BLONK CINCINNATI vs Cincinnati Zoo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BLONK CINCINNATI
Discover art installations and events for a city-wide festival with an interactive map. Browse official and unofficial attractions, check schedules, and get directions. The app works offline, allowing you to mark visited spots and filter your view.
- Interactive event map
- Event and music schedules
- Offline capability
- Browse official and unofficial attractions
- Mark attractions as seen
- Filter map by attraction type
- Walking directions
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BLONK is your unofficial ROGUE guide to BLINK Cincinnati Oct 8th-11th 2026, the free light, art, and projection-mapping festival that transforms downtown Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky into an open-air gallery every two years. Pro tips: * Turn on Auto Updates. We will be releasing new exhibits, features, and bug fixes ahead of the festival. * Turn on location access (while using the app) so the map and attractions sort by what's closest to you. * Favorite anything you don't want to miss, and mark it seen once you've checked it out. * Favorite an event or live music set to get a reminder 20 minutes before it starts. * BLONK is word of mouth — share it with friends, so they can BLONK around and find out, too. FIND YOUR WAY An interactive map shows every installation, mural, and "rogue" attraction across the festival footprint, organized by zone — The Banks, Over-the-Rhine, Findlay Market, Covington, Newport, and more. Tap a pin to see what it is, get walking directions, and see when it's active. NEVER MISS A MOMENT Browse the full events schedule by day, filter for live music, and see exactly when and where each performance happens. MEET THE ARTISTS Explore the artists and collectives behind the installations — their bios, social links, and everywhere their work appears across the festival. SAVE YOUR FAVORITES Bookmark installations and events you don't want to miss, and mark the ones you've already seen as you make your way through the festival. WORKS OFFLINE Blonk's core content is built into the app, so your map and schedule work even without a signal — ideal for large crowds in the middle of downtown. SPOT SOMETHING WRONG? Every listing has a quick way to report a correction — a moved installation, a changed schedule, a broken link — straight to the festival team. Whether you're planning your whole night or just found yourself standing in front of something incredible and want to know what it is, Blonk keeps BLINK Cincinnati at your fingertips.
Cincinnati Zoo
Enhance your visit to the Cincinnati Zoo with a digital map, personalized day planning, and easy access to tickets and memberships. Discover detailed information about animals and plants to enrich your experience.
- GPS-enabled digital map
- Day planning tools
- Access tickets and memberships
- Animal and plant information
- Park navigation
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Make the most of your Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden visit with this app. Navigate the park with ease using our GPS-enabled digital map, plan your day, access your tickets and memberships, and learn more about our animals and plants!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BLONK CINCINNATI at every 3 days against Cincinnati Zoo's monthly. BLONK CINCINNATI also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Cincinnati Zoo's advantage is ratings volume (1.9K vs 40) and rating (4.9 vs 4.7). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Cincinnati Zoo holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cincinnati Zoo has 1.9K ratings behind it against 40, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of BLONK CINCINNATI's written reviews are positive against 67% of Cincinnati Zoo's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BLONK CINCINNATI ships an update every 3 days, Cincinnati Zoo monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BLONK CINCINNATI | Cincinnati Zoo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (40 ratings) | 4.9 (1.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.3% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 40 | 1.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nerdy Surfer | Zoological Society of Cincinnati |
Customer experience
BLONK CINCINNATI
Cincinnati Zoo
In-app purchases
BLONK CINCINNATI
No in-app purchases
Cincinnati Zoo
No in-app purchases
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