Guidebook vs MCSS Events
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Guidebook
This application serves as a comprehensive guide for events, conferences, and campuses. Users can build personalized schedules, access detailed information about speakers and sponsors, and navigate venues with interactive maps. It also facilitates attendee engagement through messaging and a social feed.
- Personalized schedule and to-do lists
- Speaker and sponsor information
- Venue and local area maps
- In-app search functionality
- Attendee messaging and engagement
- Interactive social feed
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Guidebook is your guide to events, conferences, campuses, and more. Download the app to: [+] Build your personal schedule and to-do lists. [+] Easily access speaker, sponsor, exhibitor information, and more. [+] View maps of the venue and local area. [+] Simply search for information within the app. [+] Connect and engage with other attendees through private messages. [+] Share photos, likes, and comments on the interactive social feed.
MCSS Events
This app facilitates engagement for in-person and virtual events hosted by the Michigan Council for the Social Studies. Users can view session schedules, connect with other attendees, interact with sponsors, and provide feedback through surveys and polls.
- View event sessions
- Connect with attendees
- Interact with sponsors
- Take surveys and polls
- Event networking
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The Michigan Council for the Social Studies is proud to partner with Cvent to bring you this mobile app for our in-person and virtual events! In this app you'll be able to: View sessions at our annual conference Connect with conference attendees Interact with our conference sponsors Take conference surveys and polls And much more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Guidebook at every 2 weeks against MCSS Events's every 5 months. Guidebook also leads on ratings volume (3.7K vs 2). MCSS Events's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 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.
MCSS Events holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Guidebook has 3.7K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Guidebook ships an update every 2 weeks, MCSS Events every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Guidebook | MCSS Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.7K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.7K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guidebook Inc | David Johnson |
Customer experience
Guidebook
MCSS Events
Bugs and requests
Guidebook
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes when trying to view event details
- Inability to add custom events to schedule
- Incorrect location pinpointing on maps
- Notification issues and unwanted alerts
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Ability to sync schedule across devices
- More customization options for user profile
- Better event filtering and search capabilities
- Integration with calendar apps
MCSS Events
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Guidebook
No in-app purchases
MCSS Events
No in-app purchases
