CMA Connect vs Lainey Wilson
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CMA Connect
Access comprehensive information and features for all things CMA. Discover event lineups, explore festival activities with maps, and manage your tickets and passes. Find official merchandise, playlists, and news, all in one convenient place.
- Event Lineups
- CMA Fest Cam, Activities & Maps
- Access Tickets & Passes
- CMA Fan Access
- Official CMA Merchandise
- Official CMA Playlists & YouTube Content
- CMA News
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Lainey Wilson
Get exclusive updates, early access to concert tickets, and behind-the-scenes content. Stay connected with your favorite artist through push notifications.
- Push notifications
- First access to tickets
- Behind-the-scenes exclusives
- Artist updates
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Download for push notifications, first access to tickets, and behind the scenes exclusives.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lainey Wilson at 67% against CMA Connect's 18%. Lainey Wilson also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.5). CMA Connect's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and ratings volume (92 vs 25). On price, update cadence, 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.
Lainey Wilson holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 92 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of CMA Connect's written reviews are positive against 67% of Lainey Wilson's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CMA Connect | Lainey Wilson |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (92 ratings) | 4.6 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.4% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 92 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 154 MB | 393 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Country Music Association | Click Your Boots, LLC |
Customer experience
CMA Connect
Lainey Wilson
Bugs and requests
CMA Connect
Reported bugs
13 issues- App won't open
- App crashes on launch
- App freezes on title screen
- App crashes when accessing tickets
- App crashes when viewing schedule/lineup
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- App crashes when trying to open maps
- Schedule data is lost after updates or resets
- Login credentials reported as invalid
- Unable to register
- App is stuck on the CMA logo
- Content fails to load
- App is not working after an update
- App is slow and unresponsive
Requested features
2 requests- Add food truck locations to map
- Show artist stage location within schedule
Lainey Wilson
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CMA Connect
No in-app purchases
Lainey Wilson
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is CMA Connect free?
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