Rice vs BMES Meetings
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rice
Access university news, course information, and library resources. Find campus events, connect with others, and navigate with integrated maps and real-time transit information.
- Browse courses
- Read Rice news
- Find library books
- View latest scores
- Campus calendar
- Student directory
- Campus map
- Real-time bus GPS
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Unconventional Wisdom. Now available in pocket size. Browse courses, read the latest Rice news, find a library book, and catch up on the latest scores, all from the Home screen. Find something to do tonight in the Calendar, and then find some friends to join you using the Directory. Decide where to grab lunch with the Map, and then catch the bus with realtime GPS. With the new Rice University app you can do it all from your iPhone.
BMES Meetings
Access conference schedules, presentations, and speaker information. Take notes directly on slides and share details with colleagues via in-app messaging, email, or tweets.
- View conference schedule
- Access presentations and speaker details
- Take notes on presentation slides
- Draw directly on slides
- In-app messaging
- Share information via email and tweeting
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The BMES Meetings 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 rating: BMES Meetings at 3.1 against Rice's 1.5. BMES Meetings also leads on ratings volume (63 vs 4). Rice's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 14). 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.
BMES Meetings holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BMES Meetings has 63 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Rice ships an update every 2 months, BMES Meetings every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rice | BMES Meetings |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (4 ratings) | 3.1 (63 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 63 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 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 | 7.0 — better | 14 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Rice University | Biomedical Engineering Society |
Customer experience
Rice
BMES Meetings
In-app purchases
Rice
No in-app purchases
BMES Meetings
No in-app purchases
