CA STEAM vs CSTA Events
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CA STEAM
This event app connects educators with STEAM experts for professional development. It focuses on strategies for lifelong learning, inclusive practices, and fostering student passion for STEAM subjects while supporting the social-emotional well-being of the education community.
- Connect with STEAM education experts
- Explore STEAM strategies
- Promote lifelong learning
- Inclusive and targeted practices
- Support social-emotional development
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The STEAM Symposium is an education professional learning event that brings together passionate people seeking inspiration, energizing engagements, and the opportunity to collaborate with STEAM education experts. This event explores STEAM strategies to cultivate systems that promote life-long learning through inclusive and targeted practices, high-impact techniques, and policies. These approaches promote a sense of belonging and ignite student passion for STEAM learning while also supporting the social-emotional development of our education community.
CSTA Events
Access the official schedule for the CSTA annual conference. Connect with other attendees and manage your event experience. Login using your event registration email.
- Event schedule access
- Connect with attendees
- Login with registration email
- Official conference app
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Attendees registered for the CSTA annual conference can download the official app. Access the event schedule, connect with fellow attendees, and more! To login to the app, use the email address you used to register for the event.
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Verdict
CA STEAM and CSTA Events are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CA STEAM against 5.0 for CSTA Events. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
CA STEAM ships an update every 8 months, CSTA Events every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CA STEAM | CSTA Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CALIFORNIANS DEDICATED TO EDUCATION FOUNDATION | Computer Science Teachers Association LLC |
Customer experience
CA STEAM
CSTA Events
In-app purchases
CA STEAM
No in-app purchases
CSTA Events
No in-app purchases
