Comparison

SquadUP vs MAACM Tour Guide

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

Head to head
About

SquadUP

Plan and manage events seamlessly from your mobile device. This app offers group messaging, photo sharing, event discovery, and social media integration to create engaging experiences for attendees.

Highlights
  • Event creation and management
  • Group messaging
  • Photo sharing
  • Social media integration
  • Event registration and ticket scanning
  • Live social gallery
  • Event discovery
Features
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SquadUP - Event Planning on Your Mobile Phone - Free to Download - Group Messaging - Photo Sharing - Event Discovery - Passbook Integration - Social Media Gallery - Event Registration - Ticket Scanning SquadUP is the social way to plan the perfect event right from your mobile phone. Create and manage events with SquadUP including social sharing, content curation from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram via event hashtags, real-time messaging for event attendees, photo sharing, mobile check in and registration. SquadUP offers a Social Gallery where guests can view photos and videos before, during and after events. SquadUP provides the tools you need to create an experience, not just an event. Features of SquadUP include: - Create and manage events right from your phone - Free to download - Send invitations, buy tickets, track RSVPs and ticket sales - Create a customized event web and mobile page that seamlessly integrates with all social media channels - Check in guests with just one tap or scan tickets - Real-time messaging for you and your guests during the event - Photo sharing - Live Social Gallery: curated photos and videos from Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are available to view before, during and after the event using your event specific hashtag - Passbook integration - Find event details, including maps and directions - Access all of your SquadUP events, past and present - Discover featured events, search by interest, location, name or host - Perfect to plan and manage conferences, fundraisers, concerts, networking events, parties, group travel, college events and more! Follow SquadUP Twitter (twitter.com/squadup) Facebook (facebook.com/squadup) Instagram (instagram.com/squadup) Google+ (https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/112926897922478470591/+Squadup/posts) *Named Hottest NYC Startup by Tech Cocktail About SquadUP SquadUP is the next generation event creation and management platform dedicated to creating an experience instead of just an event. SquadUP is the only app that lets you plan, update and monitor your events in real time - right from your phone - including registrations, check ins and ticket scanning. SquadUP provides social sharing, content aggregation from social platforms, real-time messaging and photo sharing during the event. The company supports organizers from event creation to the event itself -- and even post-event where guests can review the photos in the social gallery to relive the experience. For more information, visit www.squadup.com.

About

MAACM Tour Guide

Explore the Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement with an audio tour. View high-resolution images, listen to audio descriptions, and read text about over 100 exhibits. Perfect for museum visitors or those interested in the movement from afar.

Highlights
  • Over 100 audio tour stops
  • High-resolution images
  • Pinch and zoom functionality
  • Audio descriptions
  • Text descriptions
  • Accessible before, during, and after visit
Features
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The Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement (MAACM) is the only museum in the world dedicated solely to the American Arts and Crafts movement. MAACM was built to house one of the most important collections of American Arts and Crafts, owned by The Two Red Roses Foundation. Consisting of more than 2,000 objects, the TRRF’s remarkable collection represents the full range of decorative and fine art produced by the most noteworthy artists, craftsmen, and companies related to the movement, including furniture, pottery, tiles, metalwork, lighting, textiles, leaded glass, woodblock prints, paintings, and photographs. Artists, craftsmen, and companies represented in the collection include Gustav Stickley, the Stickley Brothers, Charles Rohlfs, the Byrdcliffe Colony, the Roycrofters, Dirk Van Erp, William Grueby, the Saturday Evening Girls, Rookwood Pottery, Tiffany Studios, Newcomb Pottery, Marblehead Potteries, Frederick Hurten Rhead, Adelaide Alsop Robineau, Frederick Walrath, the Overbeck Sisters, Margaret Patterson, and Arthur Wesley Dow. More than 800 works of art from the TRRF Collection are on display inside and outside MAACM. Through permanent collection galleries, historic room recreations, and three temporary exhibition spaces, MAACM presents the tenets of this significant reform movement—creating beauty through simplicity, honesty, and natural materials—and demonstrates how these values have endured. The Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement’s Audio Tour App features over 100 audio tour stops from the Museum’s permanent collection and temporary exhibitions. Each audio tour stop features a high-resolution image that users can pinch and zoom to examine details of the work of art, as well as audio and text. This app can be enjoyed by museum guests near and far, before, during, and after their visit. Please be sure to bring your headphones to the museum if you want to enjoy the app on-site. Headphones are also available for purchase at the admission desk.

Screenshots

SquadUP4 screens
MAACM Tour Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MAACM Tour Guide at 3.0 against SquadUP's 2.7. MAACM Tour Guide also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). SquadUP's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (27 vs 2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MAACM Tour Guide holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SquadUP has 27 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SquadUP ships an update every 3 months, MAACM Tour Guide every 7 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SquadUP versus MAACM Tour Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSquadUPMAACM Tour Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (27 ratings)3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSquadUP, Inc.THE AMERICAN CRAFTSMAN MUSEUM INC

Customer experience

SquadUP

All ratings26 ratings
Positive46.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative53.8%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.3%

MAACM Tour Guide

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

SquadUP

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Won't recognize password
  • Won't recognize reset password
  • Cannot log in
  • App crashes
  • App will not open to allow access to tickets
Show 3 more
  • Facebook authentication is broken
  • Cannot view event details
  • Temp password would not work at event

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to change temporary passwords
  • Download all tickets in purchase to wallet as a group
  • Add seat details to wallet tickets
  • Geographically sortable upcoming events for non-NYC users

MAACM Tour Guide

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SquadUP

No in-app purchases

None

MAACM Tour Guide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SquadUP free?
SquadUP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MAACM Tour Guide free?
MAACM Tour Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SquadUP or MAACM Tour Guide?
MAACM Tour Guide is rated higher. SquadUP averages 2.7 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while MAACM Tour Guide averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do SquadUP or MAACM Tour Guide have ads?
Neither SquadUP nor MAACM Tour Guide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SquadUP or MAACM Tour Guide?
SquadUP ships an update every 3 months, and MAACM Tour Guide every 7 months. Most recently, SquadUP was updated on October 24, 2026 and MAACM Tour Guide on October 24, 2026.

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