Guidebook vs Poll Everywhere
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.
Poll Everywhere
Engage with live presentations by responding to interactive questions and polls directly from your mobile device. Track your participation, review past responses, and monitor your performance over time. Ideal for students and event attendees seeking real-time interaction.
- Respond to live polls and questions
- Sign in for attendance tracking
- Review response history
- Check correctness of responses
- Access recurring presenter sessions
- Use via app, web, or SMS
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Respond to live Poll Everywhere questions from anywhere with the Poll Everywhere app for iOS. Sign in and register with speakers for attendance or graded questions. Then, review your response history and check correctness over time. Download Poll Everywhere for iOS today and be ready for your next interactive class or event. About Poll Everywhere: Poll Everywhere adds live audience interaction to slide decks so presenters can deliver effective, engaging presentations. It’s a web-based audience response system that lets speakers embed live activities directly into their presentations. The audience responds using the app, a private response page, or via SMS texting. The results update in real time for all to see. About Poll Everywhere for iOS: This mobile app is the perfect audience companion for a Poll Everywhere presentation. Students and audience members respond to activities from the app on their phones or tablets. Participants can sign in to track their attendance or graded response scores. Individual response histories are saved in the app. KEY FEATURES >> Sign in or create an account to track attendance and assessment >> Easily access recurring presenter sessions >> Review your response history and check correctness >> Respond to Poll Everywhere questions on your phone or tablet Poll Everywhere is used by millions of audience members and students every year. It’s trusted by over 75% of the Fortune 500 along with more than 300,000 educators worldwide during meetings, classes, and events.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Guidebook at none against Poll Everywhere's 1. Guidebook also leads on review sentiment (53% vs 30%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Poll Everywhere's advantage is chart position (#132 vs unranked). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Poll Everywhere sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Guidebook asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Guidebook against 4.8 for Poll Everywhere. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.7K and 3K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 53% of Guidebook's written reviews are positive against 30% of Poll Everywhere's.
Guidebook ships an update every 2 weeks, Poll Everywhere every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Guidebook | Poll Everywhere |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.7K ratings) | 4.8 (3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.9% of reviews — better | 30.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.7K — better | 3K |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #132 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 16.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Guidebook Inc | Poll Everywhere |
Customer experience
Guidebook
Poll Everywhere
User reviews
Guidebook
From 3.7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Stable and easy to navigate
- 📚 Helpful for planning schedules and events
- 🗺️ Provides maps and venue information
Room to improve
- 🔆 Lack of dark mode option
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 🔍 Confusing search functionality
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🗓️ Difficulty managing old event data
Poll Everywhere
From 3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great in-class resource
- 🚀 Slick tool for interactive sessions
- 👍 Excellent app for online courses
Room to improve
- 🐛 Constantly requires login
- 🐛 Buggy and unreliable
- 🐛 Broken, with issues logging in and out
- 🐛 Doesn't work as expected, forces to use web browser
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
Poll Everywhere
Reported bugs
3 issues- New polls do not load reliably
- Endless login loop issue
- Questions and responses not updating properly
Requested features
3 requests- Add auto-refresh ability
- Improve UI and UX consistency
- Provide phone support option
In-app purchases
Guidebook
No in-app purchases
Poll Everywhere
- Annual paid participation$13.99
Questions
Is Guidebook free?
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