IETFers vs VDex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IETFers
This application helps attendees navigate the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) working group meetings. It provides schedules and room locations for the tri-annual conferences, ensuring you don't miss important sessions.
- Track working group meetings
- View session schedules
- Find room locations
- Tri-annual conference support
- Offline access to schedules
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Conference application for tracking the Tri-annual working group meeting schedules and room locations.
VDex
Access and search a comprehensive database of cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Stay updated with the latest CVEs, synced hourly from NIST. A subscription is required for full access, with a free trial available.
- CVE database access
- Hourly NIST sync
- Search CVE by ID
- Monthly subscription
- Annual subscription with trial
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VDex is a vulnerability reference tool with data sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. With VDex you can quickly and easily see the latest CVEs and lookup any CVE by ID. While NIST updates their feeds approximately every 2 hours, VDex syncs with NIST every hour to ensure data is up to date. Note: a subscription is required to fetch CVEs via VDex. You can purchase a monthly or annual subscription in the app. A free 1 week trial is included with the annual subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: IETFers at none against VDex's 2. IETFers also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. VDex sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. IETFers asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for IETFers against 5.0 for VDex. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.
IETFers ships an update every 3 months, VDex every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IETFers | VDex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas Pusateri | Steven Nguyen |
Customer experience
IETFers
VDex
In-app purchases
IETFers
No in-app purchases
VDex
- CVE Access$4.991 Month
- CVE Access7 Days trial$49.991 Year
