Grip Live vs Crowd Connected Events
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grip Live
This platform connects business professionals and event organizers to foster collaboration and drive market advancement. It offers tools for engaging audiences through content and networking, powered by an advanced matchmaking engine for optimized event experiences.
- Audience engagement tools
- Content sharing
- Connection facilitation
- Matchmaking engine
- ROI tracking
- Event learning acceleration
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At Grip, we believe in the power of bringing people together to advance their business goals and empower organisers to move markets forward faster. We do this by providing you with a powerful platform to engage exhibitors, visitors and all other audiences through connection and content. The entire Grip platform is powered by our award-winning Matchmaking Engine. Guaranteed to provide ROI now and long into the future. Every recommendation, connection, meeting and session is captured, while the learning accelerates event after event. Find out more about Grip at https://grip.events/
Crowd Connected Events
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Crowd Connected Events is the field app for event and venue teams. It handles on-site setup, scanning, and reporting, and it keeps working when the venue Wi-Fi doesn't. LOG IN BY SCANNING No usernames or passwords to type. Scan a QR code and you're in. Setting up a second device? Pass your login and app settings across in seconds by scanning a code from the first one. SET UP THE VENUE • Add gateways and set their location in a few taps • Add beacons to places, and mark each place as enclosed or open • Keep your places list organised and searchable RUN THE DAY • Pair attendee badges with tags • Scan badges into a session, tied to a place, with uploads handled in the background • Record head counts by place and time • Sweep a batch of tags and email the list CHECK BEFORE YOU COMMIT • Check whether a tag is active and paired before it goes on a lanyard • Review everything this device has done, and export the history for your records BUILT FOR EVENTS • Works offline. A banner tells you when the connection drops, and queued scans upload the moment connectivity returns • Tag detection keeps tag status fresh while the app is open • Dark mode, sound and haptics, and per-feature auto-continue, tuned for one-handed use Crowd Connected Events needs an account provisioned by your organisation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Crowd Connected Events at every 10 days against Grip Live's every 3 weeks. Crowd Connected Events also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Grip Live ships an update every 3 weeks, Crowd Connected Events every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grip Live | Crowd Connected Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | +4 |
| Developer | intros | Crowd Connected |
In-app purchases
Grip Live
No in-app purchases
Crowd Connected Events
No in-app purchases






