requests
  • Markdown support in notes
  • Gantt view for projects
  • Ability to reorder perspectives in the sidebar
  • Print to PDF with due dates and completed dates
  • Natural language processing for task creation
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  • Board view for projects

In-app purchases

None

Box Events

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

OmniFocus 4

Subscriptions2
  • Legacy Subscription$9.991 Month
  • Legacy Subscription$99.991 Year
One-time6
  • Upgrade to v4 from v1-v3$37.49
  • Upgrade v4 to Pro from v1-v3$37.49
  • Unlock Standard$74.99
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  • Upgrade from Standard to Pro$74.99
  • Upgrade to v4 Pro from v1-v3$74.99
  • Unlock Pro$149.99

Questions

Is Box Events free?
Box Events is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OmniFocus 4 free?
OmniFocus 4 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Box Events or OmniFocus 4?
Box Events is rated higher. Box Events averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while OmniFocus 4 averages 4.0 from 346 ratings.
Do Box Events or OmniFocus 4 have ads?
Neither Box Events nor OmniFocus 4 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Box Events or OmniFocus 4?
Box Events ships an update every 5 months, and OmniFocus 4 every 3 weeks. Most recently, Box Events was updated on November 2, 2026 and OmniFocus 4 on November 7, 2026.

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