Yapp vs Cvent Events
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
Cvent Events
Plan your event experience, navigate to your next session, and connect with fellow attendees. Discover event schedules, speaker details, and information about sponsors and exhibitors all in one place.
- View multiple events
- Explore agenda and schedule
- Learn about speakers
- Discover sponsors and exhibitors
- Network with attendees
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Cvent Events is your place to easily plan out your event experience, find where you need to go next, network with other attendees, and learn more about sponsors and exhibitors. In the app: View Multiple Events – Access the different events you’re attending all from a single app Agenda – Explore the complete conference schedule, including keynotes, workshops, special sessions, and more Speakers – Learn more about who’s speaking and check out their presentations Sponsors and Exhibitors – See the event’s sponsors and exhibitors We hope you enjoy the app and the event!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cvent Events at 4.8 against Yapp's 3.6. Cvent Events also leads on ratings volume (39K vs 100) and chart position (#39 vs unranked). Yapp's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cvent Events holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cvent Events has 39K ratings behind it against 100, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Yapp's written reviews are positive against 62% of Cvent Events's.
Yapp ships an update fortnightly, Cvent Events every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yapp | Cvent Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (100 ratings) | 4.8 (39K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.3% of reviews | 61.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 100 | 39K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #39 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Yapp, Inc. | Cvent |
Customer experience
Yapp
Cvent Events
User reviews
Yapp
From 100 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use for organizers
- 👍 User-friendly for attendees
- 👍 Great for conferences
- 👍 Streamlined event organization
- 👍 Helpful for sharing updates
Room to improve
- 🐛 Difficult to start/intuitive
- 🐛 Lacking group/user tools
- 🐛 Freezes and crashes
- 🐛 Requires Facebook app pairing
- 🐛 Inconvenient login
Cvent Events
From 39K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 User-friendly app
- 🚀 Smooth and efficient
- 💡 Informative and helpful
- 🎉 Great conference experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitchy and buggy
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 📆 Difficulty accessing past event details
- 🤔 Unintuitive features
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
Cvent Events
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes and wipes event details
- Unable to view or download program
- Schedules not syncing across devices
- Attendee list constantly reloading to top
Requested features
4 requests- Allow adding personal events to schedule
- Improve schedule display to hide past events
- Provide in-app support and troubleshooting
- Optimize app for tablet devices
In-app purchases
Yapp
No in-app purchases
Cvent Events
No in-app purchases
