Comparison

IAAPA Connect+ vs Event Hawk

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

Head to head
About

IAAPA Connect+

This platform connects professionals in the global attractions industry. It enhances event experiences and provides a persistent virtual marketplace for buyers and sellers to engage year-round.

Highlights
  • Enhance IAAPA Expos, events, and summits
  • Engage with industry network
  • Persistent virtual marketplace
  • Connect buyers and sellers 365 days a year
Features
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IAAPA Connect+ is the premier digital platform for the global attractions industry. Enhance your IAAPA Expos, events, and summit experiences, and engage with your network in the IAAPA Marketplace: a 365-day, persistent virtual space for buyers and sellers to meet.

About

Event Hawk

This app helps businesses convert website visitors into paying customers through automated text message marketing. It consolidates customer communications from various platforms into a single CRM and facilitates review generation.

Highlights
  • Automated text message marketing
  • Unified inbox for all customer messages
  • Lead generation forms
  • Review request automation
  • Sales funnel creation
  • Pre-built message templates
Features
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Event Hawk is the revolutionary 3 step sales funnel that turns your website into a selling machine ! This app is for Event Hawk members and allows you to respond to your customers on mobile. Originally built for party rental business owners, Event Hawk converts cold clicks into paying customers through text message marketing . Scroll stopping pop ups grab your customer's attention , high converting forms generate leads , and automated texts go out at just the right time and use just the right words to get up to 90% of your customers to reply within minutes ! Best of all, Event Hawk allows you to manage texts, emails, phone calls, Facebook Messages, Instagram Messages, and even Google My Business messages, all in one easy to use CRM ! Event Hawk also helps you increase your review count by sending text message review requests which have been proven to generate more reviews than email requests ! Using the desktop app, you can also use our winning templates or create your own, which makes it easier than ever to communicate with your customers without copying and pasting all the time. Templates also make hiring and training team members who can sell on your behalf much easier. Once you start using Event Hawk, you realize how much money you've left on the table and your only regret will be not starting sooner !

Screenshots

IAAPA Connect+4 screens
Event Hawk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Event Hawk at 100% against IAAPA Connect+'s 15%. Event Hawk also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). IAAPA Connect+'s advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (96 vs 5). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Event Hawk holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IAAPA Connect+ has 96 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of IAAPA Connect+'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Event Hawk's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IAAPA Connect+ ships an update every 5 days, Event Hawk every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
IAAPA Connect+ versus Event Hawk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIAAPA Connect+Event Hawk
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (96 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews15.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings96 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.416.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size145 MB335 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperInternational Association of Amusement Parks and AttractionsEvent Hawk

Customer experience

IAAPA Connect+

All ratings96 ratings
Positive72.9%
Neutral3.1%
Negative24.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive15.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative75.0%

Event Hawk

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

IAAPA Connect+

No in-app purchases

None

Event Hawk

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IAAPA Connect+ free?
IAAPA Connect+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Event Hawk free?
Event Hawk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, IAAPA Connect+ or Event Hawk?
Event Hawk is rated higher. IAAPA Connect+ averages 3.9 out of 5 from 96 ratings, while Event Hawk averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do IAAPA Connect+ or Event Hawk have ads?
Neither IAAPA Connect+ nor Event Hawk shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IAAPA Connect+ or Event Hawk?
IAAPA Connect+ ships an update every 5 days, and Event Hawk every 2 months. Most recently, IAAPA Connect+ was updated on September 21, 2026 and Event Hawk on September 19, 2026.

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