Yapp vs IBOCity
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yapp
Create custom mobile experiences for events, groups, or organizations. Share schedules, connect with people, and access important documents. Stay updated with social feeds and photo sharing, even offline.
- Customizable event apps
- Event schedules
- Attendee and sponsor bios
- Social feed with push notifications
- Document sharing
- Photo sharing and gallery
- Real-time polls
- Offline content access
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With Yapp, you can view the mobile experience for your conference, social event, group, sports team, school, local business, and more. Haven’t been invited to a Yapp? To see a sample, enter CONFERENCE as your Yapp ID. Yapp features include: • Schedule – See up-to-the-minute information so you know where to be when, and create your personal schedule • People – Get bios on people, sponsors, and key contacts • Social Feed – Connect with others and receive breaking news via push notifications • Documents – View important documents right in the app • Photo sharing – Take and share photos. See official photos in the Gallery • Polls – Vote and see the results in real-time • Video - Playback video the Yapp creator has posted • Tickets – Buy tickets through Eventbrite • Offline browsing – See your content even if you are out of network range Have feedback? Email feedback@yapp.us Made with love by Yapp, Inc. and You
IBOCity
Access streaming audio, video, and resources. Download and save audio content for offline playback to stay informed.
- Streaming audio
- Streaming video
- Access to resources
- Download audio for offline playback
- Save content for future playback
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Version 2 of the IBOCity app gives you access to streaming audio, video and resources. Download and save audios for future playback to always stay up to date.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Yapp at fortnightly against IBOCity's every 2 months. Yapp also leads on review sentiment (56% vs 38%) and chart position (#123 vs unranked). IBOCity's advantage is rating (3.9 vs 3.6). 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.
IBOCity holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yapp has 100 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of Yapp's written reviews are positive against 38% of IBOCity's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Yapp ships an update fortnightly, IBOCity every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yapp | IBOCity |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (100 ratings) | 3.9 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.3% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 100 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #123 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Yapp, Inc. | Thirty Five, Inc. |
Customer experience
Yapp
IBOCity
Bugs and requests
Yapp
Reported bugs
16 issues- App crashes when watching videos
- App freezes frequently
- Last cell in daily schedule cut off
- App deletes events
- App locks up, requires reboot
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- Cannot refresh news feed (iOS 9)
- Cannot create a username
- Blank white screen after update
- App stops working, shows blank screen
- Doesn't work properly on iPhone 5
- Asks for Yapp ID without providing one
- Cannot create a password
- App asks for Yapp ID with unclear instructions
- App never loads, crashes
- Website not compatible with iPhone
- Requires Facebook to create an event
Requested features
20 requests- Grey out past events
- "You might like" suggestions
- Tag events
- Create groups and group chats
- Group notifications
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- Schedule tagging
- Respond to comments/tag users
- Option to "like" posts
- Swipe left for agenda items
- Edit Yapps in the app
- View other apps people made
- Upload videos to news feeds
- Bookmark schedule events
- Change date format (UK)
- Longer cover page display
- Smaller photo loading
- Edit Yapps on mobile
- Add more social features
- Better design and typography
- More flexibility in app creation
IBOCity
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Yapp
No in-app purchases
IBOCity
No in-app purchases
