Drop vs greatEvent
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
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.
- Real-time meeting space inventory
- Online booking and payment
- Event planning customization
- Hotelier sales and catering dashboard
- Lead management for hoteliers
- Seamless user experience
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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!
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Verdict
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
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 Drop against 5.0 for greatEvent. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 4 respectively.
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.
| Parameter | Drop | greatEvent |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iQuick Tools | STELLAR IDEA LABS INC |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
Drop
No in-app purchases
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No in-app purchases









