FanimeCon vs LightBox Expo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FanimeCon
Stay informed about Northern California's largest anime convention with the official app. Access the latest news, schedule changes, and guest details to enhance your convention experience.
- Latest news updates
- Schedule information
- Guest details
- Convention news
- Event updates
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The official FanimeCon app is the easiest way to get the latest news, schedule updates, and guest information for Northern California's largest anime convention!
LightBox Expo
This app connects artists in the entertainment industry, offering a mobile guide to events, exhibitors, and programming. Plan your weekend, navigate the venue with maps, and discover your favorite creators. It aims to inspire and elevate artistic careers.
- Exhibitor and Artist Alley list
- Schedule planning for panels and demos
- Favorite programming and events
- Venue navigation with maps
- Event discovery and planning tool
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LightBox Expo (LBX) is the Annie Award-winning gathering of artists who work in the entertainment industry bringing your favorite films, animation, games, TV shows and illustrations to life. At LBX, we aim to ignite your passion, fuel your imagination, and propel you to new artistic heights! LBX provides a vibrant space for artists to congregate, meet and celebrate their craft with fellow creatives. It’s a place for artists to share their work with the public, further their skills in their respective industries, and make meaningful connections that will help artists thrive in the entertainment industry. The LBX mobile app provides you with the Exhibitor and Artist Alley list, allows you to start planning your weekend by adding Panels, Demos and Programming to your schedule (and favorite everything you want to see), you can use the maps to navigate around the show, and much more! LightBox Expo takes place every October at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FanimeCon at 50% against LightBox Expo's 0%. FanimeCon also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months). 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.
FanimeCon holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FanimeCon has 130 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of FanimeCon's written reviews are positive against 0% of LightBox Expo's.
FanimeCon ships an update every 2 months, LightBox Expo every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FanimeCon | LightBox Expo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (130 ratings) — better | 4.4 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 130 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | DEVATELIER LLC | LightBox Expo LLC |
Customer experience
FanimeCon
LightBox Expo
In-app purchases
FanimeCon
No in-app purchases
LightBox Expo
No in-app purchases
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