Messe Stuttgart vs Light + Building Navigator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Messe Stuttgart
Organize your visit to trade fairs and congresses with detailed event information, exhibitor lists, and dynamic maps. Save your favorites and receive important reminders to stay updated on current events.
- Multi-event support
- Travel information
- Exhibitor lists with filtering
- Dynamic hall and site maps
- Watchlist and appointment reminders
- Event updates with messages, images, and videos
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Plan and organise your visit to Messe Stuttgart with the Messe Stuttgart app. Our multi-event app gives you access to all Landesmesse Stuttgart GmbH events. Details about the respective trade fair, exhibitor lists and congress programmes are available in advance. Add your favourites to the watchlist and be reminded of important appointments. Dynamic hall and site maps will additionally facilitate your orientation. Messages, images and videos on the current event will keep you up to date. Overview of features: - Multi-event support - Travel information - Exhibitor lists with filtering functions - Hall maps for the trade fair centre
Light + Building Navigator
This app serves as an official guide for trade fair visitors, offering exhibitor and product searches, networking tools, event schedules, and a fairground map. It helps attendees discover new business partners and manage their event experience.
- Exhibitor and product search
- Networking with attendees
- Interactive fairground map
- Event schedules and watchlist
- QR code scanner for contacts
- Personalized favorites list
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The Navigator-App is the official guide for visitors of Messe Frankfurt’s Light + Building exhibition. It contains all the official information of the organizer. The app offers the following features: Exhibitors: search for companies and products, filter and sort functions available, also find contact persons ad exhibitor events. Add Photos and Notes to an exhibitor and share them. Connect!: Get in contact with further fair attendees. Filter for relevant new business partners and contact them directly. Fairground: floor plan with booth details. Find your favorites within the hall plan with the quick finder. Events: everything that’s happening during the show like special exhibits, conventions etc. Add them to your personal calendar or add them to your personal watchlist. Add Photos and Notes to an event and share them. News: with press releases and social-media-channels Favorites: your favorite companies and events at a glance, synchronize your favorite exhibitors from our online customer center (requires Messe-Login) Scanner: scan functionality for QR-codes, scan QR-Codes on the visitor badges and import this data in your contacts Nearby: over the air downloads and videos from exhibitors you passed by (BT required) My Downloads: all downloads from the exhibitor search and from “Nearby” in one place The app menu allows you to customise your settings regarding the app tracking, find opening times and further information on travelling to Messe Frankfurt, as well as privacy policy and terms of use. Please note that some features might be deactivated temporarily. The Navigator App is available for Apple-Products (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad) at the App Store as a free App. Please send your feedback to apps@messefrankfurt.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Light + Building Navigator at 3.3 against Messe Stuttgart's 1.0. Light + Building Navigator also leads on review sentiment (36% vs 0%) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). Messe Stuttgart's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Light + Building Navigator holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Light + Building Navigator has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Messe Stuttgart's written reviews are positive against 36% of Light + Building Navigator's.
Messe Stuttgart ships an update every 4 months, Light + Building Navigator every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Messe Stuttgart | Light + Building Navigator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.3 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 35.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.4 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Landesmesse Stuttgart GmbH | Messe Frankfurt GmbH |
Customer experience
Messe Stuttgart
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In-app purchases
Messe Stuttgart
No in-app purchases
Light + Building Navigator
No in-app purchases
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