Comparison

HeyConnect vs EventLab

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

Head to head
About

HeyConnect

This app streamlines community organization and event planning, moving beyond chaotic group chats. It offers advanced tools for scheduling, communication, and decision-making, simplifying management for various groups and clubs.

Highlights
  • Advanced event scheduling
  • Group, event, and direct messaging
  • Smart notifications
  • Polls and availability management
  • Calendar integration
  • TidyHQ integration
Features
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HeyConnect: Connect, Coordinate, and Elevate Your Community! Ready to leave group chat chaos behind? HeyConnect is your all-in-one app for group coordination and event scheduling, designed to make organizing fun, easy, and efficient. Whether you're managing a sports team, hobby group, or social community, HeyConnect has you covered with tools to simplify your life. Key Features: Advanced event tools: Create recurring events, paid events, or set attendance limits. Manage waitlists for popular events with ease. Group, event, and direct messaging: Chat with your group, event attendees, or send direct messages. Share photos, videos, and documents to keep everyone in the loop. Smart notifications: Stay on top of things with intelligent alerts for event updates, RSVP reminders, payment alerts, and more. Polls and availability management: Make group decisions effortlessly with polls and track member availability. Captains can select participants for events with ease. Calendar integration: Add your events to your personal calendar with just a tap. New: TidyHQ Integration Take your community or club management to the next level by integrating HeyConnect with TidyHQ. With this integration, you can: Manage your club or organization with membership tools. Enable members to find each other in a directory, chat, create and manage groups, make announcements, and schedule events. Automatically sync groups and events created in TidyHQ with HeyConnect. No more lost details, endless scrolling through group chats, or juggling clunky apps and spreadsheets. HeyConnect simplifies organizing for sports teams, clubs, and social groups. With TidyHQ integration, it’s also the ultimate solution for managing your community or club. Download HeyConnect today and start building connections that matter!

About

EventLab

Features
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Working a live event? EventLab gives everyone on the ground exactly what they need, whether you're the organiser walking the site, a staff member ticking off jobs, a vendor finding your bump-in zone, or a contractor checking what's where. Everything is live, everything is in one place, and everything is at your fingertips, online or offline. See the whole site: Open the app and you're straight onto a live map of your event site. Every structure, area, route and landmark is right there. Tap anything on the map to see its details, supplier information, size and exactly how far away it is from where you're standing. Know what you're doing and when: Your schedule shows everything assigned to you, organised by date and time. No more chasing someone for a run sheet or trying to remember what you're supposed to be doing next. Just open the app, see your jobs, and tick them off as you go. Find anything on site, instantly: Search for any object, location or item on the map and go straight to it. Whether you're looking for the nearest first aid point, a specific supplier's equipment or a particular area of the site, it's one search away. Walk the site, map as you go: Heading out to scout your venue? Drop geo-accurate markers as you walk, noting where you want structures, entrances, equipment or anything else to go. Head back to the desktop and everything you pinned is waiting for you, exactly where you placed it, ready to build from. Drop a marker: Spot something that needs attention? Drop a pin on the map, add a note or photo, and your team sees it straight away. No phone calls. No trying to describe where you are. Always up to date: The map and your jobs sync in real time. If something changes, you see it. No outdated PDFs. No version confusion. Just the current, live version of everything. EventLab is the event management platform built for live events. The planning and setup happens on the desktop. This app is your window into everything that's been built, designed to keep everyone on site informed, on track and confident on the day.

Screenshots

HeyConnect4 screens
EventLab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: HeyConnect at fortnightly against EventLab's every 5 weeks. HeyConnect also leads on iOS requirement (12.4 vs 16.4). 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HeyConnect ships an update fortnightly, EventLab every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
HeyConnect versus EventLab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeyConnectEventLab
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (48 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings48 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.4 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB107 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHeygroup LLCDeclan Hilder

Bugs and requests

HeyConnect

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App logs users out unexpectedly
  • Phone number login not working
  • Countless bugs and glitchy interface
  • Notifications for every member action

Requested features

2 requests
  • Improve notification settings to prevent overload
  • Enhance login reliability

EventLab

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

HeyConnect

No in-app purchases

None

EventLab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HeyConnect free?
HeyConnect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is EventLab free?
EventLab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HeyConnect or EventLab have ads?
Neither HeyConnect nor EventLab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HeyConnect or EventLab?
HeyConnect ships an update fortnightly, and EventLab every 5 weeks. Most recently, HeyConnect was updated on October 13, 2026 and EventLab on October 16, 2026.

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