Canton Fair (CIEF) vs Tencent RTC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Canton Fair (CIEF)
Discover exhibitors and products across numerous categories with AI-powered search. Navigate the exhibition with booth-level precision, plan your itinerary, and connect with potential buyers and suppliers. Facilitate cross-border communication with instant messaging and AI translation.
- Exhibitor and product search
- Booth-level navigation
- Itinerary planning
- Trade matching services
- Instant messaging with AI translation
- Omnimedia exhibition content
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Canton Fair App 【 Exhibitor & Products】 Covers 13 categories and 54 exhibition sections with millions of product listings at your fingertips. Supports text and image-based multi-mode search and AI-powered intelligent retrieval to accurately locate exhibition information, qualified exhibitors and popular products, making product and supplier sourcing more efficient. 【Booth Navigation】 Enables booth-level precise navigation. Quickly search for target booths, plan the optimal exhibition route, and locate your current position in real time, allowing you to find target exhibitors and booths with ease and improve your exhibition efficiency. 【Itinerary Planning】 Add exhibitors to your itinerary with one click and view booth lists to enhance participation efficiency. Scan badge codes to exchange digital business cards, and use AI to intelligently summarize meeting notes for efficient post-exhibition review of key information. 【Trade Matching】 Focuses on global foreign trade supply-demand connection and provides efficient and accurate trade matching services. Buyers can post detailed procurement demands online, and intelligent algorithms will accurately match qualified high-quality exhibitors. Access the Supply & Demand Hall to view massive procurement demands, proactively connect with potential buyers and send quotations to precisely capture cross-border business opportunities. 【Instant Messaging】 Send and receive messages anytime and anywhere, supporting text, voice and video communication. The newly added AI multi-language translation feature removes barriers in cross-border negotiations. 【Omnimedia Exhibition】 Browse exhibitors’ short videos to stay updated on their latest developments, gain a comprehensive understanding of product details and directly perceive exhibitors’ strengths. Access exhibitors’ e-cataloges, which are viewable on both devices for a smooth exhibition experience.
Tencent RTC
This app offers real-time audio and video communication, supporting one-on-one calls and multi-person conferences for various professional and educational needs. It also includes a suite of augmented reality effects for enhanced visual experiences.
- Audio & video calls
- Multi-person conferences
- Business meetings support
- Online education features
- Beauty AR effects
- AI beautification
- Filters and stickers
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Tencent RTC provides functions including audio & video call, conference and beauty AR. Features: -Call: Use our video/audio call to communicate with your friends online easily. -Conference: Explore our multi-person audio and video conversation scenarios such as video confereces, business meetings, webinars, and online education. -Beauty AR: Play with AR effects such as AI beautification, filters, makeup styles, stickers, animojis, and virtual avatars.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Tencent RTC at none against Canton Fair (CIEF)'s shown. Tencent RTC also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Canton Fair (CIEF)'s advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Tencent RTC holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Canton Fair (CIEF) has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Canton Fair (CIEF) ships an update every 3 weeks, Tencent RTC every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Canton Fair (CIEF) | Tencent RTC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 329 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CHINA FOREIGN TRADE CENTRE GROUP, Ltd. | Tencent Technology (Shanghai) Company Limited |
Customer experience
Canton Fair (CIEF)
Tencent RTC
In-app purchases
Canton Fair (CIEF)
No in-app purchases
Tencent RTC
No in-app purchases
