Comparison

Event Maps vs LNKup

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Event Maps

Features
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Everything happening around you. Event Maps shows you where. Event Maps is a live event map of everything happening around you: concerts, night markets, exhibitions, pop-up stores, festivals, flea markets, running sessions. Not another endless list, just a map of what's on right now. WHY EVENT MAPS • Everything, equal: concerts, markets, expos, pop-ups, festivals, running, nightlife • Time filters: Now, Tonight, This Week • Free events filter • AI search: describe your mood, get matching events • Precision: see exactly how far, from where you stand • Community-confirmed: anyone can confirm an event is really on, no moderators, no delay Open the map, spot what pulls you, go. Get directions in one tap, then confirm it for the next person. Running a market, a show or a pop-up? Post it for free. Seoul and France today. More cities next.

About

LNKup

This app connects vendors with live event organizers, simplifying the discovery and application process for festivals, markets, and more. It allows vendors to create profiles, track applications, manage documents, and receive payments, while organizers can manage vendor participation and event details.

Highlights
  • Discover and search event opportunities
  • Create vendor business profiles
  • Apply directly through the app
  • Track application status
  • Manage documents and payments
  • Access event details
  • Build vendor reputation
Features
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LNKup is the opportunity marketplace built for vendors and live event organizers. For vendors, LNKup makes it easier to discover opportunities at festivals, markets, pop-ups, rodeos, homecomings, food festivals, cultural events, and more. Create your business profile, browse available opportunities, apply directly through the app, track your application status, manage documents, complete payments after acceptance, and access important event details in one place. Vendor features include: • Discover and search upcoming event opportunities • Filter opportunities by location, category, date, event type, and more • Create a reusable vendor business profile • Apply to opportunities directly through LNKup • Track submitted, approved, waitlisted, paid, and completed applications • Save favorite opportunities and searches • Upload and manage business documents • Complete accepted vendor payments • Access event packets, load-in details, booth information, maps, and other event-day information when available • Build your vendor reputation through completed events and reviews • Track business growth, activity, and opportunities For organizers, LNKup provides tools to manage the vendor side of live events. Organizers can create events and vendor opportunities, review vendor applications, approve or waitlist applicants, discover vendors, monitor payments, organize vendor information, and prepare for event day. Instead of relying on scattered Instagram posts, Facebook groups, forms, spreadsheets, emails, and group chats, LNKup brings the vendor opportunity process into one connected platform. LNKup is not an attendee ticketing platform. It is built specifically for the vendor and opportunity side of the live event economy.

Screenshots

Event Maps4 screens
LNKup4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: LNKup at none against Event Maps's shown. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Event Maps versus LNKup: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEvent MapsLNKup
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB70 MB
Age rating12+4+
Developerteva serraER Studios

In-app purchases

None

Event Maps

No in-app purchases

None

LNKup

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Event Maps free?
Event Maps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LNKup free?
LNKup is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Event Maps or LNKup have ads?
Event Maps shows ads; LNKup does not.

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