GEST Events vs CSWE APM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GEST Events
Access event presentations, exhibitor information, and connect with other attendees. Take notes directly on presentation slides and draw on them within the app.
- Access presentations
- View exhibitor information
- Connect with attendees
- Take notes on slides
- Draw on presentation slides
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The GEST Events mobile application allows you to access GEST various meetings. Within the underlying event apps, users can access presentations, exhibitors, and connect with other attendees. Users can also take notes adjacent available presentation slides and draw directly on slides inside the event apps.
CSWE APM
This app provides event attendees with access to presentations, speaker, and exhibitor details. You can view presentation slides, annotate them with drawings and highlights, and take notes that are saved online for later access.
- Browse presentations
- View presenter details
- Access exhibitor information
- Download presentation slides
- Annotate slides with drawings
- Take notes on slides
- Online note saving
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**** FOR ATTENDEES ONLY **** The CSWE APM mobile application allows you to browse through presentations, presenter, and exhibitor details, as well as other resources from select CSWE events. Presentation slides are also available for many of the sessions. You can draw and highlight directly on the slides using your finger, and you can take notes adjacent each slide. All your notes are saved online and can be accessed through your online personal summary.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GEST Events at 5.0 against CSWE APM's 4.4. GEST Events also leads on update cadence (every 6 months vs every 12 months). CSWE APM's advantage is ratings volume (152 vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
GEST Events holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CSWE APM has 152 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
GEST Events ships an update every 6 months, CSWE APM every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GEST Events | CSWE APM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.4 (152 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 152 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Laforce Group, Inc. | COUNCIL ON SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION INC |
Customer experience
GEST Events
CSWE APM
In-app purchases
GEST Events
No in-app purchases
CSWE APM
No in-app purchases
