CES 2026 vs Agent Apps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CES 2026
Navigate the official event app for CES 2026. Discover exhibitors, sessions, and speakers, and plan your visit with maps and transportation details. Personalize your schedule, connect with attendees, and stay informed with important notifications and resources.
- Exhibitor, session, and speaker information
- Interactive maps and transportation planning
- Personalized agenda and session recommendations
- Attendee networking
- Event notifications
- On-site service resources
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The official app for CES 2026 has everything you need to make the most out of your CES experience: Find essential information about exhibitors, sessions and speakers. Explore maps and transportation information to plan how to get around the show. Personalize your experience with a customized agenda, and receive recommended sessions based on the topics and interests you like. Network with other attendees, and get notifications on important upcoming activities. Catch up on useful resources including security, registration, on-site services, and more.
Agent Apps
This app allows users to send and receive payment requests directly within messaging conversations. It transforms payment links into interactive cards, displaying the exact amount and details for secure transactions. The card updates automatically to "Paid" once the payment is complete, streamlining the process for both parties.
- Send payment requests as interactive cards
- Automatic amount and description from payment link
- Secure checkout via Linq
- Real-time payment status updates
- No manual entry of payment details
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Agent Apps turns a conversation into something you can act on. Instead of sending a link and hoping the other person follows it, you send an interactive card. It sits in the thread, both people can see it, and when the action is done the card updates itself in place — for everyone. No screenshots, no "did that go through?", no leaving Messages. Paste a Linq payment link to request a payment, and the amount and description are read straight from it, so the card can never say something different from what is actually charged. Or ask someone to add a payment card, and the card in the conversation confirms it the moment they do. Both are completed on a secure page. The app itself never sees, handles, or stores card details, and there is no account to make and no sign-in.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Agent Apps at every 6 days against CES 2026's every 2 months. Agent Apps also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). CES 2026's advantage is ratings volume (1.5K vs 2). 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.
Agent Apps holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CES 2026 has 1.5K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CES 2026 ships an update every 2 months, Agent Apps every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CES 2026 | Agent Apps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.5K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 142 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Consumer Technology Association | Linq, LLC |
Customer experience
CES 2026
Agent Apps
Bugs and requests
CES 2026
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when browsing company info
- Incompatible with latest iOS version
- Exhibitor list and locations inaccurate
Requested features
6 requests- Add ability to add notes to favorited companies
- Provide links to CES Daily and PDF venue maps
- Implement real-time location tracking and navigation
- Integrate purchased sessions/tours into agenda
- Allow direct messaging to speakers
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- Clarify meaning of '$' next to event fees
Agent Apps
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CES 2026
No in-app purchases
Agent Apps
No in-app purchases
