Comparison

JavaZone vs GOTO Guide

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

Head to head
About

JavaZone

This app serves as a digital companion for attendees of JavaZone, Scandinavia's largest meeting place for software developers. It provides access to information about the conference, which features over 150 sessions and attracts more than 3000 developers annually.

Highlights
  • Conference schedule access
  • Information for software developers
  • Details on 150+ sessions
  • Event companion for attendees
  • Knowledge exchange forum
Features
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This app will help you with your schedule at JavaZone. JavaZone is the biggest meeting place for software developers in Scandinavia, and one of Europe's most important conferences. JavaZone has been described as a high quality, independent conference – a leading forum for knowledge exchange for IT-professionals. Each year around 3100 developers enjoy our nearly 150 talks.

About

GOTO Guide

Features
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GOTO Guide gives you easy access to - real-time session voting - real-time question transmission tool - commenting on your vote - conference schedule - list of sessions with in-depth description of sessions - information on speakers and their sessions - favorites in order to create your personalized schedule - venue maps - conference news Activate push notifications and never miss a new GOTO-video release! GOTO is the enterprise software development conference designed for developers, team leads, architects, and project management and is organized "for developers, by developers". As software developers and architects ourselves, we wanted to craft the ultimate conference.

Screenshots

JavaZone4 screens
GOTO Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: GOTO Guide at every 3 months against JavaZone's every 11 months. GOTO Guide also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). 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

JavaZone ships an update every 11 months, GOTO Guide every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
JavaZone versus GOTO Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJavaZoneGOTO Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJAVA BRUKERFORENING I NORGETrifork A/S

In-app purchases

None

JavaZone

No in-app purchases

None

GOTO Guide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is JavaZone free?
JavaZone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GOTO Guide free?
GOTO Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do JavaZone or GOTO Guide have ads?
Neither JavaZone nor GOTO Guide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, JavaZone or GOTO Guide?
JavaZone ships an update every 11 months, and GOTO Guide every 3 months. Most recently, JavaZone was updated on October 9, 2026 and GOTO Guide on October 26, 2026.

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