IBM Events vs Next 26
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.
Next 26
Your essential companion for Google Cloud Next. Access your personalized schedule, navigate the event venue, and connect with other attendees. Find session times, locations, and event updates easily.
- Personalized agenda access
- Venue navigation
- Attendee connection
- Session information
- Event updates
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Your Google Cloud Next guide. Find everything you need to make the most of your time at Google Cloud Next, including access to your personalized agenda, maps to find your way around the Expo, and networking opportunities.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: IBM Events at 4.4 against Next 26's 3.3. IBM Events also leads on ratings volume (500 vs 17) and review sentiment (25% vs 14%). Next 26's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months). 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.
IBM Events holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IBM Events has 500 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of IBM Events's written reviews are positive against 14% of Next 26's.
IBM Events ships an update every 5 months, Next 26 weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IBM Events | Next 26 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (500 ratings) — better | 3.3 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better | 14.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 500 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 182 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IBM | Next Event Apps LLC |
Customer experience
IBM Events
Next 26
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
Next 26
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
IBM Events
No in-app purchases
Next 26
No in-app purchases
Questions
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