MPI Academy vs Skift Live
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MPI Academy
This app connects event professionals globally for learning, engagement, and collaboration. It offers live streaming, interactive chat, and networking features to enhance digital event experiences and foster professional development.
- Live stream digital experience broadcasts
- Access live chats and polls
- Utilize captioning and translation services
- Engage via messaging and shake to connect
- Access sponsor and partner information
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Meeting Professionals International (MPI) is excited to host Global Meetings Industry Day, designed to bring worldwide event professionals together to learn, engage and collaborate across borders to hone the skills necessary for the job of tomorrow, elevate and advocate for the meeting profession and celebrate the power of human-human connections. The MPI Academy app provides a platform for MPI Academy digital experience participants to connect and engage via mobile technology. Features of the mobile app include the following. - Live stream of digital experience broadcast - Access to live chats, polls and captioning/translation services - Attendee engagement and collaboration via messaging, shake and connect, and permission-based connections - Sponsorship and partner information and contacts
Skift Live
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Skift provides decision intelligence for the business of travel, detecting what’s changing through original journalism, building evidence through proprietary research, calibrating judgment through events that convene the industry’s most senior leaders, and supporting action through advisory and strategic consulting services. About Skift Live: Skift hosts the leading editorial events across the travel industry, convening top travel executives in the rooms where the most consequential decisions get made. Talks, panels, breakout sessions, and networking help travel leaders make these decisions amid shifting trends across sectors, geographies, and functional expertise. Connect with fellow travel leaders through this app and enhance your experience as an attendee. Join the conversation with our Q&A, poll, and chat features and stay up to date on what's going on throughout the event.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Skift Live at every 6 weeks against MPI Academy's every 5 months. 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.
MPI Academy ships an update every 5 months, Skift Live every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MPI Academy | Skift Live |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Meeting Professionals International | Skift |
In-app purchases
MPI Academy
No in-app purchases
Skift Live
No in-app purchases









