SPD Events vs NSPE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SPD Events
This app provides attendees with access to conference details, including presentations and exhibitor information. Users can connect with other attendees, take notes on presentation slides, and draw directly on them.
- Access conference details
- View presentations
- Connect with attendees
- Take notes on slides
- Draw on presentation slides
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**FOR ATTENDEES ONLY** This mobile application allows you to access conference details. Within the underlying event apps, users can access presentations, exhibitors, and connect with other attendees. Users can also take notes adjacent available presentation slides and draw directly on slides inside the event apps.
NSPE
Access conference schedules, presentations, and speaker details. Take notes directly on slides, posters, and exhibitor information. Connect with attendees and colleagues through in-app messaging, tweeting, and emailing.
- View conference schedule
- Access presentations and speaker details
- Take notes on slides
- Draw directly on presentation slides
- In-app messaging
- Share information via tweeting and emailing
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The NSPE mobile application allows you to view the schedule, presentations, exhibitors and speaker details from the conference. Users can take notes adjacent available presentation slides and draw directly on slides inside the app. Note-taking is also available in the posters and exhibitors modules. Additionally, users can share information with attendees and colleagues with in app messaging, tweeting and emailing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: SPD Events at 17 against NSPE's 1. On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 — 4.9 for SPD Events against 5.0 for NSPE. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SPD Events has 17 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SPD Events ships an update every 4 months, NSPE every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SPD Events | NSPE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Society for Pediatric Dermatology | National Society of Professional Engineers |
Customer experience
SPD Events
NSPE
In-app purchases
SPD Events
No in-app purchases
NSPE
No in-app purchases
