IBM Events vs Confluent GKO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IBM Events
This app serves as a comprehensive guide for IBM global conferences and events. It allows users to personalize their schedules, discover sessions, connect with others, and access event materials offline.
- Build personal agenda
- Search sessions by topic
- Sign up for labs
- Download session presentations
- Follow speakers and exhibitors
- Build conference social network
- Offline access to event data
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IBM Events is the official app for IBM global conferences and events. Hosted on IBM Cloud, the IBM Events app is your guide at the event, allowing you to: • Build your personal agenda • Search for sessions by topic, subtopic, role and/or industry • Sign up for labs • Download and view session presentations • Follow speakers, exhibitors, and attendees • Build your conference social network • View transportation schedules, news and info • Take sessions and speaker surveys • View conference session streams live and on demand The IBM Events app is available offline and stores session, speaker, and exhibitor data on the device, allowing you to view your schedule even without service or on airplane mode.
Confluent GKO
This event companion app helps attendees navigate and maximize their onsite experience. It provides tools for personal agenda management, networking with colleagues, interactive event maps, and access to crucial travel and safety information.
- Personal agenda management
- Colleague chat and connection
- Interactive event maps
- Travel and safety information
- Onsite experience navigation
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Download the Confluent GKO Mobile App to make the most of your onsite experience. The official app has everything you need to navigate through the event. View your personal agenda. Chat and connect with your colleagues. Navigate the event space with our interactive maps. Access important travel & safety information. And more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Confluent GKO at 5.0 against IBM Events's 4.4. Confluent GKO also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). IBM Events's advantage is ratings volume (500 vs 4). 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.
Confluent GKO holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IBM Events has 500 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
IBM Events ships an update every 5 months, Confluent GKO every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IBM Events | Confluent GKO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (500 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 500 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | IBM | Confluent, Inc. |
Customer experience
IBM Events
Confluent GKO
Bugs and requests
IBM Events
Reported bugs
13 issues- Takes back to start instead of previous location when closing contact
- Notes on first session disappeared
- Cannot reopen window to reply to exhibitor text
- Application freezes when reviewing update alert
- Application freezes when closing notes tab
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- App makes users log back on constantly and doesn't save email ID
- App crashes when trying to access native calendar
- Notes vanished after saving and closing
- Agenda disappeared
- Community day sessions no longer visible in schedule
- App hangs on iOS randomly
- Inaccurate and hard to understand sessions/locations
- Event sharing does not include location or time
Requested features
6 requests- Allow adding to schedule even if it overlaps
- Allow texting person live and showing phone number
- Add feature to request to schedule a meeting
- Add ability to add one-off meetings and events to schedule
- Add session to iPhone calendar
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- Add location and time to shared events
Confluent GKO
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
IBM Events
No in-app purchases
Confluent GKO
No in-app purchases
Questions
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