Spiceworks Help Desk vs CEN Events
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spiceworks Help Desk
Manage your IT help desk tickets and users on the go. This app provides IT professionals with the tools to respond to, create, and manage trouble tickets from their mobile devices. Stay informed with real-time notifications for ticket updates.
- Manage help desk tickets
- Respond to tickets
- Create new tickets
- Assign tickets
- Ticket notifications
- Manage users
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Manage your Spiceworks Cloud Help Desk - Anywhere. Take your help desk tickets and users with you wherever you go! With Spiceworks Help Desk (mobile), Spiceworks users have the tools and info they need to do their IT jobs – at their fingertips. Used by over 1 million IT pros worldwide, Spiceworks free IT management tools & apps (and online community) simplifies “everything IT” about the IT workday. From network inventory and monitoring to help desk, vendor ratings & reviews and more, Spiceworks delivers everything an IT pro needs to get their daily grind done. All for free. Spiceworks Help Desk for IT Pros. RUN YOUR HELP DESK & TEND TO YOUR TICKETS - See and respond to all of your trouble tickets - Create new tickets, close and re-open existing ones - Add and edit ticket description and details - Assign tickets and set priorities, due date & more - Receive notifications on your mobile device for new/assigned/reopened tickets, and ticket comments ..and you’ll be off-and-running and able to take your tickets and users with you!
CEN Events
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This app is the program guide for all participants of CEN Events. CEN advances our members' goals in education, research, and economic development by utilizing our members' accumulated knowledge in the areas of cybersecurity, advanced networking, education and innovation, and community best practice. Since 2000, CEN has been accelerating our members' development by providing dependable, low-latency, high-speed networking and security services. CEN is the preferred provider for organizations that require exceptional value, performance, and highly personalized service.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Spiceworks Help Desk at every 5 weeks against CEN Events's every 5 months. Spiceworks Help Desk also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). 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.
Spiceworks Help Desk ships an update every 5 weeks, CEN Events every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.
| Parameter | Spiceworks Help Desk | CEN Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (63 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 6.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 63 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Spiceworks, Inc. | University of Connecticut |
Bugs and requests
Spiceworks Help Desk
Reported bugs
27 issues- Unable to sign into mobile app
- Notifications fail to deliver
- Notifications result in 404 error
- App logs out repeatedly
- App crashes on reply
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- 404 error when clicking notifications
- Errors when closing tickets
- Unable to send messages to update tickets
- App freezes on login
- Tickets are missing on the mobile app
- App doesn't work on iPad
- Tapping notification leads to an error
- Cannot send a response to tickets
- Push notifications are useless hyperlinks
- App doesn't work on iPad
- Cannot login using Google credentials
- Basic functionality is bugged/missing
- App is phone format only, no iPad version
- Ads are too close to send button
- Reply function doesn't work
- Creating a ticket for another user doesn't always work
- Responding to tickets is broken
- Back button opens advertisement
- App doesn't load, spins endlessly
- Due date not saved
- Cannot accept tickets
- App is not syncing
Requested features
12 requests- Make the app open source
- Add dark mode
- Add iPad support
- Add Google SSO
- Improve multi-account support
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- Add API for automation
- Custom mail server settings
- Improve UI/UX
- Fix notification repetition
- Allow ticket deletion/merging
- Improve search functionality
- Add loading/splash screen
CEN Events
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Spiceworks Help Desk
No in-app purchases
CEN Events
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Spiceworks Help Desk free?
Is CEN Events free?
Do Spiceworks Help Desk or CEN Events have ads?
Which is updated more often, Spiceworks Help Desk or CEN Events?
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