Firstup vs SEI Events
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Firstup
This app provides a secure channel for company communications in a bring-your-own-device environment. It ensures employees stay informed with personalized news and updates, fostering better engagement and productivity.
- Secure BYOD environment
- Personalized employee communications
- Push notifications for urgent updates
- Content sharing (video, photos, docs)
- Bookmarking and powerful search
- User comments and sharing
- Employee engagement measurement
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Firstup for Intune allows Microsoft Intune admins to create policies that secures the application in a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) environment. IMPORTANT: This software requires your company’s work account and a Microsoft managed environment. Some functionality may not be available in all countries. Please contact your company’s IT administrator if you have issues or questions about the use of the software. Firstup for Microsoft Intune is a workforce communications app that helps companies reach employees with relevant, personalized information they need to do their best work. Firstup solves the problem of poor employee engagement by keeping all workers informed and connected. Employees have one place to find out what’s happening at work—no more searching through emails and intranets to get information. Companies have an easier, faster way to publish content and news and can measure how many employees engaged with their content. Why you’ll love Firstup for Microsoft Intune: * An official source for all workforce communications—reach every worker with the information they need to know to do their best work. * Push notifications and reminders for breaking news or time-sensitive tasks * Ability to upload and share videos, photos, documents, or articles * Personalized user experience with profiles and the ability to choose channels to follow * A simple way to save and find important information with bookmarking and powerful search * The ability for users to comment and share * A powerful way to connect everyone at your company and create a better digital employee experience for all
SEI Events
Access detailed information for SEI-hosted events. View agendas, speaker profiles, and presentation materials directly from your mobile device.
- Event agendas
- Speaker information
- Presentation materials
- Official event app
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This is the official mobile app for SEI-hosted events. Agendas, speakers and presentations could be available.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Firstup at every 2 months against SEI Events's every 5 months. SEI Events's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 2). 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 — 5.0 for Firstup against 4.9 for SEI Events. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively.
Firstup ships an update every 2 months, SEI Events every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Firstup | SEI Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.9 (7 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 16 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 133 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Firstup, Inc. | SEI |
Customer experience
Firstup
SEI Events
In-app purchases
Firstup
No in-app purchases
SEI Events
No in-app purchases









