TEDConnect vs TEDxBerkeley Mobile
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.
TEDxBerkeley Mobile
This event guide provides a paperless experience for attendees, offering access to talks and information from visionary thinkers and leaders. It aims to capture the spirit of Berkeley by sparking new ideas and engaging an eclectic audience with intellectually bold content.
- Paperless event guide
- Access to talks
- Information on speakers
- Event schedule
- Event map
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Nestled between the San Francisco Bay and lush Northern California foothills, Berkeley is home to the world’s premier public university as well as a vibrant, diverse population that is renowned for its social activism and entrepreneurship. TEDxBerkeley, an award-winning TED-based nonprofit, seeks to capture the spirit of Berkeley by gathering visionary thinkers and leaders from the Bay Area and beyond to spark new ideas, insights, and opportunities. TEDxBerkeley hopes to engage its eclectic audience by featuring unique talks that are intellectually bold, passionate, and unafraid to question and redefine the status quo. This is a paperless guide for the event.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TEDConnect at 4.8 against TEDxBerkeley Mobile's 3.7. TEDConnect also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and ratings volume (18 vs 3). TEDxBerkeley Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.4). 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.
TEDConnect holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TEDConnect has 18 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
TEDConnect ships an update every 2 weeks, TEDxBerkeley Mobile monthly. Both last shipped on September 30, 2026.
| Parameter | TEDConnect | TEDxBerkeley Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (18 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | TED Conferences LLC | ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA |
Customer experience
TEDConnect
TEDxBerkeley Mobile
In-app purchases
TEDConnect
No in-app purchases
TEDxBerkeley Mobile
No in-app purchases
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