ReliaQuest EXPONENT vs Black Hat Events
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ReliaQuest EXPONENT
This conference app provides attendees with insights, trends, and action plans to maximize their technology investments. Network with peers and experts to address critical business issues and gain empowerment for future security programs.
- Customer conference access
- Gain security insights and trends
- Develop action plans for technology investment
- Network with peers and experts
- Address critical security issues
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ReliaQuest EXPONENT is ReliaQuest's marquee customer conference designed to empower our customers to do more with their technology investment. Attendees will leave EXPONENT with the insight, trends, and action plans to extract the most value out of their security program in 2025 and beyond. Join a community of peers, thought leaders, and subject matter experts where we’ll tackle critical issues impacting organizations now, network with the best and the brightest in the industry, and return to the office empowered.
Black Hat Events
This app connects you to the world's most technical information security conferences and trainings. Discover the latest research, trends, and network with global InfoSec professionals and solution providers.
- Information security conferences
- Technical trainings
- Latest research and trends
- Global InfoSec community networking
- Practitioner and researcher insights
- Solutions provider connections
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Black Hat Events are the most technical and relevant information security conferences and trainings in the world. Providing attendees with the very latest in information security research, development, and trends, Black Hat Events bring the global InfoSec community together to share ideas, learn from experts, and network with peers, practitioners, researchers, and solutions providers from around the globe. The Black Hat Events portfolio includes all Black Hat global events, as well as SecTor, Canada's largest IT security conference and the nation's biggest vendor expo.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ReliaQuest EXPONENT at 100% against Black Hat Events's 24%. ReliaQuest EXPONENT also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Black Hat Events's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (144 vs 8). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
ReliaQuest EXPONENT holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Black Hat Events has 144 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of ReliaQuest EXPONENT's written reviews are positive against 24% of Black Hat Events's.
ReliaQuest EXPONENT ships an update every 4 months, Black Hat Events weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ReliaQuest EXPONENT | Black Hat Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | 4.2 (144 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 23.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 144 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 146 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ReliaQuest, LLC | Informa Tech Holdings, LLC |
Customer experience
ReliaQuest EXPONENT
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In-app purchases
ReliaQuest EXPONENT
No in-app purchases
Black Hat Events
No in-app purchases
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