Phocuswright Events vs USTOA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Phocuswright Events
This event app facilitates networking for travel industry leaders. Attendees can discover and connect with peers, access event schedules and sponsor details, and pre-register for activities.
- Networking opportunities
- Discover and connect with attendees
- Access program information
- View sponsor details
- Pre-register for activities
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Phocuswright events featured unparalleled expertise, cutting-edge insights and diverse perspectives for the most influential leaders and brightest innovators in travel. To support best-in-class networking opportunities, this event app and platform lets attendees discover, connect and meet with other like-minded attendees, access program and sponsor information, pre-register for activities and more.
USTOA
This application provides a streamlined login experience for existing members to access their accounts. It securely saves login details for convenient, recurring access to the member portal.
- Easy member login
- Saves login information
- Mobile-friendly website access
- Secure account access
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This app allows existing USTOA Members to easily login and launch the mobile friendly website. We will save your login information for an extended period of time so you can always get back to your USTOA membership account easily through this app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Phocuswright Events at 4.3 against USTOA's 3.0. Phocuswright Events also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (12 vs 2). USTOA's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and device support (3 vs 1). 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.
Phocuswright Events holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Phocuswright Events has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Phocuswright Events ships an update weekly, USTOA every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Phocuswright Events | USTOA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (12 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 145 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Phocuswright Inc. | United States Tour Operators Association Inc |
Customer experience
Phocuswright Events
USTOA
In-app purchases
Phocuswright Events
No in-app purchases
USTOA
No in-app purchases
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