Black Hat Events vs Convene Conferences
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Convene Conferences
This app connects cybersecurity professionals to discuss human behavior in security. Engage in presentations from industry leaders and learn best practices for addressing security challenges.
- Cybersecurity community
- Human behavior in security
- Industry leader presentations
- Best practices learning
- Camaraderie building
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Join us as the cybersecurity community comes together to explore the intersection of people and security, learn best practices, and build camaraderie. Attend engaging presentations from industry leaders and hear their creative approaches to understanding and addressing human behavior in security.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Convene Conferences at 5.0 against Black Hat Events's 4.2. Convene Conferences also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Black Hat Events's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (144 vs 1). 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.
Convene Conferences 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Black Hat Events ships an update weekly, Convene Conferences every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Black Hat Events | Convene Conferences |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (144 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 144 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 146 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Informa Tech Holdings, LLC | National Cybersecurity Alliance |
Customer experience
Black Hat Events
Convene Conferences
In-app purchases
Black Hat Events
No in-app purchases
Convene Conferences
No in-app purchases
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