TEDConnect vs Conference Attendee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TEDConnect
Enhance your TED Conference experience with this companion app. Connect with speakers and attendees, build your network, and navigate event schedules and venue maps. Find and share your location with others at the event.
- Message speakers and attendees
- Build a TED network
- Browse event schedule
- View venue maps
- Find other attendees
- Share location
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Are you attending a TED Conference? Let TEDConnect enhance your experience. Orient yourself to everything happening around you with TEDConnect – the conference companion app for TED attendees. With TEDConnect, you can ... - browse and message speakers and other attendees - build out a TED network and a list of TEDsters to stay in touch with - browse the schedule of speaker sessions, meals, parties, workshops and more - check out maps of the venue and surrounding area - find other attendees within the event space, and share your own whereabouts Access requires confirmed registration for a TED event. Not attending TED? Download TED's official app to watch TED Talks fresh from the stage.
Conference Attendee
Enhance your conference experience by connecting with attendees, speakers, and exhibitors. Discover sessions, take notes, rate content, and access interactive maps and announcements. Stay informed with conference details and manage your personal information and attendance logs.
- Conference Social Network
- Session browsing and bookmarking
- Presenter and exhibitor profiles
- Attendee chat and messaging
- Interactive conference maps
- Session ratings and notes
- Live polls
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Conference Attendee will optimize your conference experience. Connect with other attendees, speakers, and exhibitors. Find sessions of interest, take notes, rate sessions, view announcements, check out the exhibitors, see your own attendance records, and much more! Here are the features of Conference Attendee: - Conference Social Network: Post notes, photos, videos and share other files. Comment and like posts. - Conference Sessions: Browse sessions by name, speaker or location. Search for a specific session. Bookmark your favorite sessions for easy lookup at the conference. - Conference Presenters: Read about the presenters and see their sessions. - Conference Attendees: Connect with other attendees via chat and messages. - Conference Exhibitors: Browse exhibitors by name, business category, or tag. Bookmark exhibitors of interest for easy lookup at the conference. Find exhibitor’s location in the exhibit hall. View exhibitor’s contact info and website. - Interactive Maps: View conference maps to find your way around. See what’s happening around you. - Announcements: View conference announcements and feeds and keep up-to-date with latest happenings. - Conference Info: view weather info, local points of interest, driving directions and conference website. - My Info: Review your conference info and update it if needed. - My Logs: View your session attendance log and associated attendance credits, if any. - Session Ratings: Give feedback on sessions attended. - Session Notes: Take notes on attended sessions or on anything else. - Polls: Answer to live polls and see the final results. NOTE: Conference Attendee works with a cloud service provided by Engineerica.
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Verdict
TEDConnect and Conference Attendee both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of TEDConnect's written reviews are positive against 73% of Conference Attendee's. TEDConnect also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.0). Conference Attendee's advantage is ratings volume (4.6K vs 18). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for TEDConnect against 4.8 for Conference Attendee. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Conference Attendee has 4.6K ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of TEDConnect's written reviews are positive against 73% of Conference Attendee's.
TEDConnect ships an update every 2 weeks, Conference Attendee monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TEDConnect | Conference Attendee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (18 ratings) | 4.8 (4.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 73.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 4.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TED Conferences LLC | Engineerica Systems Inc. |
Customer experience
TEDConnect
Conference Attendee
Bugs and requests
TEDConnect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Conference Attendee
Reported bugs
2 issues- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
Requested features
2 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved session scheduling
In-app purchases
TEDConnect
No in-app purchases
Conference Attendee
No in-app purchases
Questions
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