CBMI Connect vs NSPE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CBMI Connect
This app provides event details for attendees, including access to presentations and exhibitor information. Users can connect with other attendees and take notes directly on presentation slides.
- Event details access
- Presentation access
- Exhibitor information
- Attendee networking
- Note-taking on slides
- Drawing on slides
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**FOR ATTENDEES ONLY** The CBMI Connect application allows you to access each CBMI Connect events details. 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.
NSPE
Access conference schedules, presentations, and speaker details. Take notes directly on slides, posters, and exhibitor information. Connect with attendees and colleagues through in-app messaging, tweeting, and emailing.
- View conference schedule
- Access presentations and speaker details
- Take notes on slides
- Draw directly on presentation slides
- In-app messaging
- Share information via tweeting and emailing
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The NSPE mobile application allows you to view the schedule, presentations, exhibitors and speaker details from the conference. Users can take notes adjacent available presentation slides and draw directly on slides inside the app. Note-taking is also available in the posters and exhibitors modules. Additionally, users can share information with attendees and colleagues with in app messaging, tweeting and emailing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: CBMI Connect at 62 against NSPE's 1. NSPE's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, update cadence, 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.
NSPE holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CBMI Connect has 62 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CBMI Connect ships an update every 12 months, NSPE every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CBMI Connect | NSPE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (62 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 7 months — better |
| 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 | 91 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | University of Kentucky | National Society of Professional Engineers |
Customer experience
CBMI Connect
NSPE
In-app purchases
CBMI Connect
No in-app purchases
NSPE
No in-app purchases
