Grip vs OG Events
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grip
This AI-powered tool facilitates professional connections at events and within communities. It helps users discover and connect with like-minded individuals for potential collaborations, making professional networking more efficient and enjoyable.
- AI-powered networking
- Connect with professionals
- Join event communities
- Import profile from LinkedIn/Facebook
- In-app chat for communication
- Anonymously swipe for interests
- Matchmaking for handshakes
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Grip is the first artificial intelligence powered event networking tool to connect and reach their business goals faster. Join more than 1,000 events and communities that have been started by passionate professionals, organizations, co-working spaces and events for you to get handshakes with fellow members. We started Grip because meeting people online professionally is difficult and time-consuming, we wanted to create a way where it is easy and fun to meet people to work together with on new projects. A place where the networking doesn’t end when you have connected with each other but it is rather the beginning of a new collaboration. Download the app now and start getting handshakes yourself! _________________________________ Don’t take our word for it, this is what people are saying about Grip: “At Venture Cup, Grip enables us to establish more meaningful connections between like-minded people and thus grow our community beyond what we could before.” Juraj Pal, Leader of the Venture Cup community. “Awesome For Networking, Already got in contact with interesting people.” Kasper Plum rated Grip 5 stars in the AppStore. _________________________________ The Features Of Grip: - Every action you take influences the strength of your Grip, the stronger it is, the more handshakes you get! - Login with LinkedIn or Facebook to simply import your profile to Grip. - Add a one-liner to let people know what you are looking for. - Join the communities that interest you. - Anonymously swipe later or interested on members. - When the other person also swipes interested on you, it's a handshake! - Use the in-app chat for direct communication. _________________________________ For our "Nearby" feature we use GPS, continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
OG Events
This app enhances in-person events hosted by Oxford Global. It provides a digital platform for attendees to engage with event content and networking opportunities.
- Virtual event platform
- In-person event enhancement
- Attendee engagement
- Networking opportunities
- Event content access
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Virtual event app for Oxford Global's In-Person events.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OG Events at 5.0 against Grip's 3.0. OG Events also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Grip's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, 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.
OG Events holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Grip ships an update every 3 weeks, OG Events weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grip | OG Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 146 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | intros | Oxford Global Marketing |
Customer experience
Grip
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In-app purchases
Grip
No in-app purchases
OG Events
No in-app purchases









