Comparison

Nobu vs Event Compass

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

Head to head
About

Nobu

Book hotel stays and restaurant reservations, manage your itinerary, and communicate with hotel staff. Enjoy convenient mobile check-in/out, in-room dining, and local recommendations. Access your mobile key for seamless entry.

Highlights
  • Book hotel stays
  • Reserve dinner
  • View itinerary
  • Chat with hotel teams
  • Mobile check-in/out
  • 24-hour in-room dining
  • Local recommendations
  • Mobile key access
Features
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This is the official Nobu app connecting you to the world of Nobu Hotels and Restaurants. Our app delivers a streamlined approach to your guest journey and places you in the middle of all the action. WHY DO I NEED THIS APP? - Reserve your stay, confirm your dinner, and view your itinerary - Chat whenever and however you want with our hotel teams on multiple platforms in a variety of languages - Check-in and check-out is as simple as Click-in and Click-out - Take Nobu to bed with 24-hour in-room dining - Let’s get personal with local recommendations from the property team on the surrounding neighborhood - Retrieve your mobile key and stop mistaking the plastic one for your credit card - Ultimate access to the amazing world of Nobu

About

Event Compass

Features
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Renaissance Faires are held in woods and fields where phone signal goes to die. Event Compass: Realm is built for exactly that: everything the app does works with no connection at all. THE LIVING MAP Every Charted Faire gets a hand-drawn parchment map with every shoppe, stage, tavern, and privy pinned as close to its real spot as we can chart it. The map opens on the landmarks so you can get your bearings, then reveals full detail as you zoom. Filter by artisans, food, drink, stages, rides, and games, or search the directory by name and let the map fly you to the booth. The maps are in beta and keep improving through 2027. THE SCHEDULE, WITH BELLS ON The stage schedule as the faire posts it, every stage and every show in time order. Tap the bell on a show and your phone rings you 15 or 30 minutes before curtain. The alarm is scheduled on the device itself, so it fires in a dead zone. MY POUCH Your "come back for this" list. Save the shoppe with the mug, the leatherworker two lanes over, the show you promised to catch. The pouch lives only on your phone; there is no account and nobody else can see it. MERCHANT'S ROW Who sells what, the whole faire through. Search "bodice" or "dice" or "mead" and get every merchant that carries it. A shop's wares show once the vendor has added them. THE HERALD A welcome page, with dates, faire-day weather, and mark-thy-carriage right on the opening page. THE BAZAAR Merchants from every faire in one directory, right on the faire picker. Search their wares, browse by category, see which faires each merchant works, and save favorites to My Pouch. FIND ALMOST EVERY FAIRE A hand-drawn map of the United States with nearly 600 Faires on it. Charted Faires open in full; for the rest you get dates, address, website, and a vote button that genuinely steers what we chart next. HONEST BY DESIGN No patron accounts. No third-party ads. No tracking. Location is used once, on your device, to open the faire you are standing at. Menus and wares are display-only: every purchase happens at the booth, face to face with the artisan. Everything in the app is free at every faire: the full map, show reminders, the pouch, the season archive, Merchant's Row, The Bazaar, and faire weather. Nothing is for sale in the app. Event Compass is an independent, unofficial companion made by people who love Faires. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by any faire unless expressly stated.

Screenshots

Nobu4 screens
Event Compass4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nobu at none against Event Compass's 10. Event Compass's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Event Compass sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Nobu asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nobu ships an update every 4 months, Event Compass every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Nobu versus Event Compass: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNobuEvent Compass
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (19 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size123 MB52 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNobuEVENT COMPASS INTERACTIVE LLC

In-app purchases

None

Nobu

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Event Compass

One-time10
  • Season Pass Minnesota 2026$3.99
  • Season Pass Pennsylvania 2026$3.99
  • Season Pass Michigan 2026$3.99
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  • Season Pass Kansas City 2026$3.99
  • Season Pass Maryland 2026$3.99
  • Season Pass Carolina 2026$3.99
  • Season Pass New York 2026$3.99
  • Season Pass King Richard's 2026$3.99
  • Season Pass Ohio 2026$3.99
  • Sovereign's Pass$3.99

Questions

Is Nobu free?
Nobu is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Event Compass free?
Event Compass is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Nobu or Event Compass have ads?
Neither Nobu nor Event Compass shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nobu or Event Compass?
Nobu ships an update every 4 months, and Event Compass every 2 days. Most recently, Nobu was updated on November 3, 2026 and Event Compass on November 6, 2026.

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