Comparison

Drop vs greatEvent

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

Head to head
About

Drop

This app connects entrepreneurs needing short-term commercial space with providers who have underutilized areas. Book spaces by the hour, day, week, or month, from salon chairs to warehouses.

Highlights
  • Short-term commercial space booking
  • Hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly rentals
  • Diverse space listings (salon chairs, parking, kitchens, studios)
  • Reduces overhead for entrepreneurs
  • Generates revenue for space providers
Features
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Drop in is a solution for two real problems. 1. Reducing overhead cost for entrepreneurs. 2. Creating revenue for un-utilized commercial space. At Drop in, a “Provider” is a company or person with available commercial space. The Provider can list their commercial space for entrepreneurs to book: • By the hour • By the day • By the week • And up to 1 month A “User” is someone like yourself - an entrepreneur who needs short-term commercial space for work. A “Drop in” is any type of commercial space that is listed for Users to book. However, Drop in is not just for booking office space. You can list almost any type of commercial space. If a Provider has an available salon chair, it can list on Drop in. Providers can list a Parking lot, Event hall, Commercial kitchen, Studio, Storefront, Warehouse, etc. Just name it, you can list it on Drop in for a short term booking. Today’s mindset of the entrepreneur is shifting and the sharing economy has taken hold. • Think AirBnB • Think Uber • Think Turo

About

greatEvent

This app streamlines the process of booking hotel meeting rooms and event spaces online. Customers can search real-time inventory, customize event details, and complete bookings and payments seamlessly. Hoteliers gain a sales and catering platform to manage leads and bookings efficiently.

Highlights
  • Real-time meeting space inventory
  • Online booking and payment
  • Event planning customization
  • Hotelier sales and catering dashboard
  • Lead management for hoteliers
  • Seamless user experience
Features
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With over 30 years of combined experience in the hospitality and technology sectors, we have developed the first and only solution that allows customers to access and book hotel meeting rooms online through a seamless and intuitive hotel sales and catering system called greatEvent. Hours and days of event planning and booking can now be reduced to minutes for your hotelier staff. Your staff will no longer need to spend significant time on the phone with customers, working out the details of an event because now the customer can complete the whole booking online, either by website or app. Unlike all other lead generation platforms, greatEvent gives customers real-time visibility into meeting space inventory in member hotels and venue locations. This same inventory access solution has been a dynamic success in airline, hotel room, and car rental booking for years, and we have now brought this same solution to the event booking industry. How it works for the consumer: The customer uses the greatEvent website or app to search for all available meeting spaces (inventory) at hotels and venues within a desired location and timeframe. When the customer is ready to proceed with booking, the customer can register by providing essential contact information and begin the booking process. Once the customer books the inventory, the customer will seamlessly move to the event planning process. The customer can then make every possible decision for the event based on all options available by the hotel or venue (i.e. catering, seating, entertainment, etc.). All billing and processing are handled online, and a confirmation email is sent upon completion. The customer also has the option to finalize all details by phone if necessary. How it works for the hotelier : The hotelier has its own sales and catering platform that mirrors the customer platform but also allows for complete customization related to all details of room booking, sales, catering, and entertainment. Through the platform, the hotelier is also provided with an intuitive dashboard that displays all customer leads with the ability to assign these leads to staff. The dashboard is easy to use and requires minimal training, allowing other staff to operate when a salesperson is unavailable. The hotelier has the capability to review, edit, approve and close any venue booking transactions. Overall, greatEvent is designed to help you increase revenue through low-cost lead generation, while at the same time reducing your overall cost of sales. Most importantly, sales teams will now have more time to spend on sales calls, building relationships, and capturing business!

Screenshots

Drop4 screens
greatEvent4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Drop at every 3 days against greatEvent's every 5 weeks. Drop also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Drop against 5.0 for greatEvent. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drop ships an update every 3 days, greatEvent every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Drop versus greatEvent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDropgreatEvent
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiQuick ToolsSTELLAR IDEA LABS INC

Customer experience

Drop

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

greatEvent

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Drop

No in-app purchases

None

greatEvent

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drop free?
Drop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is greatEvent free?
greatEvent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Drop or greatEvent?
Drop and greatEvent are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 10 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Drop or greatEvent have ads?
Neither Drop nor greatEvent shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drop or greatEvent?
Drop ships an update every 3 days, and greatEvent every 5 weeks. Most recently, Drop was updated on October 10, 2026 and greatEvent on October 24, 2026.

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